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... becomes combined with charcoal , which requires it for combustion , and is removed by it when this is over . " " It is only the girdling , encircling air , " says another philoso- pher , " that flows above and around all , that makes ...
... becomes combined with charcoal , which requires it for combustion , and is removed by it when this is over . " " It is only the girdling , encircling air , " says another philoso- pher , " that flows above and around all , that makes ...
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... become flaccid , and the whole plant would droop , wither , and die . The living animal , in like manner , is made up for the most part of water . A man of 154 lb weight contains 116 Ib of water and only 38 b of dry matter . From his ...
... become flaccid , and the whole plant would droop , wither , and die . The living animal , in like manner , is made up for the most part of water . A man of 154 lb weight contains 116 Ib of water and only 38 b of dry matter . From his ...
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... becomes almost incredu- lous when gravely assured that it is pressing with a weight of fifteen pounds on every square inch of his body . A fish would find it difficult to believe that the element through which he is gliding has any ...
... becomes almost incredu- lous when gravely assured that it is pressing with a weight of fifteen pounds on every square inch of his body . A fish would find it difficult to believe that the element through which he is gliding has any ...
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... it was soon perceived , might serve as a prophet of the weather , and become a precious monitor to the husbandman and the sailor . When water which has been suspended in the atmosphere , 24 THE PRESSURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE .
... it was soon perceived , might serve as a prophet of the weather , and become a precious monitor to the husbandman and the sailor . When water which has been suspended in the atmosphere , 24 THE PRESSURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE .
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... becomes the air ; while at the same time the strength of the north - east trade - wind is continually decreasing , and , at the height of about six or seven thousand feet , has completely died away . Not that it has ceased elsewhere as ...
... becomes the air ; while at the same time the strength of the north - east trade - wind is continually decreasing , and , at the height of about six or seven thousand feet , has completely died away . Not that it has ceased elsewhere as ...
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Popular passages
Page 108 - The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung, The sober herd that lowed to meet their young; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school; The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made.
Page 330 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned.
Page 111 - My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies!
Page 113 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Page 310 - The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed; And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Page 114 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade: nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind...
Page 111 - Tis now become a history little known, That once we called the pastoral house our own. Short-lived possession ! But the record fair, That memory keeps of all thy kindness there, Still outlives many a storm, that has effaced A thousand other themes less deeply traced.
Page 29 - I am the daughter of earth and water, And the nursling of the sky; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores; I change, but I cannot die.
Page 109 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place : Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoff remained to pray.
Page 102 - O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds the day, Over the cloudlet dim, Over the rainbow's rim, Musical cherub, soar, singing, away ! Then, when the gloaming comes, Low in the heather blooms Sweet will thy welcome and bed of love be ! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place — Oh, to abide in the desert with thee ! JAMES HOGG.