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Page 50
Each of these is divided horizontally by two cross-mullions, and thereby formed
into twelve lights ; the centre three are ... the light ornamental buttresses and
pinnacles, all combine to give a character to the building pleasing and
satisfactory, ...
Each of these is divided horizontally by two cross-mullions, and thereby formed
into twelve lights ; the centre three are ... the light ornamental buttresses and
pinnacles, all combine to give a character to the building pleasing and
satisfactory, ...
Page 58
Farther off, it fell in a crimson stream on the surface of the sheltered bay,
struggling with the light of the gentle moon, and tinging with blood the small
waves that twinkled in her silver wake, across which a guard boat would now and
then glide, ...
Farther off, it fell in a crimson stream on the surface of the sheltered bay,
struggling with the light of the gentle moon, and tinging with blood the small
waves that twinkled in her silver wake, across which a guard boat would now and
then glide, ...
Page 174
Because the presence of light considerably influences the process of
crystallization. Again, if we place a solution of nitre in a room which has the light
admitted only through a small hole in the window-shutter, crystals will form most
abundantly ...
Because the presence of light considerably influences the process of
crystallization. Again, if we place a solution of nitre in a room which has the light
admitted only through a small hole in the window-shutter, crystals will form most
abundantly ...
Page 216
Light as air, fresh as morning, and joyful as the martyr at the gates of death, I
gazed on the enchanting loveliness around me. " Come 1 " sighed a voice, low
and mellifluous as that of the wind-harp, parleying with " the breath of the sweet
south ...
Light as air, fresh as morning, and joyful as the martyr at the gates of death, I
gazed on the enchanting loveliness around me. " Come 1 " sighed a voice, low
and mellifluous as that of the wind-harp, parleying with " the breath of the sweet
south ...
Page 397
... ives at once — N'.r on the stage Of rural landscape are their lights and shades
Of more harmonious dance and play ... inmost immaterial mind's recess, And with
thy tints and motion stir its chords To music, like tbe light ou Memnou's lyre !
... ives at once — N'.r on the stage Of rural landscape are their lights and shades
Of more harmonious dance and play ... inmost immaterial mind's recess, And with
thy tints and motion stir its chords To music, like tbe light ou Memnou's lyre !
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