Mechanics' Magazine, and Journal of the Mechanics' Institute, 6. kötetJohn Knight D. K. Minor and J. E. Challis., 1835 |
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364. oldal - And such my invention being, to the best of my knowledge and belief, entirely new...
107. oldal - ... be able to forget a time when it was otherwise ; to bear about the piteous spectacle of his own...
271. oldal - Having now described the nature of my invention, and the manner in which the same is to be...
135. oldal - This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high.
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26. oldal - Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord. But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.
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