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... contains about . sixty children , who are taught all the common branches of school education , as well as sewing , and the various arts of domestic eco- nomy ; and who , if found deserving , receive at marriage , as a reward of good ...
... contains about . sixty children , who are taught all the common branches of school education , as well as sewing , and the various arts of domestic eco- nomy ; and who , if found deserving , receive at marriage , as a reward of good ...
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... contain some curious and useful information , recommended to the Committee , that a settlement should , in preference , be founded in the district of Albany , which is on the borders of Caffraria , some hun- dreds of miles to the east ...
... contain some curious and useful information , recommended to the Committee , that a settlement should , in preference , be founded in the district of Albany , which is on the borders of Caffraria , some hun- dreds of miles to the east ...
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... contain information up to the 13th June , which arrived too late for insertion in the text . By these it appears that a communication has been opened to the delightful country be- yond the Blue Mountains , of easy access , running ...
... contain information up to the 13th June , which arrived too late for insertion in the text . By these it appears that a communication has been opened to the delightful country be- yond the Blue Mountains , of easy access , running ...
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... contains in the greatest abundance coal , lime , and many varieties of valuable timber which are not found elsewhere , and promise to become articles of considerable export : it has already established , in an eligible position , a ...
... contains in the greatest abundance coal , lime , and many varieties of valuable timber which are not found elsewhere , and promise to become articles of considerable export : it has already established , in an eligible position , a ...
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... contain only an allegorical representation of the progress of astro- nomy , and the reform of the calendar ; that the three hundred and eighteen servants of Abraham are so many days ; that the Red Sea is the concave hemisphere ; and ...
... contain only an allegorical representation of the progress of astro- nomy , and the reform of the calendar ; that the three hundred and eighteen servants of Abraham are so many days ; that the Red Sea is the concave hemisphere ; and ...
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Página 184 - Rebecca again looked forth, and almost immediately exclaimed, ' Holy prophets of the law ! Front -de- Bceuf and the Black Knight fight hand to hand on the breach, amid the roar of their followers, who watch the progress of the strife. — Heaven strike with the cause of the oppressed and of the captive !' She then uttered a loud shriek,, and exclaimed, ' He is down ! — he is down !' " ' Who is down ?' cried Ivanhoe ; ' for our dear Lady's sake, tell me which has fallen ?' "
Página 336 - I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Página 435 - ... created beings ; — all the minds gifted beyond ordinary nature, if not inspired by its universal Author for the advancement and dignity of the world, though divided by distant ages, and by clashing opinions, yet joining as it were in one sublime chorus, to celebrate the truths of Christianity, and laying upon its holy altars the never-fading offerings of their immortal wisdom. Against all this concurring testimony, we find suddenly, from the author of this book, that the Bible teaches nothing...
Página 199 - Life of Andrew Melville. Containing Illustrations of the Ecclesiastical and Literary History of Scotland in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. Crown 8vo, 6s. History of the Progress and Suppression of the Reformation in Italy in the Sixteenth Century.
Página 323 - What elegance and grandeur wide expand, The pride of Turkey and of Persia land ? Soft quilts on quilts, on carpets carpets spread, And couches stretch'd around in seemly band ; And endless pillows rise to prop the head ; So that each spacious room was one full-swelling bed.
Página 595 - Farewell, my tender brother. Think Of our sad fate with gentleness, as now; And let mild, pitying thoughts lighten for thee Thy sorrow's load. Err not in harsh despair, But tears and patience. One thing more, my child : For thine own sake be constant to the love Thou bearest us; and to the faith that I, Though wrapt in a strange cloud of crime and shame, Lived ever holy and unstained.
Página 197 - SHE walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies ; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes : Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
Página 177 - At length, as the Saracenic music of the challengers concluded one of those long and high flourishes with which they had broken the silence of the lists, it was answered by a solitary trumpet, which breathed a note of defiance from the northern extremity.
Página 184 - I see him not," said Rebecca. "Foul craven!" exclaimed Ivanhoe; "does he blench from the helm when the wind blows highest?
Página 185 - Oh, men, if ye be indeed men, spare them that can resist no longer !" " The bridge — the bridge which communicates with the castle — have they won that pass?" exclaimed Ivanhoe.