Sharpe's London magazine, a journal of entertainment and instruction. [entitled] Sharpe's London journal. [entitled] Sharpe's London magazine, conducted by mrs. S.C. Hall, Volumes 3-4Anna Maria Hall 1847 |
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... feet in the mile . and Gloucester ; the latter city being the intermediate point for future Railway communication between South Wales and the Metropolis . From the Swindon Station , From the latter advantage , the absence of objection ...
... feet in the mile . and Gloucester ; the latter city being the intermediate point for future Railway communication between South Wales and the Metropolis . From the Swindon Station , From the latter advantage , the absence of objection ...
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... feet span , and seventeen feet six inches rise ; the piers are composed each of two square massive pillars of brick , slightly pyramidal , and of somewhat Egyptian cha- racter . The base of each pier stands upon an area of 252 feet ...
... feet span , and seventeen feet six inches rise ; the piers are composed each of two square massive pillars of brick , slightly pyramidal , and of somewhat Egyptian cha- racter . The base of each pier stands upon an area of 252 feet ...
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... feet above the sea - level , directly facing the Jungfrau , and presenting the best view of it . The opposite precipice , forming the base of the moun- tain , is channelled with furrows or grooves , down which avalanches frequently ...
... feet above the sea - level , directly facing the Jungfrau , and presenting the best view of it . The opposite precipice , forming the base of the moun- tain , is channelled with furrows or grooves , down which avalanches frequently ...
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... feet above the level of the sea : it is about 100 feet broad , and is enclosed between two large peaks , the highest of which on the north is the Oberaar horn . The party spent a quarter of an hour con- templating the view commanded by ...
... feet above the level of the sea : it is about 100 feet broad , and is enclosed between two large peaks , the highest of which on the north is the Oberaar horn . The party spent a quarter of an hour con- templating the view commanded by ...
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... feet , thus making it the noblest walk in Europe . Various alterations were made by succeeding princes , down to our own time , when , about the year 1804 , George III . took up his residence here ; though the good king and his family ...
... feet , thus making it the noblest walk in Europe . Various alterations were made by succeeding princes , down to our own time , when , about the year 1804 , George III . took up his residence here ; though the good king and his family ...
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Page 8 - They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Page 107 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Page 150 - But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.
Page 150 - While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.
Page 150 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow To the full-voiced quire below In service high and anthems clear As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
Page 370 - 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...
Page 106 - How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.
Page 18 - Why have my sisters husbands, if they say They love you all? Haply, when I shall wed, That lord whose hand must take my plight shall carry Half my love with him, half my care and duty. Sure I shall never marry like my sisters, To love my father all.
Page 208 - This shall never be, That thou shouldst take my trouble on thyself : And, now I think, he shall not have the boy, For he will teach him hardness, and to slight His mother ; therefore thou and I will go, And I will have my boy, and bring him home...
Page 175 - Nature never did betray The heart that loved her ; 'tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The...