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Page 78
... column , fourteen or fifteen feet in length , and three in dia- meter , and crowned at the summit with narrow leaves ; amidst these hangs the fruit . The external rind of the cocoa - nut is brown , smooth , and ap- proaches a triangular ...
... column , fourteen or fifteen feet in length , and three in dia- meter , and crowned at the summit with narrow leaves ; amidst these hangs the fruit . The external rind of the cocoa - nut is brown , smooth , and ap- proaches a triangular ...
Page 256
... columns , or lines , to a distance too great for the eye to reach , the solitary shore , with its pictu- resque ruins . Sometimes enormous primitive peaks boldly shoot up among the clouds ; while , hung on their sides , the dark pine ...
... columns , or lines , to a distance too great for the eye to reach , the solitary shore , with its pictu- resque ruins . Sometimes enormous primitive peaks boldly shoot up among the clouds ; while , hung on their sides , the dark pine ...
Page 260
... column , the head , the respiratory apparatus , and the limbs . The vertebral column consists of vertebræ , which are concave at each end and pierced in the middle ; and when joined toge- ther , the hollow place between each two is occu ...
... column , the head , the respiratory apparatus , and the limbs . The vertebral column consists of vertebræ , which are concave at each end and pierced in the middle ; and when joined toge- ther , the hollow place between each two is occu ...
Page 262
... columns entablature canopies THE art of building has , from the earliest periods of society , been cultivated by mankind ; and the origin of all buildings may be deduced from the construction of the meanest huts . These were , at first ...
... columns entablature canopies THE art of building has , from the earliest periods of society , been cultivated by mankind ; and the origin of all buildings may be deduced from the construction of the meanest huts . These were , at first ...
Page 263
... has been added to the beauty and symmetry of these columns . To give an idea of the orders , it must be observed , that the whole of each is divided into two parts at least ; the column and entablature : and of four parts at most , 263.
... has been added to the beauty and symmetry of these columns . To give an idea of the orders , it must be observed , that the whole of each is divided into two parts at least ; the column and entablature : and of four parts at most , 263.
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Popular passages
Page 65 - He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
Page 58 - The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down...
Page 99 - No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword. No vernal blooms their torpid rocks array, But winter lingering chills the lap of May; No zephyr fondly sues the mountain's breast, But meteors glare, and stormy glooms invest.
Page 159 - What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.
Page 135 - Hark! they whisper; Angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath? Tell me, my Soul, can this be Death?
Page 286 - There is not, and there never was on this earth, a work of human policy so well deserving of examination as the Roman Catholic Church.
Page 95 - He that hath a Trade hath an Estate; and he that hath a Calling, hath an Office of Profit and Honour; but then the Trade must be worked at, and the Calling well followed, or neither the Estate nor the Office will enable us to pay our Taxes. If we are industrious, we shall never starve; for, as Poor Richard says, At the working Man's House Hunger looks in, but dares not enter.
Page 58 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labor free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Page 96 - The cat in gloves catches no mice, as Poor Richard says. It is true there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed; but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects; for, Constant dropping wears away stones; and, By diligence and patience the mouse ate in two the cable; and Little strokes fell great oaks, as Poor Richard says in his almanac, the year I cannot just now remember.
Page 195 - The grand transition, that there lives and works A soul in all things, and that soul is God.