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... writers on their arrival in India now found to be more docile and unassuming than they used to be when Mr. Elphinstone and Mr. Grant first visited that quarter of the globe ? And are writers who are not young either in years or in ...
... writers on their arrival in India now found to be more docile and unassuming than they used to be when Mr. Elphinstone and Mr. Grant first visited that quarter of the globe ? And are writers who are not young either in years or in ...
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... writers . 2d . the stupendous magnitude and extent of the ruins at , and near Hella ; 3d . its neighbourhood to the bituminous fountains of His , or Hit , ' mentioned by Herodotus Nichbur has collected , and compared their different ...
... writers . 2d . the stupendous magnitude and extent of the ruins at , and near Hella ; 3d . its neighbourhood to the bituminous fountains of His , or Hit , ' mentioned by Herodotus Nichbur has collected , and compared their different ...
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... writers of that class derived many valu- able materials for their respective works . Hella is not mentioned by him , for in fact it was not built until the 495th year of the Hegira or A.D. 1101 , when he had been dead above half a ...
... writers of that class derived many valu- able materials for their respective works . Hella is not mentioned by him , for in fact it was not built until the 495th year of the Hegira or A.D. 1101 , when he had been dead above half a ...
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... writer , " about a quarter of a league from the Euphrates , appears a heap of ruined buildings , like a huge mountain ... writers say Babel was by a tempest from Heaven . From Della ' Della Valle's Travels , Vol . 11. Let . 17 . Valle's ...
... writer , " about a quarter of a league from the Euphrates , appears a heap of ruined buildings , like a huge mountain ... writers say Babel was by a tempest from Heaven . From Della ' Della Valle's Travels , Vol . 11. Let . 17 . Valle's ...
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... writer . " He then leaves Zurich and wanders among the scenes immortalized by Rousseau . Here he wished to become the St. Preux of an interesting Julia who was about to take the veil , but who , happily possessing more virtue , or being ...
... writer . " He then leaves Zurich and wanders among the scenes immortalized by Rousseau . Here he wished to become the St. Preux of an interesting Julia who was about to take the veil , but who , happily possessing more virtue , or being ...
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Page 37 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off ; And pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin, hors'd Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind.
Page 236 - Atlantic billows roar'd, When such a destined wretch as I, Wash'd headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home for ever left.
Page 381 - And he. saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er the dead their carnival...
Page 150 - It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Page 215 - He does not know at what time this heavy calamity fell upon him ; he is tortured with the most afflicting of all human sensations. When he looks at the children, whom he is by law bound to protect and to provide for, and from whose existence he ought to receive the delightful return which the union of instinct and reason has provided for the continuation of the world, he knows not whether he is lavishing his fondness and affection upon his own children, or upon the seed of a villain sown in the bed...
Page 591 - Nothing more abhorrent from the principles and maxims of the sacred oracles can be conceived, than the idea of a plurality of true churches, neither in actual communion with each other, nor in a capacity for such communion. Though this rending of the seamless garment of our Saviour, this schism in the members of his mystical body, is by far the greatest calamity which has befallen the Christian interest, and one of the most fatal effects of the great...
Page 237 - That ere through age or woe I shed my wings I may record thy worth with honour due, In verse as musical as thou art true, And that immortalizes whom it sings: — But thou hast little need. There is a Book By seraphs writ with beams of heavenly light, On which the eyes of God not rarely look, A chronicle of actions just and bright — There all thy deeds, my faithful Mary, shine; And since thou own'st that praise, I spare thee mine.
Page 379 - Nor wished for wings to flee away. And mix with their eternal ray ? The waves on either shore lay there Calm, clear, and azure as the air ; And scarce their foam the pebbles shook, But murmured meekly as the brook.
Page 381 - As it slipped through their jaws when their edge grew dull, As they lazily mumbled the bones of the dead, When they scarce could rise from the spot where they fed ; So well had they broken a lingering fast With those who had fallen for that night's repast.
Page 238 - ... time hath made thee what thou art— a cave For owls to roost in. Once thy spreading boughs O'erhung the champaign ; and the numerous flocks That grazed it stood beneath that ample cope Uncrowded, yet safe shelter'd from the storm.