The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volumen 5Published for the proprietors, 1836 |
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... tion , that one of them is not a colony from the other . The Finlanders call a bear Karu , the Lap- landers Muriet : the sun in the Finnish language is called Auringa , in the Lapland tongue Beve . Here is not the least analogy . The ...
... tion , that one of them is not a colony from the other . The Finlanders call a bear Karu , the Lap- landers Muriet : the sun in the Finnish language is called Auringa , in the Lapland tongue Beve . Here is not the least analogy . The ...
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... tion . They gazed upon the emperor as their god , and voluntarily engaged for themselves and coun- trymen a present of two martens , or sables , every year for each inhabitant . Colonies were soon set- tled beyond the Oby , * and the ...
... tion . They gazed upon the emperor as their god , and voluntarily engaged for themselves and coun- trymen a present of two martens , or sables , every year for each inhabitant . Colonies were soon set- tled beyond the Oby , * and the ...
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... tion , finances , armies , customs , religion : state of Russia before Peter the Great . THE more civilized a country is , the better it is peopled . Thus China and India are more popu- lous than any other empires , because , after a ...
... tion , finances , armies , customs , religion : state of Russia before Peter the Great . THE more civilized a country is , the better it is peopled . Thus China and India are more popu- lous than any other empires , because , after a ...
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... tion . She procured a wife for her brother John , in the manner already described in several examples . A young lady , named Soltikoff , of the family with the nobleman of that name who had been assassinated by the seditious Strelitzes ...
... tion . She procured a wife for her brother John , in the manner already described in several examples . A young lady , named Soltikoff , of the family with the nobleman of that name who had been assassinated by the seditious Strelitzes ...
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... tion , to which they were wholly unaccustomed , he made them pass through all the different military degrees , and himself set them the example , by serving first as a drum , then as a private soldier , a serjeant , and a lieutenant of ...
... tion , to which they were wholly unaccustomed , he made them pass through all the different military degrees , and himself set them the example , by serving first as a drum , then as a private soldier , a serjeant , and a lieutenant of ...
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Página 411 - 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 411 - Who gave the ball or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British Queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes: At every word a reputation dies.
Página 405 - What the unsearchable dispose Of Highest Wisdom brings about, And ever best found in the close. Oft He seems to hide His face, But unexpectedly returns...
Página 412 - The berries crackle, and the mill turns round; On shining altars of Japan they raise The silver lamp; the fiery spirits blaze: From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide, While China's earth receives the smoking tide: At once they gratify their scent and taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast.
Página 410 - Now awful Beauty puts on all its arms; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens ev'ry 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 412 - Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine, (The victor cried) the glorious prize is mine ! While fish in streams, or birds delight in air, Or in a coach and six the British fair, As long as Atalantis shall be read...
Página 410 - 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.
Página 390 - 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 411 - Lock ; Ariel himself shall be the guard of Shock. " To fifty chosen sylphs, of special note, We trust th...
Página 390 - To daily fraud, contempt, abuse and wrong, Within doors, or without, still as a fool, In power of others, never in my own ; Scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day! O first created beam, and thou great Word, Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree?