The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volumen 5Published for the proprietors, 1836 |
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... into three arms , and falls into the sea below Azoph . A promontory of the Island of Maggero in the north of Norway , and is the most northern point in Europe . own country , and that nature has made the one 5 PETER THE GREAT . 5.
... into three arms , and falls into the sea below Azoph . A promontory of the Island of Maggero in the north of Norway , and is the most northern point in Europe . own country , and that nature has made the one 5 PETER THE GREAT . 5.
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A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature. own country , and that nature has made the one for the other . Those who inhabit the frontiers of Finland , have adopted some of the expressions of their neighbours , as happens to every ...
A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature. own country , and that nature has made the one for the other . Those who inhabit the frontiers of Finland , have adopted some of the expressions of their neighbours , as happens to every ...
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... Nature has there ex- erted her utmost efforts for the service of man- kind ; but they have not seconded those efforts by industry , living only upon the spontaneous pro- ductions of an uncultivated , but fruitful soil , and the exercise ...
... Nature has there ex- erted her utmost efforts for the service of man- kind ; but they have not seconded those efforts by industry , living only upon the spontaneous pro- ductions of an uncultivated , but fruitful soil , and the exercise ...
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... nature may easily happen to a barren country seeing they are so soon brought about in the most fruitful provinces . The famous Swedish prisoner , Strahlemberg , who made such advantageous use of his misfor- tunes , and who examined ...
... nature may easily happen to a barren country seeing they are so soon brought about in the most fruitful provinces . The famous Swedish prisoner , Strahlemberg , who made such advantageous use of his misfor- tunes , and who examined ...
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... nature of which is as yet unknown . Some take it to be a sort of fossil , and others the tooth of a species of elephants , the breed of which have been destroyed but where is the country that does not afford some natural productions ...
... nature of which is as yet unknown . Some take it to be a sort of fossil , and others the tooth of a species of elephants , the breed of which have been destroyed but where is the country that does not afford some natural productions ...
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Página 17 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home : Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
Página 16 - Grace, And calls forth all the Wonders of her Face ; Sees by Degrees a purer Blush arise, And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes.
Página 16 - But chiefly Love— to Love an Altar built, Of twelve vast French Romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves; And all the trophies of his former loves...
Página 19 - On various tempers act by various ways, Make some take physic, others scribble plays; Who cause the proud their visits to delay, And send the godly in a pet to pray. A nymph there is, that all thy power disdains, And thousands more in equal mirth maintains. But oh! if e'er thy gnome could spoil a grace, Or raise a pimple on a beauteous face, Like citron-waters matrons...
Página 16 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if Belles had faults to hide : If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all. This nymph, to the destruction of mankind, Nourish'd two locks which graceful hung behind In equal curls, and well conspired to deck With...
Página 16 - Beaux banish beaux, and coaches coaches drive. This erring mortals levity may call ; Oh blind to truth ! the sylphs contrive it all.
Página 86 - Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Página 17 - Lock ; Ariel himself shall be the guard of Shock. " To fifty chosen sylphs, of special note, We trust th...