Other Men's Minds, Or, Seven Thousand Choice Extracts on History, Science, Philosophy, Religion, Etc: Selected from the Standard Authorship of Ancient and Modern Times, and Classified in Alphabetical Order |
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If we are asked by what characteristic the present age will be marked in future records , we answer , by the miracles which have been wrought in the subjugation of the powers of the material world to the uses of the human race . this ...
If we are asked by what characteristic the present age will be marked in future records , we answer , by the miracles which have been wrought in the subjugation of the powers of the material world to the uses of the human race . this ...
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This is mainly owing to the elasticity of the human body , and the equal pressure of the air in all directions . În consequence of the for- mer , if any part of the body is unusually oppressed , it gives way like the buffer of a railway ...
This is mainly owing to the elasticity of the human body , and the equal pressure of the air in all directions . În consequence of the for- mer , if any part of the body is unusually oppressed , it gives way like the buffer of a railway ...
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... person inspired by Heaven with sagacity and fortitude more than human , in order to accomplish a design so far beyond the ideas and conceptions of all former ages . As soon as the sun arose , all their boats were manned and armed .
... person inspired by Heaven with sagacity and fortitude more than human , in order to accomplish a design so far beyond the ideas and conceptions of all former ages . As soon as the sun arose , all their boats were manned and armed .
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The first - named summit in human history , it emerges from the flood , and lifts its head over the water to look down on all coming generations to the end of time . Whether it was changed in that mighty convulsion which drowned the ...
The first - named summit in human history , it emerges from the flood , and lifts its head over the water to look down on all coming generations to the end of time . Whether it was changed in that mighty convulsion which drowned the ...
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We feel withdrawn from the earth , and rise in lofty abstraction from this little theatre of humar passions and human anxieties . The mind abandons itself to reverie , and is transferred in the ecstasy of its thoughts to distant and ...
We feel withdrawn from the earth , and rise in lofty abstraction from this little theatre of humar passions and human anxieties . The mind abandons itself to reverie , and is transferred in the ecstasy of its thoughts to distant and ...
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| Titel | Other Men's Minds, Or, Seven Thousand Choice Extracts on History, Science, Philosophy, Religion, Etc: Selected from the Standard Authorship of Ancient and Modern Times, and Classified in Alphabetical Order |
| Autor/in | Edwin Davies |
| Verlag | Estes and Lauriat, 1888 |
| Original von | University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign |
| Digitalisiert | 2. Juni 2014 |
| Länge | 640 Seiten |
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