Calcutta ReviewUniversity of Calcutta., 1845 |
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Pàgina 74
... century , were the following : The arc measured in Peru by Bouguer , Lacondamine , & c .; that measured in Lapland by Clairaut , Maupertuis , & c .; that in America by Mason and Dixon , & c .; that , from Rome to Rimini by Boscovich ...
... century , were the following : The arc measured in Peru by Bouguer , Lacondamine , & c .; that measured in Lapland by Clairaut , Maupertuis , & c .; that in America by Mason and Dixon , & c .; that , from Rome to Rimini by Boscovich ...
Pàgina 140
... century , lived a waking life , are apt to suspect the men , who , in the year 1845 , talk so freely about the danger of innovation , of having passed their time , like Rip Van Wynkle , in Sleepy Hollow , utterly oblivious of all that ...
... century , lived a waking life , are apt to suspect the men , who , in the year 1845 , talk so freely about the danger of innovation , of having passed their time , like Rip Van Wynkle , in Sleepy Hollow , utterly oblivious of all that ...
Pàgina 147
... century , there are several circumstances in its internal situation , which can not be contemplated without painful feelings . Among these , the constant and uninterrupted increase of crime through all the vicissitudes of peace and war ...
... century , there are several circumstances in its internal situation , which can not be contemplated without painful feelings . Among these , the constant and uninterrupted increase of crime through all the vicissitudes of peace and war ...
Pàgina 181
... century there was a large city called Tagara , one of the principal marts of the Deccan , or country of the south ; well known to the Greeks , and frequented by Egyptian merchants , 250 years before Christ . Its exact position has been ...
... century there was a large city called Tagara , one of the principal marts of the Deccan , or country of the south ; well known to the Greeks , and frequented by Egyptian merchants , 250 years before Christ . Its exact position has been ...
Pàgina 184
... centuries been a battle field . They have the cunning incidental to their condition ; to a race who have long lived on the defensive , who have been accustomed to be squeezed , and who have learnt to pay nothing that could not be ...
... centuries been a battle field . They have the cunning incidental to their condition ; to a race who have long lived on the defensive , who have been accustomed to be squeezed , and who have learnt to pay nothing that could not be ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 413 - Disturb'd not, waiting close the approach of morn. Now, when as sacred light began to dawn In Eden on the humid flowers, that breathed Their morning incense, when all things that breathe, From the earth's great altar, send up silent praise To the Creator, and his nostrils fill With grateful smell, forth came the human pair, And...
Pàgina 398 - Hail, wedded love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise, of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range : by thee Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities . Of father, son, and brother, first were known.
Pàgina 196 - Art thou in health, my brother?' And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. '"But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died.
Pàgina 391 - I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Pàgina 417 - The kindest and the happiest p"air Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
Pàgina 398 - Here love his golden shafts employs, here lights His constant lamp, and waves his purple wings, Reigns here and revels...
Pàgina 398 - And thus their moments fly. The Seasons thus, As ceaseless round a jarring world they roll, Still find them happy ; and consenting SPRING Sheds her own rosy garland on their heads : Till evening comes at last, serene and mild ; When after the long vernal day of life...
Pàgina 415 - I was so struck with admiration, that I could not for some time speak to her, being wholly taken up in gazing. That surprising harmony of features ! that charming result of the whole ! that exact proportion of body ! that lovely bloom of complexion, unsullied by art! the unutterable enchantment of her smile ! — But her eyes ! — large and black, with all the soft languishment of the blue ! every turn of her face discovering some new grace.
Pàgina 367 - And the scribe said unto Him, Well, Master, Thou hast said the truth: for there is one God ; and there is none other but He : and to love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, He said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.
Pàgina 398 - What can be expected but disappointment and repentance from a choice made in the immaturity of youth, in the ardour of desire, without judgment, without foresight, without inquiry after conformity of opinions, similarity of manners, rectitude of judgment, or purity of sentiment?