United States Magazine of Science, Art, Manufactures, Agriculture, Commerce, and Trade, Volume 4H.C.B. Cowell and Clara Dixon Davidson, 1857 |
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... leaving the Univer- misunderstanding with the council of the So- sity he took that of Smithson , the family name ciety he ... leave At the time of the passing of the act estab- lishing the Institution , in 1846 , the sum of $ 242,000 had ...
... leaving the Univer- misunderstanding with the council of the So- sity he took that of Smithson , the family name ciety he ... leave At the time of the passing of the act estab- lishing the Institution , in 1846 , the sum of $ 242,000 had ...
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... leave , and every woman in this Territory , or else say in their hearts that they will embrace the Gos - nitude . pel - the whole of it . Tell the gentiles that I will free every woman in this Territory at our next conference . ' What ...
... leave , and every woman in this Territory , or else say in their hearts that they will embrace the Gos - nitude . pel - the whole of it . Tell the gentiles that I will free every woman in this Territory at our next conference . ' What ...
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... leave it to God rewards at all . But I know he does re- his namesake , when death grinned in his face ward his creatures for deeds that are really and called his name . " good ; for , sinner as I am , I have felt the re- ward in my own ...
... leave it to God rewards at all . But I know he does re- his namesake , when death grinned in his face ward his creatures for deeds that are really and called his name . " good ; for , sinner as I am , I have felt the re- ward in my own ...
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... leave at the door , Kate gave her father a minute account of their morn- ing's visits , and all they had learned or heard . After awhile Robert said : " I confess my belief on the main point is somewhat shaken , but I should prefer to ...
... leave at the door , Kate gave her father a minute account of their morn- ing's visits , and all they had learned or heard . After awhile Robert said : " I confess my belief on the main point is somewhat shaken , but I should prefer to ...
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... leaves of a plant about the stem or branch . The leaves of all plants have been found to be so placed that a string wound in a uniform upward spiral about the stem on which they grow can be made to strike the bases of all of them . But ...
... leaves of a plant about the stem or branch . The leaves of all plants have been found to be so placed that a string wound in a uniform upward spiral about the stem on which they grow can be made to strike the bases of all of them . But ...
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Page 299 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves ; which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another ;) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my Gospel.
Page 514 - Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare; Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss Though winning near the goal — yet, do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!
Page 7 - Washington, during the time for which they shall hold their respectiveoffices; three members of the Senate, and three members of the House of Representatives...
Page 269 - We are now," he continued, in that particularizing manner which distinguished him — " we are now close upon the Norwegian coast — in the sixty-eighth degree of latitude — in the great province of Nordland — and in the dreary district of Lofoden. The mountain upon whose top we sit is Helseggen, the Cloudy. Now raise yourself up a little higher — hold on to the grass if you feel giddy — so — and look out, beyond the belt of vapour beneath us, into the sea.
Page 162 - Pleiades soon melted together; but the bright constellations of the west and north remained unchanged. Steadily the wondrous transfiguration went on. Hands of angels, hidden from mortal eyes, shifted the scenery of the heavens ; the glories of night dissolved into the glories of the dawn. The blue sky now turned more softly gray; the great watch-stars shut up their holy eyes; the east began to kindle.
Page 330 - ... admiration of the world. And all here assembled, whether belonging to public life or to private life, with hearts devoutly thankful to Almighty God for the preservation of the liberty and happiness of the country, unite in sincere and fervent prayers that this deposit, and the walls and arches, the domes and towers, the columns and entablatures, now to be erected over it, may endure forever! "GOD SAVE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! "DANIEL WEBSTER, "Secretary of State of the United States.
Page 265 - For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE; And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE...
Page 269 - I looked dizzily, and beheld a wide expanse of ocean, whose waters wore so inky a hue as to bring at once to my mind the Nubian geographer's account of the Mare Tenebrarum.
Page 217 - That murmurs from his pumpkin-leaf trombone, Conspire to teach the boy. To these succeed His bow, his arrow of a feathered reed, His wind-mill, raised the passing breeze to win, His water-wheel, that turns upon a pin ; Or, if his father lives upon the shore, You'll see his ship, beam ends upon the floor, Full rigged, with raking masts and timbers staunch, And waiting, near the wash-tub, for a launch.
Page 269 - Nothing would have tempted me to within half a dozen yards of its brink. In truth so deeply was I excited by the perilous position of my companion, that I fell at full length upon the ground, clung to the shrubs around me, and dared not even glance upward at the sky — while I struggled in vain to divest myself of the idea that the very foundations of the mountain were in danger from the fury of the winds. It was long before I could reason myself into sufficient courage to sit up and look out into...