Lavoisier was, unquestionably, an important minister of science; he possessed singular assiduity, unwearied zeal, and remarkable sagacity.
Lavoisier followed in their track by a series of experiments in the calcination of metals, pursued with remarkable intelligence and industry.
But named in competition with the liberality of the leading sovereigns, it is utterly mean.
The chemistry of the gases had made rapid progress in England; and the names of Black, Priestley, and Cavendish, had already attracted the attention of scientific Europe.
But, at the period of this memorable voyage, the Southern Hemisphere was scarcely more known than the hemisphere of the moon.
On the Continent, the hour which deprived a statesman of office, at once deprived him of every thing.
He was now a man of fame, and to enjoy it came up to London, where he resided for two years in the midst of the best society, political and literary, to be found in England.
All the world ran away from him, as they would from a falling house.
He asked only a few days to complete some experiments which were going on during his imprisonment.
The Danes may be right, or they may be wrong; but what will be the result of any future naval engagement where steam alone, or canvass alone is used, is beyond the intelligence of any living creature.
I have been told, that the Danish Government intends to build steam-frigates, and will have nothing more to do with sailing vessels of war.
The interior decorations of the house were tawdry, and could not for an instant bear comparison with the simple adornment of the Haymarket theatre.
The theatres are entirely supported by the Government, and the actors and actresses receive their salaries from the same quarter.
From the spot where I stand, I can catch a glimpse of the dockyards, and the hulls of six dismounted men-of-war.
And all the college experiences that have come since have never dimmed the thrilling feeling of that day or made it seem one bit less the best thing that ever happened to me.
You may not be when you know what your friend, Jim, has volunteered for you," laughed Katherine.
She had the fleeting and snobbish wish that all the girls of her class could see her turning thus assuredly up the walk to the famous senior house.
Sabia melhor o que uma mulher deve a seu marido, do que tu sabes o que uma filha deve a seu pae.
Here and there the perches give way with a crash, and falling to the ground, destroy hundreds of the birds beneath, forcing down the dense groups with which every stick is loaded.
The tail is partly black, the two central feathers being green, tipped with black.
For three days they were uncertain of his fate, when at length their anxiety was relieved by his appearance.
The tires of the wheels are made of buffalo hide, and put on wet.
The most remarkable, perhaps, is the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky.
They travel in large packs, a solitary one being seldom seen.
In Nova Scotia, however, they migrate to other localities when they have consumed the more tempting portions of food in the yard.
It has a large head covered with a hard wrinkled skin, and a long thick neck, over which are scattered a number of projecting tubercles.
From his awkward, heavy appearance, when seen at a distance, it would not be supposed that he is extremely active, capable of moving at a rapid rate, and of continuing his headlong career for an immense distance.
Of the purely native tribes, most of them have become mingled with Spaniards or negroes.
A change of fashion--the substitution of silk for beaver--has probably saved them from utter extermination.
He would triumphantly ask, how it would become a female, and that female a Bradwardine, to be seen employed in servitio exuendi, seu detrahendi, caligas regis post battaliam?
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