La Belle Assemblée, Volumen 18J. Bell, 1818 |
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... sides are of Petworth marble . In this place Henry II . underwent the severity of his humiliating penance of being ... side of the body of this fine cathedral ; through them is the entrance into the chapter house . The shrine was built ...
... sides are of Petworth marble . In this place Henry II . underwent the severity of his humiliating penance of being ... side of the body of this fine cathedral ; through them is the entrance into the chapter house . The shrine was built ...
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... side , stands that famous statue of Henry IV called the Great , on horseback , exceeding the natural proportion by much ; inscrip- tions of his victories and most signal actions , are. proved inefficient , whereas that of the other party ...
... side , stands that famous statue of Henry IV called the Great , on horseback , exceeding the natural proportion by much ; inscrip- tions of his victories and most signal actions , are. proved inefficient , whereas that of the other party ...
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... sides , are shops of all kinds , especially booksellers . One side is full of pews for clerks of the advocates , who swarm here ( as ours at Westminster ) . At one of the ends stands an altar , at which mass is said daily ; within are ...
... sides , are shops of all kinds , especially booksellers . One side is full of pews for clerks of the advocates , who swarm here ( as ours at Westminster ) . At one of the ends stands an altar , at which mass is said daily ; within are ...
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... side of the town , and to some distance from it , to the Bois de Vincennes , going by the Bastille , which is the fortress , tower , and magazine of this great city . It is very spacious within , and here the Grand Mas- || ter of the ...
... side of the town , and to some distance from it , to the Bois de Vincennes , going by the Bastille , which is the fortress , tower , and magazine of this great city . It is very spacious within , and here the Grand Mas- || ter of the ...
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... side . The marine bonnet , made of the new cotton manufac- ture in imitation of willow straw , must not be forgotten it is elegantly striped with green , representing Chinese grass ; and is crowned with a small bouquet of full blown ...
... side . The marine bonnet , made of the new cotton manufac- ture in imitation of willow straw , must not be forgotten it is elegantly striped with green , representing Chinese grass ; and is crowned with a small bouquet of full blown ...
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Página 58 - The growth of coral appears to cease when the worm is no longer exposed to the washing of the sea. Thus a reef rises in the form of a cauliflower, till its top has gained the level of the highest tides, above which the worm has no power to advance, and the reef of course no longer extends itself upwards. The...
Página 112 - Now nature is not at variance with art, nor art with nature ; they being both servants of his providence. Art is the perfection of nature. Were the world now as it was the sixth day, there were yet a chaos. Nature hath made one world, and art another. In brief, all things are artificial ; for nature is the art of God...
Página 233 - Mecklenburg with desolation. I know, Sire, that it seems unbecoming my sex, in this age of vicious refinement, to feel for one's country, to lament the horrors of war, or wish for the return of peace. I know you may think it more properly my province to study the...
Página 178 - There is a mystic thread of life So dearly wreathed with mine alone, That destiny's relentless knife At once must sever both or none. There is a form on which these eyes Have often gazed with fond delight ; By day that form their joy supplies, And dreams restore it through the night. There is...
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Página 58 - The examination of a coral reef, during the different stages of one tide, is particularly interesting. When the tide has left it for some time, it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and...
Página 319 - I returned home almost in desperation. When I opened the door of my study, where Lavater alone could have found a library, the first object which presented itself was an immense folio of a brief, twenty golden guineas wrapped up beside it, and the name of Old Bob Lyons marked upon the back of it. I paid my landlady — bought a good dinner — gave Bob Lyons a share of it — and that dinner was the date of my prosperity.
Página 58 - ... invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time, the whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common...