The Saturday Magazine, Volumen5J. W. Parker, 1835 |
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... existence , and , according to a common saying in France , is one of the four parts , the union of which is necessary to the composition of a perfect Cathe- dral ; the other three being the spire of Chartres , the nave of Amiens , and ...
... existence , and , according to a common saying in France , is one of the four parts , the union of which is necessary to the composition of a perfect Cathe- dral ; the other three being the spire of Chartres , the nave of Amiens , and ...
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... existence ! What a glorious monument of human invention , that has thus triumphed over the communion , has established an interchange of blessings , wind and wave ; has brought the ends of the earth to pouring into the steril regions of ...
... existence ! What a glorious monument of human invention , that has thus triumphed over the communion , has established an interchange of blessings , wind and wave ; has brought the ends of the earth to pouring into the steril regions of ...
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... existence of animated beings . We shall conclude this paper by an extract from the Journal of a Naturalist . " Surrounded as we are by wonders of every kind , and existing only by a miraculous concurrence of events , admiration seems ...
... existence of animated beings . We shall conclude this paper by an extract from the Journal of a Naturalist . " Surrounded as we are by wonders of every kind , and existing only by a miraculous concurrence of events , admiration seems ...
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... existence prior to the reign of Edward the First , some writers have assumed that they did not exist as a corporation until then . From the mention of Dover , Sandwich , and Romney in the Domesday Book , as privi- leged ports , and from ...
... existence prior to the reign of Edward the First , some writers have assumed that they did not exist as a corporation until then . From the mention of Dover , Sandwich , and Romney in the Domesday Book , as privi- leged ports , and from ...
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... existence of other more ancient countries . Now , if we suppose a large tract of the bed of the ocean to be gradually raised till it forms dry land , it will for many ages present the appearance of a level tract or plain , and such is ...
... existence of other more ancient countries . Now , if we suppose a large tract of the bed of the ocean to be gradually raised till it forms dry land , it will for many ages present the appearance of a level tract or plain , and such is ...
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Página 12 - 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 12 - I know they are as lively and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and, being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men.
Página 124 - I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Página 229 - 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 5 - What sighs have been wafted after that ship ! what prayers offered up at the deserted fireside of home ! How often has the mistress, the wife, the mother, pored over the daily news, to catch some casual intelligence of this rover of the deep ! How has expectation darkened into anxiety — anxiety into dread — and dread into despair ! Alas ! not one memento shall ever return for love to cherish. All that shall ever be known, is, that she sailed from her port, « and was never heard of more ! »...
Página 4 - 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.
Página 4 - 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 shell-fish had fastened about it, and long sea-weeds flaunted at its sides.
Página 74 - Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Página 164 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Página 82 - 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.