Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest: Being an Attempt to Implant in the Young Mind the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of the Popular Toys and Sports of YouthJohn Murray, 1857 - 564 Seiten |
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... side of truth , and to direct the natural curiosity of youth to useful objects . " " Hoity toity ! " exclaimed the reverend gentleman ; " such principles accord not with my creed ; heresy , downright heresy ; that a man of your ...
... side of truth , and to direct the natural curiosity of youth to useful objects . " " Hoity toity ! " exclaimed the reverend gentleman ; " such principles accord not with my creed ; heresy , downright heresy ; that a man of your ...
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... side are the Royal arms , but without a name ; they are surmounted , you perceive , with an arched crown , and placed between a fleur- de - lis and a rose . " What is the inscription ? " asked Mrs. Seymour . 6 66 a " Say legend , Madam ...
... side are the Royal arms , but without a name ; they are surmounted , you perceive , with an arched crown , and placed between a fleur- de - lis and a rose . " What is the inscription ? " asked Mrs. Seymour . 6 66 a " Say legend , Madam ...
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... side , and deluged poor Rosa , who was walking in front of it . " " Well , well , lose no time in changing your clothes , and meet me again in half an hour . " At the appointed time the children re - assembled on the lawn . " And so ...
... side , and deluged poor Rosa , who was walking in front of it . " " Well , well , lose no time in changing your clothes , and meet me again in half an hour . " At the appointed time the children re - assembled on the lawn . " And so ...
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... side and thus deluged poor Rosa . " Louisa was quite delighted with this simple and satisfactory application of philosophy , and observed , that she should not herself mind a thorough soaking , if it were afterwards rewarded by a ...
... side and thus deluged poor Rosa . " Louisa was quite delighted with this simple and satisfactory application of philosophy , and observed , that she should not herself mind a thorough soaking , if it were afterwards rewarded by a ...
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... side , and the woman , therefore , stretches out the opposite arm , in order to bring it back again into its original situation ; did she not do this , she must , like the English draught - horses , exert her muscles as a counteracting ...
... side , and the woman , therefore , stretches out the opposite arm , in order to bring it back again into its original situation ; did she not do this , she must , like the English draught - horses , exert her muscles as a counteracting ...
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Seite 410 - Ichabod endeavored to dodge the horrible missile, but too late. It encountered his cranium with a tremendous crash — he was tumbled headlong into the dust, and Gunpowder, the black steed, and the goblin rider, passed by like a whirlwind.
Seite 79 - That in our proper motion we ascend Up to our native seat : descent and fall To us is adverse.
Seite 257 - I know not the day of my death : now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison ; and make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
Seite 13 - History of Latin Christianity ; including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicholas V.
Seite 11 - LYELL'S (SiR CHARLES) Principles of Geology; or, the Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants considered as illustrative of Geology.
Seite 395 - Indies, there were not other men in Spain who would have been capable of the enterprise? To this Columbus made no immediate reply, but, taking an egg, invited the company to make it stand on one end. Every one attempted it...
Seite 257 - The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him : but his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob...
Seite 410 - Gunpowder, hoping by a sudden movement to give his companion the slip; but the spectre started full jump with him. Away, then, they dashed through thick and thin, stones flying and sparks flashing at every bound. Ichabod's flimsy garments fluttered in the air as he stretched his long lank body away over his horse's head in the eagerness of his flight.
Seite 476 - in a majority of our summers, a showery period, which, with some latitude as to time and local circumstances, may be admitted to constitute daily rain for forty days, does come on about the time indicated by this tradition ; not that any long space before is often so dry as to mark distinctly its commencement.
Seite 525 - More Worlds than One. The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian.