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... effect . It will be evident , from the above description of the pump , that the height to which the water will be raised depends entirely upon the speed of revolution of the wheel ; and it is by this that the application of centrifugal ...
... effect . It will be evident , from the above description of the pump , that the height to which the water will be raised depends entirely upon the speed of revolution of the wheel ; and it is by this that the application of centrifugal ...
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... effect , and its employment for only a few days prior to an operation is of course simply useless . The diet should at the same time be attended to ; and persons of intemperate habits should be accustomed to a more healthy mode of ...
... effect , and its employment for only a few days prior to an operation is of course simply useless . The diet should at the same time be attended to ; and persons of intemperate habits should be accustomed to a more healthy mode of ...
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... effect of these drugs by the prescription of a mild aperient daily , as , for example , a little confection of senna ... effects produced by fireworks are either streams of fire issuing straight out of the cases , and much varied with ...
... effect of these drugs by the prescription of a mild aperient daily , as , for example , a little confection of senna ... effects produced by fireworks are either streams of fire issuing straight out of the cases , and much varied with ...
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... effect : ' All men are some ( or part of ) mortals , ' where quantity is assigned , not only to the subject , but also to the predicate . It might be that the predicate contained under it only the subject , as in the proposition : All ...
... effect : ' All men are some ( or part of ) mortals , ' where quantity is assigned , not only to the subject , but also to the predicate . It might be that the predicate contained under it only the subject , as in the proposition : All ...
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... effect of the composition . Vocal quartetts are generally accompanied by instruments to sustain the voices . A mere interchange of melody , by which the parts become in turn principal and subordinate , without any interweaving of them ...
... effect of the composition . Vocal quartetts are generally accompanied by instruments to sustain the voices . A mere interchange of melody , by which the parts become in turn principal and subordinate , without any interweaving of them ...
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Page 234 - THE measure is English heroic verse without rime, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin, — rime being no necessary adjunct or true ornament of poem or good verse, in longer works especially, but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre...
Page 131 - The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Page 221 - Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
Page 300 - And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord and Giver of life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets. And I believe one Catholic and Apostolic Church. I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, And I look for the Resurrection of the dead, And the life of the world to come. Amen.
Page 216 - And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead...
Page 285 - Some Passages of the Life and Death of John Earl of Rochester ;" which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety.
Page 299 - Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.
Page 340 - But clear and artless pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain. Whose causeway parts the vale with shady rows ? Whose seats the weary traveller repose ? Who taught that heaven-directed spire to rise ? " The Man of Ross," each lisping babe replies. Behold the market-place with poor o'erspread ! The Man of Ross...
Page 131 - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
Page 299 - I believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible...