The Saturday Magazine, Volumen5J. W. Parker, 1835 |
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... appearance of which is much injured by the number of small houses which are built against its walls . It was erected about the year 1040 by Lambert , Duke of Bra- bant , but was twice burnt in the fourteenth century . It was then ...
... appearance of which is much injured by the number of small houses which are built against its walls . It was erected about the year 1040 by Lambert , Duke of Bra- bant , but was twice burnt in the fourteenth century . It was then ...
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... appearance , and at the same time its capability of being easily separated into very fine threads , led them to regard it as a species of fossil flax , dried by the heat of a burning It is , however , in every respect , a perfect mine ...
... appearance , and at the same time its capability of being easily separated into very fine threads , led them to regard it as a species of fossil flax , dried by the heat of a burning It is , however , in every respect , a perfect mine ...
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... appearance of the place itself , which , from being a royal residence and the seat of a populous town , is now reduced to an insignificant village , the church- yard partly washed away , and the bones of the dead distinctly visible in ...
... appearance of the place itself , which , from being a royal residence and the seat of a populous town , is now reduced to an insignificant village , the church- yard partly washed away , and the bones of the dead distinctly visible in ...
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... appearance . It is curious to trace the origin of these hideous pro- ductions of the ancient English architects , Gorgons , and hydras , and chimeras dire ! The Romans used lions ' heads of stone , or of baked earth , to convey water ...
... appearance . It is curious to trace the origin of these hideous pro- ductions of the ancient English architects , Gorgons , and hydras , and chimeras dire ! The Romans used lions ' heads of stone , or of baked earth , to convey water ...
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... appearance , no cause of fear , but rather an interesting natural phenomenon . An inflam- mable gas which oozes from the ground , is set on fire by spontaneous combustion ; and a person acquainted with gases , might , by going to the ...
... appearance , no cause of fear , but rather an interesting natural phenomenon . An inflam- mable gas which oozes from the ground , is set on fire by spontaneous combustion ; and a person acquainted with gases , might , by going to the ...
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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.