Harry and Lucy, Concluded: Being the Last Part of Early LessonsCrosby, Nichols, Lee, 1861 |
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Harry and Lucy Concluded: Being the Last Part of Early Lessons, Volume 1 Maria Edgeworth No preview available - 2012 |
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Page 82 - A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain. And drinking largely sobers us again. Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind ; But, more...
Page 83 - While from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind; But more advanc'd, behold with strange surprise New distant scenes of endless science rise!
Page 230 - Leyden, of much eminence, said that "he felt himself struck in his arms, shoulders, and breast, so that he lost his breath ; and it was two days before he recovered from the effects of the blow and the terror ; adding, that he would not take a second shock for the kingdom of France.
Page 149 - And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Page 125 - Inscribed on many a learned page, In mystic characters and sage, Long time my First has stood ; And though its golden age be past, In wooden walls it yet may last Till clothed with flesh and blood. My Second is a glorious prize For all who love their wondering eyes With curious sights to pamper ; But 'tis a sight — which should they meet, All...
Page 64 - For two hundred years his definition of a network as "any thing reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections
Page 29 - When it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill. In short space after it cometh to full maturity, and falleth into the sea...
Page 162 - I have mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind a habit of reasoning closely and in train; not that I think it necessary that all men should be deep mathematicians, but that, having got the way of reasoning, which that study necessarily brings the mind to, they might be able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge, as they shall have occasion.
Page 106 - ... of the ship was in flames ; the masts and sails now taking fire, we moved to a distance, sufficient to avoid the immediate explosion ; ,but the flames were now coming out of the main hatchway, and seeing the rest of the crew, with the captain, &c.
Page 135 - Mortals, wouldst thou know the grains That Ceres heaps on Libya's plains, Or leaves that yellow Autumn strews, Or the stars that Herschel views, Or find how many drops would drain The wide-scooped bosom of the main, Or measure central depths...