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... Island Toobow , is himself a Christian . This per- sonage came on board , and paid the captain a visit . While on board , he unconsciously conveyed a severe practical reproof to certain persons , in the following manner . He sat though ...
... Island Toobow , is himself a Christian . This per- sonage came on board , and paid the captain a visit . While on board , he unconsciously conveyed a severe practical reproof to certain persons , in the following manner . He sat though ...
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... island , distant from ports and har- bours , and not easy of access , was first sought out by Sir Robert Far- quhar ; he first displayed the rays of light ( la lumière ) to us , and which have beamed so gloriously to our advantage ...
... island , distant from ports and har- bours , and not easy of access , was first sought out by Sir Robert Far- quhar ; he first displayed the rays of light ( la lumière ) to us , and which have beamed so gloriously to our advantage ...
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... Islands , a cluster of wild and re- tired rocks , situated amongst the Hebrides , or Western Islands of Scotland , the ... island in which they had taken up their abode , invariably transporting them from neighbour- ing islands , often ...
... Islands , a cluster of wild and re- tired rocks , situated amongst the Hebrides , or Western Islands of Scotland , the ... island in which they had taken up their abode , invariably transporting them from neighbour- ing islands , often ...
Página 115
... islands , or still further to the north , in the Shetland or Ferroe Islands , that this " dreadful trade " is carried ... island , the most westward and distant , ( save a still smaller needle - pointed uninhabited spot , called Rockall ...
... islands , or still further to the north , in the Shetland or Ferroe Islands , that this " dreadful trade " is carried ... island , the most westward and distant , ( save a still smaller needle - pointed uninhabited spot , called Rockall ...
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... island of the South Stack above mentioned , boys may be seen frequently scrambling by them- selves , or held on by an urchin or two of their own age , letting them- We shall add two more , equally selves down the picturesque preci ...
... island of the South Stack above mentioned , boys may be seen frequently scrambling by them- selves , or held on by an urchin or two of their own age , letting them- We shall add two more , equally selves down the picturesque preci ...
Términos y frases comunes
Æsop afterwards Anchovy ancient animal appearance Azincourt beautiful bees birds boat body called Captain castle Christian church coast colour covered creature death distance Duke Duke of Alençon earth Egypt enemy England English eyes father feeling feet fire fish flowers French frequently frigate give ground Guernsey habits hand head Hodnet horse hundred inhabitants insects Isaac Newton island Kazeroon kind king labour land leaves length living look Lord Mackerel manner Maundy Thursday ment miles mind morning mountains native nature nearly neral ness never night observed passed persons Pitcairn's Island plants poor possession present quadrupeds Queen remarkable river rock says scarcely Scotland seems seen ship shore side Sir Stamford Raffles soon species spot stone supposed tain tion traveller tree ture Venice vessel whole wind wood young
Pasajes populares
Página 110 - 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 12 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge 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 131 - Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
Página 126 - Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us : therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness ; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Página 38 - let the errors and follies, the dangers and escape of this day, sink deep into thy heart. Remember, my son, that human life is the journey of a day. We rise in the morning of youth, full of vigour and full of expectation; we set forward with spirit and hope, with gaiety and with diligence, and travel on a while in the straight road of piety towards the mansions of rest.
Página 316 - Paul's ministry, shall be his hope, and joy, and crown of rejoicing "in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming
Página 8 - He had disparaged himself by so dirty an employment,' his answer was, ' That the thought of what he had done would prove music to him at midnight; and that the omission of it would have upbraided and made discord in his conscience, whensoever he should pass by that place ; for if I be bound to pray for all that be in...
Página 210 - Where glistening streamers waved and danced, The wanderer's eye could barely view The summer heaven's delicious blue; So wondrous wild, the whole might seem The scenery of a fairy dream.
Página 218 - Wholly unacquainted with the world in which they are so fond of meddling, and inexperienced in all its affairs, on which they pronounce with so much confidence, they have nothing of politics but the passions they excite. Surely the church is a place where one day's truce ought to be allowed to the dissensions and animosities of mankind.