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Page 352
... tion of water into steam by the subterranean fires , a theory which quite fits in with the pres- ent teachings of science . Seneca , more explicit still than Aristotle , compares the volcanoes to boiling water running over the sides of ...
... tion of water into steam by the subterranean fires , a theory which quite fits in with the pres- ent teachings of science . Seneca , more explicit still than Aristotle , compares the volcanoes to boiling water running over the sides of ...
Page 355
... old , and finished early in March , 1887 , before Mr. Gunther had even begun writing his story , shows this assertion to be without any founda- tion . MAGAZINE BRIEFS . A new fortnightly Review , Le Semeur. BOOK CHAT . 355.
... old , and finished early in March , 1887 , before Mr. Gunther had even begun writing his story , shows this assertion to be without any founda- tion . MAGAZINE BRIEFS . A new fortnightly Review , Le Semeur. BOOK CHAT . 355.
Page 363
... tion ; Sampson Low , London , 4.80 . Directory of the Hosiery and Knit Goods Manufaturers in the United States . Revised and Corrected to Date . - Refer- ence ; C. F. White . Boston . Doctor and Patient . By Dr. S. Weir Mitchell ...
... tion ; Sampson Low , London , 4.80 . Directory of the Hosiery and Knit Goods Manufaturers in the United States . Revised and Corrected to Date . - Refer- ence ; C. F. White . Boston . Doctor and Patient . By Dr. S. Weir Mitchell ...
Page 364
... tion ; Chatto & Windus , London , 2.40 . Patience Preston , M.D. By Mrs. A. F. Raffensperger . - Fic- tion : D. Lothrop Co. , 1.25 . Paul and Virginia . By Bernardin de St. Pierre . Translated from the French by Clara Bell . Revised ...
... tion ; Chatto & Windus , London , 2.40 . Patience Preston , M.D. By Mrs. A. F. Raffensperger . - Fic- tion : D. Lothrop Co. , 1.25 . Paul and Virginia . By Bernardin de St. Pierre . Translated from the French by Clara Bell . Revised ...
Page 383
... tion on out - door work which exists on the sub- ject . - Cassell's , 5.00 . THE ART OF INVESTING . By a New York Broker . A series of articles on investing , which originally appeared in different periodicals , and have been ...
... tion on out - door work which exists on the sub- ject . - Cassell's , 5.00 . THE ART OF INVESTING . By a New York Broker . A series of articles on investing , which originally appeared in different periodicals , and have been ...
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Page 96 - Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not ; for he will not pardon your transgressions : for my name is in him.
Page 490 - Very well — this time, then," she answered, looking wistfully at the barrel. "But what is the man's calling, and where is he one of, that he should come in and join us like this?" "I don't know. I'll ask him again.
Page 490 - I'll ask him again.' The catastrophe of having the mug drained dry at one pull by the stranger in cinder-grey was effectually guarded against this time by Mrs Fennel. She poured out his allowance in a small cup, keeping the large one at a discreet distance from him. When he had tossed off his portion the shepherd renewed his inquiry about the stranger's occupation. The latter did not immediately reply, and the man in the chimneycorner, with sudden demonstrativeness, said, 'Anybody may know my trade...
Page 627 - GOD rest you, merry gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay, For Jesus Christ, our Saviour, Was born upon this day, To save us all from Satan's power When we were gone astray. O tidings of comfort and joy! For Jesus Christ, our Saviour, Was born on Christmas Day.
Page 34 - I made objection and insisted that all should see the goal of our expedition from the canoes. What had long been sought at last appeared suddenly. On pulling and pushing our way through a network of rushes similar to the one encountered on leaving Itasca, the cheering sight of a transparent body of water burst upon our view. It was a beautiful lake — the source of the
Page 377 - For the better accommodation of the Neighbourhood, this Pump was removed to the Spot where it now stands. The Spring by which it is supplied is situated four Feet eastward, and round it, as History informs us, the Parish Clerks of London in remote ages annually performed sacred Plays. That Custom caused it to be denominated Clerks...
Page 661 - Of this, at least, I feel assured, that there is no such thing as forgetting possible to the mind ; a thousand accidents may and will interpose a veil between our present consciousness and the secret inscriptions on the mind; accidents of the same sort will also rend away this veil ; but alike, whether veiled or unveiled, the inscription remains for ever...
Page 95 - ... of revising, correcting, and condensing. He remarks, in one of his prefaces, that his verse is ' very far from bearing the marks of the file and the burnisher,' and that he likes to see ' poetry in the full ebullition of feeling and fancy, foaming up with the spirit of life, and glowing with the rainbows of a glad inspiration.
Page 459 - The lodgers sometimes threw you a kind word, but never one that recognised that you were akin to us, only the pity that might be extended to a dog. And I used to ask you all sorts of cruel questions, I was curious to know the depth of animalism you had sunk to, or rather out of which you had never been raised. And you generally answered innocently and naively enough.
Page 627 - Patrick felt something within him as if he ought not to gainsay the old man. He went into the ring, and called the piper to play up the best double he had. And sure enough, all that the others were able for was nothing to him ! He bounded like an eel, now here and now there, as light as a feather, although the people could hear the music answered by his steps, that beat time to every turn of it, like the left foot of the piper.