The Saturday Magazine, Volumen5J. W. Parker, 1835 |
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... remains but the frame- work or bones , perhaps a little hair , or some wool , and all the rest is departed we know not whither ! Worms and insects have done their parts ; the earth has received a portion , and the rest , converted into ...
... remains but the frame- work or bones , perhaps a little hair , or some wool , and all the rest is departed we know not whither ! Worms and insects have done their parts ; the earth has received a portion , and the rest , converted into ...
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... remains un- explored . Scarce a spot can be found amid the Atlantic or the Pacific seas , which the eye of the navigator has not seen ; scarce a shore on either continent that he has not surveyed . We live in the midst of blessings ...
... remains un- explored . Scarce a spot can be found amid the Atlantic or the Pacific seas , which the eye of the navigator has not seen ; scarce a shore on either continent that he has not surveyed . We live in the midst of blessings ...
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... remains of antiquity .. Ethelbert , King of Kent , having embraced the Christian faith , gave up his palace at Canterbury to St. Augustine , and retired with his court to Reculver , where he built himself a palace on the site of the ...
... remains of antiquity .. Ethelbert , King of Kent , having embraced the Christian faith , gave up his palace at Canterbury to St. Augustine , and retired with his court to Reculver , where he built himself a palace on the site of the ...
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... remains to add , that , within the last few years , much has been done to this building , not only to repair former injuries , the effects of violence , but to remedy what we have to deplore in many a vener- able structure , the ...
... remains to add , that , within the last few years , much has been done to this building , not only to repair former injuries , the effects of violence , but to remedy what we have to deplore in many a vener- able structure , the ...
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... remains of temples and sepulchres found on some of the eyes to keep out the suffocating particles , and the vapour mountains . The present Mongolian population are wan- which carries them . The camels instinctively bury their dering ...
... remains of temples and sepulchres found on some of the eyes to keep out the suffocating particles , and the vapour mountains . The present Mongolian population are wan- which carries them . The camels instinctively bury their dering ...
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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.