Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts, Volumen 16,Número 136 -Volumen 18,Número 160William Chambers, Robert Chambers William and Robert Chambers, 1847 |
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... land , and they envied their companions who were at rest from their miseries . It would be inhuman to the memory of the unhappy to impute the disgrace of this action to James . He revoked the order as soon as he heard of it , because ...
... land , and they envied their companions who were at rest from their miseries . It would be inhuman to the memory of the unhappy to impute the disgrace of this action to James . He revoked the order as soon as he heard of it , because ...
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... land , aided by a bombardment from the British fleet in the harbour , to force the strong defences by assault , the city is invested by a strict blockade . All commu- nication with the country is cut off on the one side , while the ...
... land , aided by a bombardment from the British fleet in the harbour , to force the strong defences by assault , the city is invested by a strict blockade . All commu- nication with the country is cut off on the one side , while the ...
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... land opens between the rivers . " On the land side , where the town is not protected by the rivers and castle , it is secured by eight regular and well - built fronts . To attack one of these would have been the formal method of ...
... land opens between the rivers . " On the land side , where the town is not protected by the rivers and castle , it is secured by eight regular and well - built fronts . To attack one of these would have been the formal method of ...
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... land in the back parts of America , each party charging the other as the aggressor , involved the two nations in an eight years ' contest ; when , as an eloquent writer observes , had the parties interested alone been consulted , a jury ...
... land in the back parts of America , each party charging the other as the aggressor , involved the two nations in an eight years ' contest ; when , as an eloquent writer observes , had the parties interested alone been consulted , a jury ...
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... land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the coun- tries that are desolate ; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste , shall be desolate for forty years ; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations , and will disperse ...
... land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the coun- tries that are desolate ; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste , shall be desolate for forty years ; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations , and will disperse ...
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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts William Chambers,Robert Chambers Vista completa - 1846 |
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Página 9 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Página 28 - And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies ; A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle.
Página 11 - THE glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hand on Kings: Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Página 15 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Página 20 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial, endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me?
Página 6 - The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
Página 27 - Of those fierce darts Despair at me doth throw. 0 make in me those civil wars to cease: 1 will good tribute pay, if thou do so. Take thou of me smooth pillows, sweetest bed, A chamber deaf to noise and blind to light, A rosy garland and a weary head: And if these things, as being thine by right, Move not thy heavy grace, thou shalt in me, Livelier than elsewhere, Stella's image see.
Página 9 - Come, let us go while we are in our prime; And take the harmless folly of the time. We shall grow old apace, and die Before we know our liberty. Our life is short, and our days run As fast away as does the sun...