Chambers's pocket miscellany, Volumes 16-18 |
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... afterwards had practical reasons for knowing the truth of the information . As may be imagined , we continued on the alert during the night , but heard no more of the strange schooner . Dawn was fast approaching , when our attention was ...
... afterwards had practical reasons for knowing the truth of the information . As may be imagined , we continued on the alert during the night , but heard no more of the strange schooner . Dawn was fast approaching , when our attention was ...
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... afterwards learned that we had escaped the menaced attack of the pirates by their perceiving , through their night - glasses , the quantity of muskets and other small - arms handed up from our hold , as they bore down on us the second ...
... afterwards learned that we had escaped the menaced attack of the pirates by their perceiving , through their night - glasses , the quantity of muskets and other small - arms handed up from our hold , as they bore down on us the second ...
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... Afterwards the great business of the meeting began . First , the foot - race , in which twenty competitors were engaged , attracted all eyes . The victor , who was from Thessaly , received his reward - a fillet of wild olive , and a ...
... Afterwards the great business of the meeting began . First , the foot - race , in which twenty competitors were engaged , attracted all eyes . The victor , who was from Thessaly , received his reward - a fillet of wild olive , and a ...
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... afterwards solemnised , sealed their happiness . So distinguished an alliance increased the dignity of the family of Alcmæon in Athens ; and the descendants of Milenos and Ada reached the highest posts in the govern- ment of their ...
... afterwards solemnised , sealed their happiness . So distinguished an alliance increased the dignity of the family of Alcmæon in Athens ; and the descendants of Milenos and Ada reached the highest posts in the govern- ment of their ...
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... afterwards remarkable . A relation of his wife had a daughter to marry , but being unable to furnish the promised dowry of ten pounds , and the bridegroom being too poor to do without it , the union was like to have been put off ...
... afterwards remarkable . A relation of his wife had a daughter to marry , but being unable to furnish the promised dowry of ten pounds , and the bridegroom being too poor to do without it , the union was like to have been put off ...
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Popular passages
Page 133 - The grand transition, that there lives and works A soul in all things, and that soul is God.
Page 133 - Ross," each lisping babe replies. Behold the market-place with poor o'erspread ! The Man of Ross divides the weekly bread : He feeds yon alms-house, neat, but void of state, Where Age and Want sit smiling at the gate ; Him portion'd maids, apprentic'd orphans blest, The young who labour, and the old who rest. Is any sick ? the Man of Ross relieves, Prescribes, attends, the medicine makes, and gives.
Page 39 - Try their thin wings and dance in the warm beam That waked them into life. Even the green trees Partake the deep contentment; as they bend To the soft winds, the sun from the blue sky Looks in and sheds a blessing on the scene.
Page 64 - In a word, the almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages...
Page 30 - God of the forest's solemn shade ! The grandeur of the lonely tree, That wrestles singly with the gale, Lifts up admiring eyes to thee ; But more majestic far they stand, When, side by side, their ranks they form, To wave on high their plumes of green, And fight their battles with the storm.
Page 134 - The young who labour, and the old who rest. Is any sick? The Man of Ross relieves, Prescribes, attends, the medicine makes, and gives. Is there a variance ? Enter but his door, Balked are the courts, and contest is no more.
Page 133 - Rules universal nature. Not a flower But shows some touch in freckle, streak, or stain, Of his unrivalled pencil. He inspires Their balmy odours, and imparts their hues, And bathes their eyes with nectar, and includes, In grains as countless as the sea-side sands, The forms in which He sprinkles all the earth.
Page 39 - That waked them into life. Even the green trees Partake the deep contentment ; as they bend To the soft winds, the sun from the blue sky Looks in and sheds a blessing on the scene. Scarce less the cleft-born wild-flower seems to enjoy Existence, than the winged plunderer That sucks its sweets.
Page 133 - Vaga echoes through her winding bounds, And rapid Severn hoarse applause resounds. Who hung with woods you mountain's sultry brow? From the dry rock who bade the waters flow? Not to the skies in useless columns tost...
Page 134 - Who builds a church to God, and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name...