The Life and Remains of Edward Daniel Clarke: Professor of Mineralogy in the University of CambridgeJ. & J. Harper, 1827 - 528 páginas |
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... town within the parish of Buxted . He inherited his father's passion for literature , and seems to have trod in many of his footsteps through life . Like him , he was elected fellow of St. John's College , Cambridge ; and he also ...
... town within the parish of Buxted . He inherited his father's passion for literature , and seems to have trod in many of his footsteps through life . Like him , he was elected fellow of St. John's College , Cambridge ; and he also ...
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... town of Uckfield . In this situation she was enabled for many years to continue her intercourse with many excellent and sincere friends , by whom she was esteemed and beloved ; and it is honourable both to her and to them to state ...
... town of Uckfield . In this situation she was enabled for many years to continue her intercourse with many excellent and sincere friends , by whom she was esteemed and beloved ; and it is honourable both to her and to them to state ...
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... town , not a spot that he had visited on the Continent ; not a footstep that he had traced upon the mountains of his own country , but was known to his admirer : and , though no- thing could be more opposite than the characters of the ...
... town , not a spot that he had visited on the Continent ; not a footstep that he had traced upon the mountains of his own country , but was known to his admirer : and , though no- thing could be more opposite than the characters of the ...
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... town as Haverford West , there could not be found liberality enough among the people , to save a gentleman from ... town . Mr. G - th and the deserter were then in one of the fields near the town . As soon as they heard the fire - bell ...
... town as Haverford West , there could not be found liberality enough among the people , to save a gentleman from ... town . Mr. G - th and the deserter were then in one of the fields near the town . As soon as they heard the fire - bell ...
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... , added to the filthiness of our inn , and the unwelcome deportment of every yawning countenance we met upon our return to it , so preju- F diced us against the whole town that we ordered horses EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE . 57.
... , added to the filthiness of our inn , and the unwelcome deportment of every yawning countenance we met upon our return to it , so preju- F diced us against the whole town that we ordered horses EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE . 57.
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Página 222 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Página 167 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or...
Página 167 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking being?. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue.
Página 456 - I have lived," said Dr. Adam Clarke, " long enough to know that the great secret of human happiness is this : never suffer your energies to stagnate. The old adage of " too many irons in the fire,
Página 78 - ... and exposed to the action of the external air, immediately cracks, becomes porous, and alters its form. As we proceeded downward this became more and more evident, and the same lava which at its original source flowed in perfect solution, undivided, and free from...
Página 78 - I raised upon one end, and then let it fall in upon the liquid lava, when it gradually sunk beneath the surface, and disappeared. If I wished to describe the manner in which it acted upon the lava...
Página 247 - Is it not famous to be here, within the frigid zone? More than two degrees within the arctic; and nearer to the pole than the most northern shores of Iceland ? For a long time darkness has been a stranger to us. The sun, as yet, passes not below the horizon ; but he dips his crimson visage behind a mountain to the north. This mountain we ascended, and had the satisfaction to see him make his curtsey, without setting. At midnight, the priest of this place lights his pipe, during three weeks in the...
Página 276 - Having heard accounts of its immense population, you wander through deserted streets. Passing suddenly towards the quarter where the shops are situated, you might walk upon the heads of thousands. The daily throng is there so immense, that, unable to force a passage through it, or assign any motive that might convene such a multitude, you ask the cause ; and are told that it is always the same.
Página 323 - And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; 2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
Página 447 - Oh, how I did work! It was delightful play to me; and I stuck to It day and night. At last, having blown off both my eyebrows, and eyelashes, and nearly blown out both my eyes, I ended with a bang that shook all the houses round my Lecture-room. The Cambridge paper has told you the result of all this alchemy, for I have actually decomposed the earths, and obtained them in a metallic form.