The Saturday Magazine, Volumen5J. W. Parker, 1835 |
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... interesting islands of Guernsey , Jersey , and Man ; the whole comprising more than 80,000 members . Scotland , under the direction of the vigorous Committee of the Scottish Society , numbers about 400 Societies , and 54,000 members ...
... interesting islands of Guernsey , Jersey , and Man ; the whole comprising more than 80,000 members . Scotland , under the direction of the vigorous Committee of the Scottish Society , numbers about 400 Societies , and 54,000 members ...
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... interesting fact we will explain by an example , which will be more intelligible than scientific speculations . Let us consider an extended plain of sand in any tropical country , as Africa . The sun will heat the surface and the In all ...
... interesting fact we will explain by an example , which will be more intelligible than scientific speculations . Let us consider an extended plain of sand in any tropical country , as Africa . The sun will heat the surface and the In all ...
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... interesting from its productions . This plain , called the Pampas , lies on the " On the 6th of June , 1800 , on our return from the Rio Negro , when we descended the Orinoco , we passed a day in a mission inhabited by the earth ...
... interesting from its productions . This plain , called the Pampas , lies on the " On the 6th of June , 1800 , on our return from the Rio Negro , when we descended the Orinoco , we passed a day in a mission inhabited by the earth ...
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... interesting chamber have been richly ornamented with carved - work , which is now much defaced ; but the room is sufficiently perfect to afford a vivid idea of the state of the castle in the olden time . Our antiquaries next ascended by ...
... interesting chamber have been richly ornamented with carved - work , which is now much defaced ; but the room is sufficiently perfect to afford a vivid idea of the state of the castle in the olden time . Our antiquaries next ascended by ...
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... interesting object of curiosity ; and it is calculated equally to attract the attention of the historian , awaken the researches of the naturalist , or employ the pencil of the painter . Its magnitude is seen in the most impressive ...
... interesting object of curiosity ; and it is calculated equally to attract the attention of the historian , awaken the researches of the naturalist , or employ the pencil of the painter . Its magnitude is seen in the most impressive ...
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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.