Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volume 141837 |
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... less libe- ral members of the profession ; but Jenner lived to see his triumph over it all . It was the opinion of Dr Jenner that the cow - pox and small- pox are modifications of the same disease . Of course the discussion of that ...
... less libe- ral members of the profession ; but Jenner lived to see his triumph over it all . It was the opinion of Dr Jenner that the cow - pox and small- pox are modifications of the same disease . Of course the discussion of that ...
Page 248
... less fa- vourable was the reception which it met with in the north of Europe ; an institution was founded in Berlin , and a medal struck in honour of Jenner . By the exertions of an Austrian nobleman , the people of Bremen in Moravia ...
... less fa- vourable was the reception which it met with in the north of Europe ; an institution was founded in Berlin , and a medal struck in honour of Jenner . By the exertions of an Austrian nobleman , the people of Bremen in Moravia ...
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... less , ' would have left the picture in darkness ; but to have let in any farther the garish light of day upon her mysteries , would have shown at once the hollowness and meanness of the puppet which alarmed us , and have broken the ...
... less , ' would have left the picture in darkness ; but to have let in any farther the garish light of day upon her mysteries , would have shown at once the hollowness and meanness of the puppet which alarmed us , and have broken the ...
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... less note came one frail form , - A phantom among men , —companionless As the last cloud of an expiring storm , Whose thunder is its knell . He , as I guess , Had gazed on Nature's naked loveliness Actæon - like ; and now he fled astray ...
... less note came one frail form , - A phantom among men , —companionless As the last cloud of an expiring storm , Whose thunder is its knell . He , as I guess , Had gazed on Nature's naked loveliness Actæon - like ; and now he fled astray ...
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... less the result of any exclusive propensity , than of those general powers of mind , which would have led to excellence in any pursuit to which he had directed his attention . Though in a great degree self - taught , his knowledge was ...
... less the result of any exclusive propensity , than of those general powers of mind , which would have led to excellence in any pursuit to which he had directed his attention . Though in a great degree self - taught , his knowledge was ...
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Page 253 - Round whose rude shaft dark ivy-tresses grew Yet dripping with the forest's noonday dew, Vibrated, as the ever-beating heart Shook the weak hand that grasped it; of that crew He came the last, neglected and apart; A herd-abandoned deer struck by the hunter's dart.
Page 432 - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Page 433 - The difference, and the only difference, is this; that, in the one case we consider what we shall gain or lose in the present world ; in the other case, we consider also what we shall gain or lose in the world to come.
Page 294 - In morality, I prefer Confucius to the Ten Commandments, and Socrates to St Paul, though the two latter agree in their opinion of marriage. In religion I favour the Catholic emancipation, but do not acknowledge the pope ; and I have refused to take the sacrament, because I do not think eating bread or drinking wine from the hand of an earthly vicar will make me an inheritor of heaven. I hold virtue in general, or the virtues severally, to be only in the disposition, each a feeling, not a principle....
Page 332 - That Mr. Humphry Davy be engaged in the service of the Royal Institution, in the capacity of Assistant Lecturer in Chemistry, Director of the Chemical Laboratory, and Assistant Editor of the Journals of the Institution ; and that he be allowed to occupy a room in the house, and be furnished with coals and candles, and that he be paid a salary of one hundred guineas per annum.
Page 414 - ... he fixed, impelled by some propitious influence, in some happy moment, upon EDMUND BURKE — one of the first of Englishmen, and, in the capacity and energy of his mind, one of the greatest of human beings.
Page 311 - I possessed at this time but one book in the world : it was a treatise on algebra, given to me by a young woman, who had found it in a lodginghouse. I considered it as a treasure ; but it was a treasure locked up ; for it supposed the reader to be well acquainted with simple equations, and I knew nothing of the matter.
Page 311 - I made of them was found out, they were rendered still less so. I could not guess the motives for this at first ; but at length I discovered that my master destined his youngest son for the situation to which I aspired. I possessed at this time but one book in the world : it was a ' Treatise on Algebra,' given to me by a young woman, who bad found it in a lodging-house.
Page 257 - There is eloquence in the tongueless wind, and a melody in the flowing brooks and the rustling of the reeds beside them, which by their...
Page 296 - A very pretty letter from Annabella, which I answered. What an odd situation and friendship is ours ! without one spark of love on either side, and produced by circumstances which in general lead to coldness on one side and aversion on the other. She is a very superior woman, and very little spoiled, which is strange in an heiress — a girl of twenty — a peeress that is to be in her own right, an only child, and a savante, who has always had her own way.