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... natural gentleman . He was eminently popular in his lifetime , and his name is still regarded with affectionate ... naturally used for the introduction of most important medicinal agents . Fumigations in- tended to decompose miasmata ...
... natural gentleman . He was eminently popular in his lifetime , and his name is still regarded with affectionate ... naturally used for the introduction of most important medicinal agents . Fumigations in- tended to decompose miasmata ...
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... natural state by long coarse hairs which grow through it , and are rooted deep in the pelt . These are removed by splitting the skins with a sharp blade between the roots of the two kinds of hair ; the same effect occurs by a process of ...
... natural state by long coarse hairs which grow through it , and are rooted deep in the pelt . These are removed by splitting the skins with a sharp blade between the roots of the two kinds of hair ; the same effect occurs by a process of ...
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... natural philosophy en- gaged his intellect as successfully as ever . In 1638 his book of " Dialogues on Local Motion , " completed 2 years before , which he prized above all his other works , was printed at Amsterdam by Louis Elzevir ...
... natural philosophy en- gaged his intellect as successfully as ever . In 1638 his book of " Dialogues on Local Motion , " completed 2 years before , which he prized above all his other works , was printed at Amsterdam by Louis Elzevir ...
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... natural history and anatomy at Strasbourg under Hermann , and passed thence in 1785 to the medical school of Vienna , where he attended the lectures of Van Swieten and Stoll , and received the degree of doctor in 1785. He gradually ...
... natural history and anatomy at Strasbourg under Hermann , and passed thence in 1785 to the medical school of Vienna , where he attended the lectures of Van Swieten and Stoll , and received the degree of doctor in 1785. He gradually ...
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... Natural Theology , " and other similar works , and edited 6 vols . of the " Annals of the Deaf and Dumb " ( Hartford ) . A discourse on his life , character , and services , by Henry Barnard , was published at Hartford in 1852. His ...
... Natural Theology , " and other similar works , and edited 6 vols . of the " Annals of the Deaf and Dumb " ( Hartford ) . A discourse on his life , character , and services , by Henry Barnard , was published at Hartford in 1852. His ...
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Side 241 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a; prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Side 239 - I arrived at Oxford with a stock of erudition that might have puzzled a doctor, and a degree of ignorance of which a schoolboy would have been ashamed.
Side 68 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Side 268 - Imagine now the centre of such a continent, occupied through nearly its whole extent by a deep unbroken sea of ice, that gathers perennial increase from the water-shed of vast snow-covered mountains, and all the precipitations of the atmosphere upon its own surface. Imagine this moving onward like a great glacial river, seeking outlets at every fiord and valley, rolling icy cataracts into the Atlantic and Greenland seas ; and, having at last reached the northern limit of the land that has borne it...
Side 174 - the most extraordinary compound of talent, wit, buffoonery, obstinacy, and good feeling — in short, a medley of the most opposite qualities, with a great preponderance of good — that I ever saw in any character in my life.
Side 245 - William Slade, of Vermont, joined to the presentation of some abolitionist petitions the motion that they should be referred to an extraordinary committee, with instructions to bring in a bill for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
Side 334 - I am fond of people, and that every one feels directly — young and old. I pass without pretension through the world, and that gratifies men. I never bemoralise any one — always seek out the good that is in them, and leave what is bad to him who made mankind, and knows how to round off the angles. In this way I make myself happy and comfortable.
Side 142 - Smith (?'), they be made good cheap in this kingdom ; for whosoever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professeth the liberal sciences, and, (to be short,) who can live idly, and without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be called master, and shall be taken for a gentleman.
Side 107 - He was a member of the convention to revise the constitution of Pennsylvania, in 1789, and for two succeeding years he was representative of the State legislature.
Side 90 - Some time afterward, it was reported to me by the city officers that they had ferreted out the paper and its editor ; that his office was an obscure hole, his only visible auxiliary a negro boy, and his supporters a few very insignificant persons of all colors,