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...g the Old Testament only when the language manifestly carried me thither, and the other books of the New Testament for further exposition and unfold... ...Cortez, they formed secret societies, of which the object was to procure and read those books expressly which were prohibited by the Inquisition. In... ...aken a few lessons, and practised a little the reading of the scriptures and some other books, I durst venture upon the perusal of it, and permitted... ... proved burdensome to him, he left it, to dedicate himself exclusively to geography and astronomy; in which sciences he could not make great progres... ...molo, in Italy, where he lived in retirement avoiding society, conversing only with his books. He used to take a walk alone, in the fields every aft... ... Christian Church, in that book which was added for the interpretation of all the other books of revelation, and for the express manifestation of th... ...me of certain combinations of matter or proceedings of man. The only perfect science is astronomy, and its perfection consisteth in this, that there ...

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...t Wormeley Dedication To Constance-Victoire. Here, madame, is one of those books which come into the mind, whence no one knows, giving pleasure to the... ...rtain M. Metivier, jr., wholesale dealer in pa- per; that on the left to a bookseller named Barbet. The of- fices of each were above the warerooms; th... ...okseller named Barbet. The of- fices of each were above the warerooms; the bookseller occu- pying the first storey, and the paper-dealer the second st... ...ular dealer, and Barbet, much more of a money lender and discounter than a bookseller, kept these vast warerooms for the purpose of stor- ing,—one, hi... ...s stacks of paper, bought of needy manufactur- ers, the other, editions of books given as security for loans. The shark of bookselling and the pike of... ...adame de Godollo; “wasn’t theology bad enough, that he must needs bring in astronomy too?” And her vexation gave to her voice so vibrating a tone that... ... satisfy each in our own way, is marvellously well helped by the labors of astronomy, that reveal to us from time to time new worlds which the hand of...

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...ecker was reading a folio volume which was propped against a pile of other books as on a desk. At his left stood a jug of beer and a glass, at his rig... ...on our lump of mud. Do you know Swedenborg?” “By name only,—of him, of his books, and his religion I know nothing.” “Then I must relate to you the who... ...d 1740, sev- eral important works on mineralogy, physics, mathematics, and astronomy, which enlightened the world of learning. He originated a method ... ...- sulted him, and he was able to decipher the vestiges of the oldest known books of Scripture, namely: ‘The Wars of Je- 39 Balzac hovah’ and ‘The Enu... ...istorical part and ‘The Enunciations’ the prophetical part of the Mosaical Books anterior to Genesis. Swedenborg even affirms that ‘the Book of Jasher... ...elf against the wall between the stove and the window on which were ranged books of all sizes, “behold him! here are seven- teen works from his pen, o... ...at a straight line is the shortest way from one point to another, but your astronomy proves that God has proceeded by curves. Here, then, we find two ...

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...t the convent must have been to the south of the spot of her fall; but his astronomy, though eagerly demonstrated, was not likely to have brought her ... ...the day!’ ‘ And am I then a baron—a lord?’ said the boy. ‘Great lords have books. Were there not some big ones on the hall win- dow seats? Did not Bro... ...m a saint. I had rather hear the boy talk of sword and lance than prate of books and stars! And that wench, whom to our misfortune thou didst find! Wh... ...t it would make him more than ever a mere priestling, ever hankering after books and trash! ‘Were it not better to ask my lady and Sir Lancelot if the... ...fill him with contemplation and wonder, as he dwelt on the scraps alike of astronomy, astrology, and devotion which he had gathered from his oracle in...

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... the unfathomable darkness! I tried to recall the fragmentary knowledge of astronomy I had gained in my irregular reading, but it was all too vague to... ... the earth?” I asked. “Why?” “I knew some one who was rather interested in astronomy. It occurred to me that it would be rather odd if—my friend— chan... ...ids to brain work which have distinguished the career of man. There are no books, no records of any sort, no libraries or inscriptions. All knowledge ... ...ped our limited [a word omitted here, probably “brains”] with libraries of books. I explained to him how our science was growing by the united labours...

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... a laurel branch—open to her friend, thus knocking down one of the pile of books which she had taken to the top of the wall. Miss Nugent picked it up,... ...eet child pleases,’ said Mr. Dutton; whereupon she threatened to throw her books at his head. Miss Nugent asked how they were to go, and Mr. Dutton ex... ...ers!’ ‘He is old-fashioned, my dear.’ ‘One of the stodgey old clergymen in books,’ observed Nuttie. ‘I didn’t think there were any of that sort left.’... ...thing they please with.’ ‘Oh, I wonder if she would tell me of some German books!’ ‘You don’t mean that you want to read German!’ and Blanche stood st... ... my admirable sagacity, you under- stand? I always see all the villains in books just on his model. Oh, but who’s that? How very pretty! You don’t mea... ...o the races, she found a discussion going on about some past lectures upon astronomy, and Nuttie vehemently regretting the not attending two courses p...

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...its first slough. Idea is there. The funny part of it is our finding it in books of fiction composed for payment. Manifestly this lady did not ‘chamel... ...ed Lon- don. Her friend bore such reminders meekly. They were read- ers of books of all sorts, political, philosophical, economical, romantic; and the... ...ubt of his having kept his pledge, although his wife occupied herself with books and notions and subjects foreign to his taste—his understanding, too,... ...a nature recovering from disturbance to its clear smooth flow. Air, light, books, and her friend, these good things she had; they were all she wanted.... ... usual with those who receive exhilarating cor- respondence from makers of books, condemned the author- ess in comparison, and now first saw that she ... ... life of trees and herbs were a spell to his thirsty hearers. Something of astronomy he knew; but in relation to that science, he sank his voice, touc...

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... Janiculum, in one of which his body was laid, and in the other his sacred books, which, as the Greek legislators their tables, he had written out for... ... fact of a real acquaintance between them. Valerius Antias writes that the books which were buried in the aforesaid chest or coffin of stone were twel... ...ly empty, without the least relic of any human body; in the other were the books before mentioned, which the pra- etor Petilius having read and peruse... ...th com- ing to its due time. Poplicola, upon consultation of the Sibylline books, sacrificing to Pluto, and renewing certain games commanded by Apollo... ... on their side. With this view, the secret prophecies called the Sibylline Books were consulted; sundry predictions found in them were said to refer t... ...e even at the present time, when there is a far more accurate knowledge of astronomy, some begin the month at one time, and some at another. After thi...

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...r cent profit. T o relieve him- 7 Balzac self of the necessity of keeping books and accounts, he bought and sold for cash only. He had, moreover, suc... ...abits. She did some reading to- gether with her tapestry, but never in any books except those lent to her by the vicar of Saint-Etienne, a priest whom... ...e full of water, the “Vie des Saints,” the “Lettres Edifiantes,” and other books lent by the vicar. Madame Sauviat knitted stockings, feeling that she... ...ded mass, and took a walk, Veronique passed, on their way to the fields, a bookseller’s stall on which lay a copy of “Paul and Virginia.” She had a fa... ...sieur le vicaire before you read it?” said her mother, to whom all printed books were a sealed mystery. “I thought of it,” answered Veronique. The gir... ...hich has for its object to put the whole of physical science, mathematics, astronomy, chemistry, and all their nomenclatures into the minds of young m...

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...u by Jean Jacques Rousseau THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU (In 12 books) Privately Printed for the Members of the Aldus Society London, 1903 ... ...u by Jean Jacques Rousseau THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU (In 12 books) Privately Printed for the Members of the Aldus Society London, 1903 ... ...rs of the Aldus Society London, 1903 BOOK I INTRODUCTION Among the notable books of later times-we may say, with- out exaggeration, of all time—must b... ... Therese, and devoted his time to herborising and indit- ing the first six books of his Confessions. Soon, however, his old hallucinations acquired st... ...her father’s which had devolved to us; here we happily found some valuable books, which was by no means extraor- dinary, having been selected by a min... ...se of the celestial bod- ies. I should even have contracted a fondness for astronomy, had I been in possession of instruments, but was obliged to cont...

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... Areopagitica by JOHN MILTON 1644 DjVu Editions E-books ' 2001, Global Language Resources, Inc. Milton Table of Contents .... ...end not in either of these particulars. But that other clause of Licensing Books, which we thought had died with his brother quadragesimal and mat... ...to own; next what is to be thought in general of reading, whatever sort the books be; and that this Order avails nothing to the suppressing of scan... ...ils nothing to the suppressing of scan- dalous, seditious, and libellous books, which were mainly intended to be suppressed. Last, that it will be... ... concernment in the Church and Commonwealth, to have a vigi- lant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, impr... ...mous Galileo, grown old a prisoner to the Inquisition, for think- ing in astronomy otherwise than the Franciscan and Dominican licensers though...

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...e and wonderful success. I am versed in the great sciences of astrology and astronomy. In my house here, I have every description of apparatus for o... ...a very large, dark, gloomy room: filled with all manner of bottles, globes, books, telescopes, crocodiles, alligators, and other scientific instrumen...

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... and the penny Life of Confucius, there were battered and de- faced school books, a number of the excellent manuals of the Universal Correspondence As... ...he excellent manuals of the Universal Correspondence Association, exercise books, ink (red and black) in penny bottles, and an india-rubber stamp with... ..., and that this was no vain boasting, a cheap American alarum clock by the books on the box witnessed. The lumps of mellow chocolate on the papered le... ... knees were con- veniently stuck into the cavity . The bed was strewn with books and copygraphed sheets of instructions from his remote cor- responden... ...se,” she went on, “I’m not clever like some people are. And I have to read books as I get hold of them.” “So do I,” said Mr. Lewisham, “for the matter... ... Royal Arms, guaranteeing his knowledge of geometrical drawing, nauti- cal astronomy, animal physiology, physiography, inorganic chemistry, and buildi...

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...btless sufficiently encyclopedic; his grand tutors the multifarious set of Books he devoured. And perhaps,—as is the singular case in most schools and... ...-elected, indescribable Parliamentum, or Talking Apparatus, which talks by books and printed papers. A literary Newspaper called The Athenaeum, the sa... ...,—which you couldn’t. For the rest, Mr. Coleridge had on the anvil various Books, especially was about to write one grand Book On the Logos, which wou... ...having touched them. Even now I was not at all sure the house would go. My books, I saw, were lost; for the rain poured past the bookcases, as if it h... ... here] The a, a are the windows that were first destroyed: b went next; my books were between the windows b, and on the wall opposite to them. The lin... ...s one the same sort of bewildering view of the abysmal extent of Time that Astronomy does of Space. I do not think I shall take your advice as to lear...

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...n by nerves?’ or if some one alluded in his presence to the discoveries of astronomy, asking: ‘And do you believe in astronomy?’ When he wanted to ove... ... he got up, lighted a candle, put on his dressing-gown, took down from the bookshelf the second volume of Raumer’s History of the Hohenstaufen, and si... ...ach to Moscow. He had to get some money from the post- office, to buy some books, and he wanted to seize the oppor- tunity to see Insarov and have som... ...u see, still in disorder,’ added Insarov, pointing to a pile of papers and books on the floor, ‘I haven’t got settled in as I ought. I have not had ti... ... with history and philosophy. All that would interest you. I have a lot of books.’ Insarov got up and walked about the room. ‘Let me know,’ he said, ‘... ...ited visits; he was for ever bringing them some, as they said, far-fetched books on education. Even the schoolboys were embarrassed at the sight of th...

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... popularity that was al most unprecedented in an age that knew no printed books. Not only was it accepted as an authority by British historians, but ... ...I came back from France, I dwelt long at Caen. I busied myself with making books in Ro mance; many of them I wrote and many of them I made.” Before 1... ...h upon Severn’s bank,—good it there seemed to him—near Radestone, where he books read. It came to him in mind, and in his chief thought, that he would... ...rd …. Layamon began to journey wide over this land, and procured the noble books which he took for pattern. He took the English book that Saint Bede m... ...leanor, who was the high King Henry’s queen. Layamon laid before him these books, and turned over the leaves; lovingly he beheld them—may the Lord be ... ...ny wealthy clergy and canons of seemly life. These clerks were students of astronomy, con cerning themselves diligently with the courses of the stars...

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...er- sonality; his clothing, his jewels, the tools of his employ- ment, his books, the objects of art he may have bought or made, his personal weapons ... ...ty to individuals will tend to make clothing, ornamentation, imple- ments, books, and all the arts finer and more beautiful, be- cause by buying such ... ...d, with doctor, shop, and so forth, and may even have a pneumatic tube for books and small parcels to the nearest post-office. But the solitary homest... ...ull story of an instantaneous transfer from some planet unknown to Utopian astronomy. That he and all his world exists only upon a hypothesis that wou... ... at last to the station. There we shall find pleasant rooms with seats and books—luggage all neatly elsewhere—and doors that we shall imagine give upo... ...windows, and those set high, gives the wall space of the long corridors to books; the middle part of the train is indeed a comfortable library with ab...

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...ntion to a convenient deck-chair before the window, and to an array of old books, chiefly, I found, surgical works and editions of the Latin and Greek... ...call, and for the moment I do not think I no- ticed. Then as I handled the books on the shelf it came up in consciousness: Where had I heard the name ... ...pe-man had done; or into some library, and there the intent faces over the books seemed but patient creatures waiting for prey. Particularly nauseous ... ...confu- sion of cities and multitudes, and spend my days surrounded by wise books,—bright windows in this life of ours, lit by the shining souls of men... ...- ments in chemistry, and I spend many of the clear nights in the study of astronomy. There is—though I do not know how there is or why there is—a sen...

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...ran quil present epoch in what shall be left of the book. The world and the books are so accustomed to use, and over use, the word ‘new’ in connectio... ...fashion; Margaret of Navarre was writing the “Heptameron” and some religious books,—the first survives, the others are forgotten, wit and indelicacy b... ... torch bearer on the lecture platform; and, finally, I became a scribbler of books, and an immovable fixture among the other rocks of New England. In ... ...just the reverse to our tender footed progenitors. A glance at these tourist books shows us that in certain of its aspects the Mississippi has undergo... ...there for?—collar that kag of nails! Four years at West Point, and plenty of books and schooling, will learn a man a good deal, I reckon, but it won’t... ...sissippi Mark T wain 207 with talk about horses, drifted into talk about astronomy, then into talk about the lynching of the gamblers in Vicksburg...

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...r, who was listening on her balcony; “children of your age know nothing of astronomy.” “Ah, madame,” cried Mademoiselle Caroline, “he has opened the f... ...ily employ. I lived under a tree, lost in dejected thought, or reading the books distributed to us monthly by the librarian. How many griefs were in t... ...idant of their late returns and their intermediary for obtaining forbidden books. Breakfast on a cup of “cafe-au-lait” is an aristocratic habit, expla... ... and of virtuous wisdom. It was at Clochegourde that he corrected his last books, printed at Tours by Letourmy. Madame de V erneuil, wise with the wis... ...st known. Be- lieve me, there are neither teachers, nor schools, nor text- books for the laws that are now to regulate your actions, your language, yo... ...he physical being. He had lately become his own doctor; he studied medical books, fancied he had the dis- eases he read of, and took the most extraord...