The Saturday Magazine, Volumen5J. W. Parker, 1835 |
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... beautiful Palmyra , and we reflect that these magnificent capitals owed their splendour and their wealth to the kind of commerce of which we have been speaking , we are ready to ask if the commerce of modern times , with all its boasted ...
... beautiful Palmyra , and we reflect that these magnificent capitals owed their splendour and their wealth to the kind of commerce of which we have been speaking , we are ready to ask if the commerce of modern times , with all its boasted ...
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... beautiful shrine of highly - finished work , standing in this transept , at the back of the stalls . He died in 1253 , after being fondly alleged to have wrought miracles . In the same transept is a noble window , famed for the elegance ...
... beautiful shrine of highly - finished work , standing in this transept , at the back of the stalls . He died in 1253 , after being fondly alleged to have wrought miracles . In the same transept is a noble window , famed for the elegance ...
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... beautiful lake , perhaps , in the world . It was my first view of Italy ; and a lovelier view , perhaps , never subsequently met my eye . The scenery on the banks was exquisite , and was every minute varying in kind , and increasing in ...
... beautiful lake , perhaps , in the world . It was my first view of Italy ; and a lovelier view , perhaps , never subsequently met my eye . The scenery on the banks was exquisite , and was every minute varying in kind , and increasing in ...
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... beautiful tract , covered with the palms , sugar - canes , & c . , of a tropical land , to enter on a barren desert . No hill , no elevation , disturbs the monotony of the scene , except here and there flat banks , so called by the ...
... beautiful tract , covered with the palms , sugar - canes , & c . , of a tropical land , to enter on a barren desert . No hill , no elevation , disturbs the monotony of the scene , except here and there flat banks , so called by the ...
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... beautiful spotted jaguar Jurks in the tall herbage , and darts , like the eastern tiger , on the unwary animal . According to the natives , the moistened shores of the ponds are occasionally seen to rise and break into clods , which are ...
... beautiful spotted jaguar Jurks in the tall herbage , and darts , like the eastern tiger , on the unwary animal . According to the natives , the moistened shores of the ponds are occasionally seen to rise and break into clods , which are ...
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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.