Things not generally known. Popular errors explained and illustrated1858 |
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... supposed operation of climate , which , " remarks Dr. Millingen , " the ob- servation of every unprejudiced traveller can impugn . " Sir Thomas Browne devotes three entire chapters to " The Black- ness of Negroes , " and confesses that ...
... supposed operation of climate , which , " remarks Dr. Millingen , " the ob- servation of every unprejudiced traveller can impugn . " Sir Thomas Browne devotes three entire chapters to " The Black- ness of Negroes , " and confesses that ...
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... supposed by the lower orders in England to be particu- larly prevalent in Scotland . What prevalence it may have had years ago , we cannot tell ; but it is a curious fact , that though we have spent all the years of our life in Scotland ...
... supposed by the lower orders in England to be particu- larly prevalent in Scotland . What prevalence it may have had years ago , we cannot tell ; but it is a curious fact , that though we have spent all the years of our life in Scotland ...
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... supposed , by possibility , to be a cause of insanity . But still , though the hallucination be a religious one , the real source of insanity may be the very reverse of religion ; and thus the religious hal- lucination itself rather be ...
... supposed , by possibility , to be a cause of insanity . But still , though the hallucination be a religious one , the real source of insanity may be the very reverse of religion ; and thus the religious hal- lucination itself rather be ...
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... supposed to have existed in ancient time . The same reasons which forbade the belief in a race of dwarfs forbid the belief in a race of giants , - -a race of anomalies being a much greater physiological than verbal contradiction ; and ...
... supposed to have existed in ancient time . The same reasons which forbade the belief in a race of dwarfs forbid the belief in a race of giants , - -a race of anomalies being a much greater physiological than verbal contradiction ; and ...
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... supposed fossil remains of gigantic human bones are proved to have belonged to the Megatherium and Palæotherium , and other individuals . All the evidence by which a colossal race of men was once accredited disappears ; and no one ...
... supposed fossil remains of gigantic human bones are proved to have belonged to the Megatherium and Palæotherium , and other individuals . All the evidence by which a colossal race of men was once accredited disappears ; and no one ...
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63 psl. - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school : and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.
43 psl. - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
52 psl. - To carry on the feelings of childhood into the powers of manhood; to combine the child's sense of wonder and novelty with the appearances, which every day for perhaps forty years had rendered familiar; With sun and moon and stars throughout the year, And man and woman; this is the character and privilege of genius, and one of the marks which distinguish genius from talents.
129 psl. - In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
132 psl. - A screech-owl at midnight has alarmed a family more than a band of robbers ; nay, the voice of a cricket hath struck more terror than the roaring of a lion. There is nothing so inconsiderable, which may not appear dreadful to an imagination that is filled with omens and prognostics : a rusty nail or a crooked pin shoot up into prodigies.
137 psl. - They say, miracles are past; and we -have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar things, supernatural and causeless. Hence is it, that we make trifles of terrors; ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, when we should submit ourselves to an unknown fear.
176 psl. - Oppress'd with numbers in th' unequal field, His men discourag'd, and himself expell'd, Let him for succour sue from place to place, Torn from his subjects, and his son's embrace. First let him see his friends in battle slain, And their untimely fate lament in vain: And when, at length, the cruel war shall cease, On hard conditions may he buy his peace: Nor let him then enjoy supreme command; But fall, untimely, by some hostile hand, And lie unbury'd on the barren sand!
24 psl. - O ! mickle is the powerful grace that lies In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities : For nought so vile that on the earth doth live But to the earth some special good doth give...
108 psl. - Bring oil to fire, snow to their colder moods; Renege, affirm, and turn their halcyon beaks With every gale and vary of their masters, Knowing nought, like dogs, but following.
148 psl. - Alas ! you know the cause too well; The salt is spilt, to me it fell; Then to contribute to my loss, My knife and fork were laid across : On Friday, too! the day I dread ! Would I were safe at home in bed ! Last night (I vow to Heav'n 'tis true) Bounce from the fire a coffin flew. Next post some fatal news shall tell: God send my Cornish friends be well!