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Strona 415
... considered himself in the greatest danger at Arcole ; his horse was shot under him ; when , rendered furious by the wound , the animal seized the bit between his teeth , and galloped on towards the enemy . In the agonies of death he ...
... considered himself in the greatest danger at Arcole ; his horse was shot under him ; when , rendered furious by the wound , the animal seized the bit between his teeth , and galloped on towards the enemy . In the agonies of death he ...
Strona 430
... considered the concordat thus ex- torted from the pope as a master stroke of policy . We confess we view it in a very differ- ent light . Our religious prejudices have no in- fluence on our judgment of this measure : we view it now ...
... considered the concordat thus ex- torted from the pope as a master stroke of policy . We confess we view it in a very differ- ent light . Our religious prejudices have no in- fluence on our judgment of this measure : we view it now ...
Strona 434
... considered at the zenith of his glory . Apparently he had cemented a personal friendship with the emperor Alexander . They lived at Tilsit in habits of the closest intimacy ; and it is Napo- leon who says , ' we were two young men of ...
... considered at the zenith of his glory . Apparently he had cemented a personal friendship with the emperor Alexander . They lived at Tilsit in habits of the closest intimacy ; and it is Napo- leon who says , ' we were two young men of ...
Strona 439
... considered himself an object for the derision of all Europe , and this idea was to him the greatest of all punishments . He said , ' You are very much alarmed here .'- ' It is be- cause we only know what public rumor informs us ...
... considered himself an object for the derision of all Europe , and this idea was to him the greatest of all punishments . He said , ' You are very much alarmed here .'- ' It is be- cause we only know what public rumor informs us ...
Strona 451
... considered as an equivalent for a large vessel of wine , and a proper quota for a guest to contribute at an entertainment , according to an ancient custom . The plant had a great character among the ancients as a medi- cine , both ...
... considered as an equivalent for a large vessel of wine , and a proper quota for a guest to contribute at an entertainment , according to an ancient custom . The plant had a great character among the ancients as a medi- cine , both ...
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Strona 668 - I have almost forgot the taste of fears : The time has been, my senses would have cool'd To hear a night-shriek ; and my fell of hair Would at a dismal treatise rouse, and stir, As life were in't : I have supp'd full with horrors ; Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts, Cannot once start me.
Strona 453 - The sting she nourished for her foes, Whose venom never yet was vain, Gives but one pang, and cures all pain, And darts into her desperate brain...
Strona 607 - Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore : While the pent ocean rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal, the yellow-blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated...
Strona 637 - Absolute, true, and mathematical time, of itself, and from its own nature, flows equably without relation to anything external, and by another name is called duration: relative, apparent, and common time, is some sensible and external (whether accurate or unequable) measure of duration by the means of motion, which is commonly used instead of true time; such as an hour, a day, a month, a year.
Strona 417 - The people, among whom you are going to live, are Mahometans. The first article of their faith is " There is no other God but God, and Mahomet is his prophet.
Strona 646 - The qualities of bodies, which admit neither intension nor remission of degrees, and which are found to belong to all bodies within the reach of our experiments, are to be esteemed the universal qualities of all bodies whatsoever.
Strona 700 - Or let my lamp at midnight hour, Be seen in some high lonely tower, Where I may oft out-watch the Bear, With thrice great Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato, to unfold What worlds or what vast regions hold, The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook...
Strona 646 - To this purpose the philosophers say that Nature does nothing in vain, and more is in vain when less will serve; for Nature is pleased with simplicity, and affects not the pomp of superfluous causes.
Strona 641 - The motions of bodies included in a given space are the same among themselves, whether that space is at rest, or moves uniformly forward in a right line without any circular motion.
Strona 751 - THERE is a bird, who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be supposed a crow; A great frequenter of the church, Where bishoplike he finds a perch, And dormitory too. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate From what point blows the weather. Look up— your brains begin to swim, 'Tis in the clouds— that pleases him, He chooses it the rather.