The Saturday Magazine, Volumen5J. W. Parker, 1835 |
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... length of the building is 466 feet , and its breadth upwards of 90 ; the height of the nave is 121 feet , and that of the aisles about 54. The plan of the edifice is a Latin cross . The choir occupies nearly one half of its length . The ...
... length of the building is 466 feet , and its breadth upwards of 90 ; the height of the nave is 121 feet , and that of the aisles about 54. The plan of the edifice is a Latin cross . The choir occupies nearly one half of its length . The ...
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... length opened in several places . Its circumference is 204 feet , and it will contain 300 sheep , and 27 men on horseback . Towards the extremity of this zone , the trees begin to decrease in size and in number , vegetation languishes ...
... length opened in several places . Its circumference is 204 feet , and it will contain 300 sheep , and 27 men on horseback . Towards the extremity of this zone , the trees begin to decrease in size and in number , vegetation languishes ...
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... length he beholds the star of day , the first rays of which pierce the thick mantle of night , and gradually unfold the splendid view , as it were , of a new creation . To the east , illuminated by the sun , rising from the opposite ...
... length he beholds the star of day , the first rays of which pierce the thick mantle of night , and gradually unfold the splendid view , as it were , of a new creation . To the east , illuminated by the sun , rising from the opposite ...
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... length of our ship . I kept lights at the mast - head , and a constant watch forward to look out for fishing - smacks , which are accustomed to lie at anchor on the banks . The wind was blowing a smacking breeze , and we were going at a ...
... length of our ship . I kept lights at the mast - head , and a constant watch forward to look out for fishing - smacks , which are accustomed to lie at anchor on the banks . The wind was blowing a smacking breeze , and we were going at a ...
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... length ; they are at times , however , taken as long as ten feet . Aristotle mentions an old Tunny which weighed upwards of two hundred weight . The Tunny - fishery was attended to with great care by the ancients , and still employs a ...
... length ; they are at times , however , taken as long as ten feet . Aristotle mentions an old Tunny which weighed upwards of two hundred weight . The Tunny - fishery was attended to with great care by the ancients , and still employs a ...
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Página 82 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To. abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible.
Página 14 - Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
Página 110 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Página 157 - He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. They give drink to every beast of the field : the wild asses quench their thirst. By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
Página 27 - Mercurius Rusticus ; or, The Countries Complaint of the Barbarous Out-rages committed by the Sectaries of this late flourishing Kingdom.
Página 6 - At sea everything that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanse attracts attention. It proved to be the mast of a ship that must have been completely wrecked ; for there were the remains of handkerchiefs, by which some of the crew had fastened themselves to this spar to prevent their being washed off by the waves. There was no trace by which the name of the ship could be ascertained. The wreck had evidently drifted about for many months ; clusters of...
Página 90 - Those who quit their proper character, to assume what does not belong to them, are, for the greater part, ignorant both of the character they leave, and of the character they assume.
Página 171 - O Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood...
Página 44 - But this is excellently expressed, that it is in imagination, and not always in fact. For certainly great riches have sold more men than they have bought out. Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.
Página 61 - The naked negro, panting at the line. Boasts of his golden sands, and palmy wine; Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave.