University Chronicle, Volumen10

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University of Michigan, 1879

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Página 270 - ... a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention; or a shop, for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Página 14 - SOUND : a Series of Simple, Entertaining, and Inexpensive Experiments in the Phenomena of Sound, for the use of Students of every age.
Página 28 - Well, you walked along together, Overhead the starlit sky; And I'll bet — old man, confess it — You were frightened. So was I. So you strolled along the terrace, Saw the summer moonlight pour All its radiance on the waters, As they rippled on the shore, Till at length you gathered courage, When you saw that none was nigh — Did you draw her close and tell her That you loved her? So did I. Well, I needn't ask you further, And I'm sure I wish you joy. Think I'll wander down and see you When you're...
Página 146 - Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the street does not know a star in the sky. The solstice he does not observe ; the equinox he knows as little ; and the whole bright calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His notebooks impair his memory ; his libraries overload his wit ; the...
Página 156 - Dirty days hath September, April, June and November; From January up to May, The rain it raineth every day. All the rest have thirty-one. Without a blessed gleam of sun; And if any of them had two-and-thlrty. They'd be just as wet and twice as dirty.
Página 277 - With that, methought, a legion of foul fiends Environ'd me, and howled in mine ears Such hideous cries, that, with the very noise, I trembling wak'd, and, for a season after, Could not believe but that I was in hell, — Such terrible impression made my dream.
Página 124 - What dark new quest has tempted him once more To leave us ? Vainly, standing by the shore, We strain our eyes. But patience ! When the soft Spring gales are blowing over Cedarcroft, Whitening the hawthorn ; when the violets bloom Along the Brandywine, and overhead The sky is blue as Italy's, he will come...
Página 240 - And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams But words of the Most High, Have told why first thy robe of beams Was woven in the sky.
Página 275 - JOY to the world ! the Lord is come ; Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare him room, And heaven and nature sing.
Página 270 - American republics, this is more especially the case, where the authority of the majority is so absolute and so irresistible that a man must give up his rights as a citizen, and almost abjure his quality as a human being, if he intends to stray from the track which it lays down.

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