The Saturday Magazine, Volumen 8J. W. Parker, 1836 |
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... once stupid and intractable . Its length , not in- cluding the tail , is from eleven to twelve feet , and the circumference of its body about the same ; though it is said sometimes to exceed this standard . It occa- sionally , though ...
... once stupid and intractable . Its length , not in- cluding the tail , is from eleven to twelve feet , and the circumference of its body about the same ; though it is said sometimes to exceed this standard . It occa- sionally , though ...
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... once struck with the lively characters of a marshy tract , overshadowed by alders and lofty ashes , which appeared to extend far into the bosom of some low hills , partly occupied by hop - gardens , and partly by variably productive ...
... once struck with the lively characters of a marshy tract , overshadowed by alders and lofty ashes , which appeared to extend far into the bosom of some low hills , partly occupied by hop - gardens , and partly by variably productive ...
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... once recalled to our memories the almost as simple huts of the natives of New Cale- donia , and of the Esquimaux , the most readily avail- able materials being employed upon the construction of each of the three dwellings . The hut of ...
... once recalled to our memories the almost as simple huts of the natives of New Cale- donia , and of the Esquimaux , the most readily avail- able materials being employed upon the construction of each of the three dwellings . The hut of ...
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... once before it has time to become thick ; and when you let it stand , the chalk soon settles to the bottom in a fine white powder . Sugar is a solution , and chalk a mixture . Besides water , oil , alcohol , and acids will dissolve ...
... once before it has time to become thick ; and when you let it stand , the chalk soon settles to the bottom in a fine white powder . Sugar is a solution , and chalk a mixture . Besides water , oil , alcohol , and acids will dissolve ...
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... once again . " Ortogrul looked , and perceived the channel of the torrent dry and dusty ; but following the rivulet from the well , he traced it to a wide lake , which the supply , slow and constant , kept always full . He waked , and ...
... once again . " Ortogrul looked , and perceived the channel of the torrent dry and dusty ; but following the rivulet from the well , he traced it to a wide lake , which the supply , slow and constant , kept always full . He waked , and ...
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Página 50 - To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Página 223 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Página 164 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Página 206 - Oh, the grave! the grave! It buries every error, covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment. From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.
Página 142 - Around me I behold, Where'er these casual eyes are cast, The mighty minds of old : My never-failing friends are they, With whom I converse day by day. With them I take delight in weal And seek relief in woe ; And while I understand and feel How much to them I owe, My cheeks have often been bedew'd With tears of thoughtful gratitude.
Página 159 - If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Página 186 - This is that which I think great readers are apt to be mistaken in. Those who have read of everything are thought to understand everything too; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking makes what we read ours.
Página 32 - And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Página 249 - There is a glorious city in the sea; The sea is in the broad, the narrow streets, Ebbing and flowing; and the salt sea-weed Clings to the marble of her palaces. No track of men, no footsteps to and fro, Lead to her gates ! The path lies o'er the sea, Invisible : and from the land we went, As to a floating city — steering in, And gliding up her streets, as in a dream...
Página 246 - God's blessing breathed upon the fainting earth ! Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse The wide old wood from his majestic rest, Summoning from the innumerable boughs The strange, deep harmonies that haunt his breast...