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... known to be accompanied by lesser companions , which move round them as they revolve round the sun . These secondary bodies are known as the satellites , and are comparatively few in number . Planets and satellites . The most massive of ...
... known to be accompanied by lesser companions , which move round them as they revolve round the sun . These secondary bodies are known as the satellites , and are comparatively few in number . Planets and satellites . The most massive of ...
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... known . Some of them seem to be im- mense volumes of highly attenuated glowing gas , and others appear to be closely con- nected in some manner with the meteor streams which have been already men- tioned . The di- mensions of many of ...
... known . Some of them seem to be im- mense volumes of highly attenuated glowing gas , and others appear to be closely con- nected in some manner with the meteor streams which have been already men- tioned . The di- mensions of many of ...
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... known lovely meteors , trails or streaks of silvery light , which the poet called the " tears of the sky . " Science has long since determined their constitution and place in the scale of nature , which.as we said in our last article ...
... known lovely meteors , trails or streaks of silvery light , which the poet called the " tears of the sky . " Science has long since determined their constitution and place in the scale of nature , which.as we said in our last article ...
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... known as Mizraim were descendants of Ham who had wandered south - west and established colonies in the fertile district now known as the Delta , and had spread through the valley of the Nile as far as the borders of the land generally ...
... known as Mizraim were descendants of Ham who had wandered south - west and established colonies in the fertile district now known as the Delta , and had spread through the valley of the Nile as far as the borders of the land generally ...
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... known as Syria and Phoenicia . They were addicted to agricultural rather than to pastoral pursuits , and found in the rich alluvial land of the Delta a favourable place of settlement . It is remarkable that , by unmistakable indica ...
... known as Syria and Phoenicia . They were addicted to agricultural rather than to pastoral pursuits , and found in the rich alluvial land of the Delta a favourable place of settlement . It is remarkable that , by unmistakable indica ...
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Page 278 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it.
Page 503 - All in the middle of the gate, The gate" that was ironed within and without, Where an army in battle array had marched out, The lady sank, belike through pain, And Christabel with might and main...
Page 377 - DÉPEND on his answer, de sa réponse. Neither the sun nor death can Le soleil ni la mort ne PEUVENT be steadily regarded, se regarder fixement. Neither George nor Charles Ni Oeorges ni Charles W'AURA will get the prize, le prix.
Page 293 - Remember that money is of the prolific, generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on.
Page 257 - They live in communities of about ten, each having his own female ; an intruder from another camp is beaten off with their fists and loud yells. If one tries to seize the female of another, he is caught on the ground, and all unite in boxing and biting the offender. A male often carries a child, especially if they are passing from one patch of forest to another over a grassy space : he then gives it to the mother.
Page 171 - His eyes began to flash fiercer fire as we stood motionless on the defensive, and the crest of short hair which stands on his forehead began to twitch rapidly up and down, while his powerful fangs were shown as he again sent forth a thunderous roar. And now truly...
Page 171 - He was not afraid of us. He stood there, and beat his breast with his huge fists till it resounded like an immense bass-drum, which is their mode of offering defiance ; meantime giving vent to roar after roar.
Page 381 - Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Page 435 - Music her soft assuasive voice applies ; Or when the soul is press'd with cares, Exalts her in enlivening airs. Warriors she fires with animated sounds ; Pours balm into the bleeding lover's wounds : Melancholy lifts her head, Morpheus rouses from his bed, Sloth unfolds her arms and wakes, Listening Envy drops her snakes ; Intestine war no more our passions wage, And giddy factions hear away their rage.
Page 90 - The nummulitic formation," says Lyell, "with its characteristic fossils, plays a far more conspicuous part than any other tertiary group in the solid frame-work of the earth's crust, whether in Europe, Asia, or Africa. It often attains a thickness of many thousand feet, and extends from the Alps to the Carpathians, and is in full force in the north of Africa, as, for example, in Algeria and Morocco.