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... remarkable , as being the first circumnavigation of the globe , and the first occa- sion of seamen finding the loss of a day in their reckoning ; a fact which caused much surprise at that time , and baffled the learned in their attempts ...
... remarkable , as being the first circumnavigation of the globe , and the first occa- sion of seamen finding the loss of a day in their reckoning ; a fact which caused much surprise at that time , and baffled the learned in their attempts ...
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... remarkable as having comprised the circumnavigation of the south pole , and two cruises within the antarctic circle , as well as for the new lands which it brought to light . It affords another instructive instance of what may be ...
... remarkable as having comprised the circumnavigation of the south pole , and two cruises within the antarctic circle , as well as for the new lands which it brought to light . It affords another instructive instance of what may be ...
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... remarkable and creditable results of this expedition , " one calculated to tion of the scientific men of all Europe . ' engross the atten- It may , perhaps , assist towards a just apprecia- tion of the results of this comprehensive ...
... remarkable and creditable results of this expedition , " one calculated to tion of the scientific men of all Europe . ' engross the atten- It may , perhaps , assist towards a just apprecia- tion of the results of this comprehensive ...
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... remarkable feat- ure . The nights were lengthening ; stars became visible ; everything betokened the rapid approach Ross , however , determined on ascer- of winter . taining whether any connection existed between the new - found ...
... remarkable feat- ure . The nights were lengthening ; stars became visible ; everything betokened the rapid approach Ross , however , determined on ascer- of winter . taining whether any connection existed between the new - found ...
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... remarkable was a magnificent sea- weed , which grows in long flat sheets bordered by a fringe . Singular as the fact may appear , sunshine is not congenial to the vegetation of that frozen land ; the only soil is a stony bank composed ...
... remarkable was a magnificent sea- weed , which grows in long flat sheets bordered by a fringe . Singular as the fact may appear , sunshine is not congenial to the vegetation of that frozen land ; the only soil is a stony bank composed ...
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Page 219 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers ! hear me for my cause, and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor, that you may believe : censure me in your -wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Page 303 - ... whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 13 - But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone...
Page 277 - He that ventures his life for the liberty of his country, I wish he trust God for the liberty of his conscience, and you for the liberty he fights for.
Page 60 - Tell them the men that placed him here Are scandals to the times — Are at a loss to find his guilt, And can't commit his crimes.
Page 111 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 219 - Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all freemen?
Page 223 - ... from the roots and the stem of the tree. Save that country, that you may continue to adorn it — save the Crown, which is in jeopardy — the Aristocracy, which is shaken — save the Altar, which must stagger with the blow that rends its kindred Throne!
Page 143 - Whether it is right or advisable to create beings like Heathcliff, I do not know: I scarcely think it is. But this I know: the writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master - something that, at times, strangely wills and works for itself.
Page 205 - Day by day when I saw with what a front she met suffering, I looked on her with an anguish of wonder and love. I have seen nothing like it; but, indeed, I have never seen her parallel in anything. Stronger than a man, simpler than a child, her nature stood alone.