The Life of James Watt: With Selections from His CorrespondenceJohn Murray, 1859 - 572 Seiten |
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... hope and encouragement to those who read its lesson aright . For it sets forth the dignity of that intel- lectual pre - eminence , which crowns perseverance in honour- able toil ; —the lustre of that nobility of soul , which finds its ...
... hope and encouragement to those who read its lesson aright . For it sets forth the dignity of that intel- lectual pre - eminence , which crowns perseverance in honour- able toil ; —the lustre of that nobility of soul , which finds its ...
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... hope that " the " reverence of kindred " does not unduly influence our judg ment , when we venture to express a belief that it will always occupy an honourable place among the annals of the child- hood and youth of great men . It is not ...
... hope that " the " reverence of kindred " does not unduly influence our judg ment , when we venture to express a belief that it will always occupy an honourable place among the annals of the child- hood and youth of great men . It is not ...
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... hope and aim " On the humanities of peaceful fame , " Enter betimes with more than martial fire " The generous course : aspire , and still aspire ; " Upheld by warnings heeded not too late , " Stifle the contradictions of their fate ...
... hope and aim " On the humanities of peaceful fame , " Enter betimes with more than martial fire " The generous course : aspire , and still aspire ; " Upheld by warnings heeded not too late , " Stifle the contradictions of their fate ...
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... hope of rescue , to the embraces of the pressgang . Neither being the son of a burgess , nor having , as yet , married the daughter of one , nor having served a regular apprenticeship to a craft , he was visited , by tradesmen of more ...
... hope of rescue , to the embraces of the pressgang . Neither being the son of a burgess , nor having , as yet , married the daughter of one , nor having served a regular apprenticeship to a craft , he was visited , by tradesmen of more ...
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... hope that upon the " profits of what I shall be able to sell there , I can go to " London in the spring , when I make no doubt of selling " more than I can get made ; all which I want your advice " on . And if that does not succeed , I ...
... hope that upon the " profits of what I shall be able to sell there , I can go to " London in the spring , when I make no doubt of selling " more than I can get made ; all which I want your advice " on . And if that does not succeed , I ...
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Seite ix - Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears: "Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.
Seite 325 - Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.
Seite 22 - History of Latin Christianity ; including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicholas V.
Seite 470 - True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise ; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self ; and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions...
Seite 498 - The Clouds that gather round the setting sun Do take a sober colouring from an eye That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality ; Another race hath been, and other palms are won. Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears ; To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
Seite 423 - A Description and Draught of a new-invented Machine, for carrying Vessels or Ships out of, or into, any Harbour, Port, or River, against Wind and Tide, or in a calm.
Seite 494 - ... the world the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt, was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers and calculator of numbers, as adapted to practical purposes, was not only one of the most generally well-informed, but one of the best and kindest of human beings.
Seite ix - That life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears, And dipt in baths of hissing tears, And batter'd with the shocks of doom To shape and use.
Seite 419 - Nor was this all the honour done to his reverend ashes; for as there be some persons that will not receive a reward for that for which God accounts Himself a debtor; persons that dare trust God with their charity, and without a witness; so there was, by some grateful unknown friend, that thought Dr. Donne's memory ought to be perpetuated, an hundred marks sent to his two faithful friends and executors (Dr.
Seite 512 - It is needless to say that, with those vast resources, his conversation was at all times rich and instructive in no ordinary degree ; but it was, if possible, still more pleasing than wise, and had all the charms of familiarity, with all the substantial treasures of knowledge. No man could be more social in his spirit, less assuming or fastidious in his manners, or more kind and indulgent towards all who approached him. He rather liked to talk, at least in his...