The Saturday Magazine ...John William Parker, 1842 |
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... distances , with the black , boiling , roaring torrent , rushing along , looked rather too much for me , and I ... distance , midway between the two chapels where the clergy met and married them ; and they were returning to finish ...
... distances , with the black , boiling , roaring torrent , rushing along , looked rather too much for me , and I ... distance , midway between the two chapels where the clergy met and married them ; and they were returning to finish ...
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... distance they will trudge with a hen or a cock , or two or three chickens , a cargo worth from 8d . to 10d . Many have been greatly alarmed at being ordered to insert the quality and quantity of their poultry in the census papers ...
... distance they will trudge with a hen or a cock , or two or three chickens , a cargo worth from 8d . to 10d . Many have been greatly alarmed at being ordered to insert the quality and quantity of their poultry in the census papers ...
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... distance to the entrance of Lake Superior ; and lastly over this noble lake by ship . For these purposes the company kept two vessels on Lakes Erie and Huron , and one on Lake Superior , of sixty or seventy tons ' burden . This method ...
... distance to the entrance of Lake Superior ; and lastly over this noble lake by ship . For these purposes the company kept two vessels on Lakes Erie and Huron , and one on Lake Superior , of sixty or seventy tons ' burden . This method ...
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... distance which they had to traverse . These small canoes carried , on an average , a lading of about thirty - five packages ; of which about two - thirds contained goods to be bartered with the Indians for furs ; and one - third con ...
... distance which they had to traverse . These small canoes carried , on an average , a lading of about thirty - five packages ; of which about two - thirds contained goods to be bartered with the Indians for furs ; and one - third con ...
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... distance , and scattered in such a manner as not to leave the minutest trace . The cave , or cache , being formed , it is well lined with dry grass , bark , sticks , and poles , and occasionally a dried hide . The property intended to ...
... distance , and scattered in such a manner as not to leave the minutest trace . The cave , or cache , being formed , it is well lined with dry grass , bark , sticks , and poles , and occasionally a dried hide . The property intended to ...
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Página 8 - ... a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Página 130 - The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Página 182 - Whilst the sap of maintenance lasts, my friends swarm in abundance; but in the winter of my need, they leave me naked. He is a happy man that hath a true friend at his need ; but he is more truly happy that hath no need of his friend.
Página 139 - But now, such the spleen of the council of Constance, as they not only cursed his memory, as dying an obstinate heretic, but ordered that his bones (with this charitable caution,
Página 81 - I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news, Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet) Told of a many thousand warlike French, That were embattailed and rank'd in Kent : Another lean, unwash'd artificer Cuts off his tale, and talks of Arthur's death.
Página 187 - Pulpits and Sundays, sorrow dogging sin, Afflictions sorted, anguish of all sizes, Fine nets and stratagems to catch us in, Bibles laid open, millions of surprises ; Blessings beforehand, ties of gratefulness, The sound of Glory ringing in our ears : Without, our shame ; within, our consciences Angels and grace, eternal hopes and fears. Yet all these fences and their whole array One cunning bosom-sin blows quite away.
Página 178 - Or hear the summons with an idle gaze ; For well they know the cow-yard yields no more Its tempting fragrance, nor its wintry store. Reluctance marks their steps, sedate and slow ; The right of conquest all the law they know ; The strong press on, the weak by turns succeed...
Página 8 - But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge. For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift...
Página 83 - The suddenness of the transition," writes Wollaston, " from perfect hearing to total want of perception, occasions a degree of surprise which renders an experiment of this kind with a series of small pipes among several persons rather amusing. It is curious to observe the change of feeling manifested by various individuals of the party, in succession, as the sounds approach and pass the limits of their hearing. Those who enjoy a temporary triumph are often compelled, in their turn, to acknowledge...