Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 2J.B. Lippincott Company, 1910 - American literature |
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... light into rays of seven dif- ferent colours , and possessing dif ferent degrees of refrangibility . His thirty years ' opti- cal investigations were set forth in 1704 in Optics : or a Treatise of the Refractions , Inflec- tions , and ...
... light into rays of seven dif- ferent colours , and possessing dif ferent degrees of refrangibility . His thirty years ' opti- cal investigations were set forth in 1704 in Optics : or a Treatise of the Refractions , Inflec- tions , and ...
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... light which shineth more and more unto the perfect day . As the day begins with obscurity and a great mixture of darkness , till by quick and silent motions the light overcomes the mists and vapours of the night , and not only spreads ...
... light which shineth more and more unto the perfect day . As the day begins with obscurity and a great mixture of darkness , till by quick and silent motions the light overcomes the mists and vapours of the night , and not only spreads ...
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... light ; but they would not yield , and their final verdict was ' Not Guilty . ' Penn and the jury were all thrown into Newgate . On an appeal to the Court of Common Pleas , Penn triumphed , but he was imprisoned six months for refusing ...
... light ; but they would not yield , and their final verdict was ' Not Guilty . ' Penn and the jury were all thrown into Newgate . On an appeal to the Court of Common Pleas , Penn triumphed , but he was imprisoned six months for refusing ...
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... light to their families . And it has been something natural for some of their descen- dants to endeavour to keep up the credit of their houses in proportion to the merit of their founder . And to say true , if there be any advantage in ...
... light to their families . And it has been something natural for some of their descen- dants to endeavour to keep up the credit of their houses in proportion to the merit of their founder . And to say true , if there be any advantage in ...
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... light Had wept themselves away . Methought I asked him why he cried ; My pity led me on , — All sighing the sad boy replied , ' Alas ! I am undone ! As I beneath yon myrtles lay , Down by Diana's springs , Amyntas stole my bow away ...
... light Had wept themselves away . Methought I asked him why he cried ; My pity led me on , — All sighing the sad boy replied , ' Alas ! I am undone ! As I beneath yon myrtles lay , Down by Diana's springs , Amyntas stole my bow away ...
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