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... ITALIAN NOVELS OF MARION CRAWFORD . By Ouida THE FUR - PULLERS OF SOUTH LONDON . By Mrs Hogg SOME FIRST IMPRESSIONS . By Sir Wemyss Reid SPECIMENS OF ITALIAN FOLK - SONG . Translated by Mrs. Wolffsohn THE PROTECTION OF WILD BIRDS . By ...
... ITALIAN NOVELS OF MARION CRAWFORD . By Ouida THE FUR - PULLERS OF SOUTH LONDON . By Mrs Hogg SOME FIRST IMPRESSIONS . By Sir Wemyss Reid SPECIMENS OF ITALIAN FOLK - SONG . Translated by Mrs. Wolffsohn THE PROTECTION OF WILD BIRDS . By ...
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... Italian professor , Golgi , had discovered a new method of staining microscopical prepara- tions , which enabled him to trace separate nerve - fibres in the grey tissue as well . The method soon was tested , slightly improved upon , and ...
... Italian professor , Golgi , had discovered a new method of staining microscopical prepara- tions , which enabled him to trace separate nerve - fibres in the grey tissue as well . The method soon was tested , slightly improved upon , and ...
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... Italian anatomist , Tanzi , established that in the ordinary state of things the ramifications of two neighbour neurons do not touch each other ; but he also discovered that when a nerve - current flows along a nerve - fibre it ...
... Italian anatomist , Tanzi , established that in the ordinary state of things the ramifications of two neighbour neurons do not touch each other ; but he also discovered that when a nerve - current flows along a nerve - fibre it ...
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... Italian poets vanished , a hundred literary academies began to squabble over the rival merits of Ariosto and Tasso . In France the decay of mediæval Romance was emphasised by the enthusiasm with which it was cultivated in Mademoiselle ...
... Italian poets vanished , a hundred literary academies began to squabble over the rival merits of Ariosto and Tasso . In France the decay of mediæval Romance was emphasised by the enthusiasm with which it was cultivated in Mademoiselle ...
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... Italian Sol - fa syllables Do , Re , Mi , & c . Mr. Curwen saw at once that here was the germ of the thing he had been looking for ; and setting himself to work on the crude idea , it was not long before he had evolved the Tonic Sol ...
... Italian Sol - fa syllables Do , Re , Mi , & c . Mr. Curwen saw at once that here was the germ of the thing he had been looking for ; and setting himself to work on the crude idea , it was not long before he had evolved the Tonic Sol ...
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Page 619 - ... that comes from abroad or is grown at home ; taxes on the raw material ; taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man ; taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice ; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride— at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay.
Page 189 - Too blest, if it tells me that, 'mid the gay cheer, Some kind voice had murmur'd, " I wish he were here ! " Let Fate do her worst, there are relics of joy, Bright dreams of the past, which she cannot destroy ; Which come in the night-time of sorrow and care, And bring back the features that joy used to wear. Long, long be my heart with such memories...
Page 121 - Sans rien en lui qui pèse ou qui pose. II faut aussi que tu n'ailles point Choisir tes mots sans quelque méprise: Rien de plus cher que la chanson grise Où l'Indécis au Précis se joint.
Page 122 - Car nous voulons la Nuance encor, Pas la couleur, rien que la nuance! Oh! la nuance seule fiance Le rêve au rêve et la flûte au cor!
Page 284 - Each warrior vanished where he stood, In broom or bracken, heath or wood ; Sunk brand and spear and bended bow In osiers pale and copses low : It seemed as if their mother Earth Had swallowed up her warlike birth.
Page 238 - That Day she was dressed in white Silk, bordered with Pearls of the Size of Beans, and over it a Mantle of black Silk, shot with Silver Threads; her Train was very long, the End of it borne by a Marchioness; instead of a Chain, she had an oblong Collar of Gold and Jewels.
Page 619 - TAXES upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste — taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion — taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth...
Page 52 - And once, when Johnson was ill, and unable to exert himself as much as usual without fatigue, Mr. Burke having been mentioned, he said " That fellow calls forth all my powers. Were I to see Burke now it would kill me.
Page 366 - He was opposed to all privilege, and indeed to all orders of men, except dukes, who were a necessity. He was also strongly in favour of the equal division of all property, except land. Liberty depended on land, and the greater the landowners, the greater the liberty of a country. He would hold forth on this topic even with energy, amazed at anyone differing from him; "as if a fellow could have too much land," he would urge with a voice and glance which defied contradiction.
Page 90 - Offering of Christ once made is that perfect redemption, propitiation, and satisfaction, for all the sins of the whole world, both original and actual; and there is none other satisfaction for sin, but that alone. Wherefore the sacrifices of Masses, in the which it was commonly said, that the Priest did offer Christ for the quick and the dead, to have remission of pain or guilt, were blasphemous fables, and dangerous deceits.