Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tracts, Volumen 17 |
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... suffered greatly from cold , she distributed large sums , saved from her allowance , among the most necessitous families in Versailles ; nor did she fail on this occasion to give her children a lesson in beneficence . Having met on the ...
... suffered greatly from cold , she distributed large sums , saved from her allowance , among the most necessitous families in Versailles ; nor did she fail on this occasion to give her children a lesson in beneficence . Having met on the ...
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... suffer no one to help him . ' No , ' said he ; it is because I make the flowers grow myself that mamma is so fond of them ; so I must work hard to have them ready for her . ' And every morning the young proprietor of this little domain ...
... suffer no one to help him . ' No , ' said he ; it is because I make the flowers grow myself that mamma is so fond of them ; so I must work hard to have them ready for her . ' And every morning the young proprietor of this little domain ...
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... suffer us not to perish for want ! " Bernard divided the bread into seven equal shares ; he kept one for himself , and distributed the rest amongst his children . But one of them , named Arthur , refused his share , and said : " I ...
... suffer us not to perish for want ! " Bernard divided the bread into seven equal shares ; he kept one for himself , and distributed the rest amongst his children . But one of them , named Arthur , refused his share , and said : " I ...
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... suffer hunger . I am the eldest , and have more strength than they ; I like better , therefore , not to eat any , that ... suffered for his father and brothers , he sent for Bernard , and addressed him thus : " You have an admirable son ...
... suffer hunger . I am the eldest , and have more strength than they ; I like better , therefore , not to eat any , that ... suffered for his father and brothers , he sent for Bernard , and addressed him thus : " You have an admirable son ...
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... suffer any to be shed when , perhaps , it might have preserved to me my crown and my life ; but I do not repent : no , I do not repent . ' SEPARATION OF THE YOUNG KING FROM HIS FAMILY . Marie Antoinette was now a widow , and her ...
... suffer any to be shed when , perhaps , it might have preserved to me my crown and my life ; but I do not repent : no , I do not repent . ' SEPARATION OF THE YOUNG KING FROM HIS FAMILY . Marie Antoinette was now a widow , and her ...
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Página 6 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, Covenant and Combine ourselves together into a Civil Body Politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission...
Página 10 - An admirable and most forcible way to drive up water by fire, not by drawing or sucking it upwards, for that must be as the philosopher calleth it, infra spheeram activitatis, which is but at such a distance. But this way hath no bounder, if the vessels be strong enough ; for I have taken a piece of a whole cannon, whereof the end was burst, and filled it...
Página 29 - ... all around him, and gave the most liberal assistance and encouragement to all young persons who showed any indications of talent, or applied to him for patronage or advice. His health, which was delicate from his youth upwards, seemed to become firmer as he advanced in years : and he preserved, up almost to the last moment of his existence, not only the full command of his extraordinary intellect, but all the alacrity of spirit, and the social gaiety which had illuminated his happiest days.
Página 6 - King, defender of the faith, &c., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Página 28 - 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, So smoothly, silently — by many a dome Mosque-like, and many a stately portico, The statues ranged along an azure sky ; By many a pile in more than eastern splendour, Of old the residence of merchant kings...
Página 29 - ... his happiest days. His friends in this part of the country never saw him more full of intellectual vigour and colloquial animation, never more delightful or more instructive, than in his last visit to Scotland in autumn, 1817. Indeed, it was after that time that he applied himself, with all the ardour of early life, to the invention of a machine for mechanically copying all sorts of sculpture and statuary, and distributed among his friends some of its earliest performances, as the productions...
Página 24 - At his first coming on board us, he had so much forgot his language, for want of use, that we could scarce understand him, for he seemed to speak his words by halves.