The Saturday Magazine, Volumes 6-7John William Parker, 1835 |
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... beautiful . In the midst of the most tremendous fire of shot and shells she was seen coolly attending to those occupations which were now become her duty ; nor throughout the whole of a two months ' siege , did the imminent danger to ...
... beautiful . In the midst of the most tremendous fire of shot and shells she was seen coolly attending to those occupations which were now become her duty ; nor throughout the whole of a two months ' siege , did the imminent danger to ...
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... beautiful shade , between azure and green . The banks for several miles are high and precipitous , and covered with the primeval forest . A cloud of white vapour , rising high above the foliage of the distant forest , announced the ...
... beautiful shade , between azure and green . The banks for several miles are high and precipitous , and covered with the primeval forest . A cloud of white vapour , rising high above the foliage of the distant forest , announced the ...
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... beautiful colour produced ; but he found not the least difference in the French mode of fabrication , and that which had been constantly adopted by himself . He appealed to his instructor , and insisted that he must have concealed ...
... beautiful colour produced ; but he found not the least difference in the French mode of fabrication , and that which had been constantly adopted by himself . He appealed to his instructor , and insisted that he must have concealed ...
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... beautiful structure was threatened with demolition a few years since ; but the attention of Government having been drawn to it in 1828 , the walls and buttresses were repaired , and the magnifi- cent and almost unrivalled timber roof ...
... beautiful structure was threatened with demolition a few years since ; but the attention of Government having been drawn to it in 1828 , the walls and buttresses were repaired , and the magnifi- cent and almost unrivalled timber roof ...
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... time , among the superstitious In his Series of Views in India , to which beautiful work we are again indebted for our frontispiece . capable of enduring long and vigorous exertion ; the tenderness 18 [ JANUARY 17 , THE SATURDAY MAGAZINE .
... time , among the superstitious In his Series of Views in India , to which beautiful work we are again indebted for our frontispiece . capable of enduring long and vigorous exertion ; the tenderness 18 [ JANUARY 17 , THE SATURDAY MAGAZINE .
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Page 97 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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Page 123 - Paul's ministry, shall be his hope, and joy, and crown of rejoicing "in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming
Page 77 - ... till the whole firmament was in a glow. The blueness of the ether was exceedingly heightened and enlivened by the season of the year, and by the rays of all those luminaries that passed through it. The galaxy appeared in its most beautiful white. To complete the scene, the full moon rose at length in that clouded majesty...
Page 148 - Happy are they, my son, who shall learn from thy example not to despair, but shall remember, that though the day is past, and their strength is wasted, there yet remains one effort to be made: that reformation is never hopeless, nor sincere endeavours ever unassisted; that the wanderer may at length return after all his errors: and that he VOL.
Page 148 - In these amusements the hours passed away uncounted, his deviations had perplexed his memory, and he knew not towards what point to travel. He stood pensive and confused, afraid to go forward lest he should go wrong, yet conscious that the time of loitering was now past.
Page 148 - ... and despised the petty curiosity that led him on from trifle to trifle. While he was thus reflecting, the air grew blacker, and a clap of thunder broke his meditation.