Chambers's pocket miscellany, Volumes 16-18 |
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... leaving the booby in undisturbed enjoyment of his nap . All now crowded to the side of the vessel ; and true it was , that in a few minutes we could perceive , between us and the sky , the tall spar of a vessel , which , by the night ...
... leaving the booby in undisturbed enjoyment of his nap . All now crowded to the side of the vessel ; and true it was , that in a few minutes we could perceive , between us and the sky , the tall spar of a vessel , which , by the night ...
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... leave the ship till next morning . The poor little fellow retired with a full heart and overflowing eyes , and I saw him station himself in a disconsolate manner in the forepart of the vessel , looking wistfully towards the town . In ...
... leave the ship till next morning . The poor little fellow retired with a full heart and overflowing eyes , and I saw him station himself in a disconsolate manner in the forepart of the vessel , looking wistfully towards the town . In ...
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... leaves got doubled up under me , and I awoke in terrible anguish . The degrading effeminacy of the remark raised a smile of contempt in Clisthenes and his guests . As it was the intention of the Prince of Sicion to select as his son ...
... leaves got doubled up under me , and I awoke in terrible anguish . The degrading effeminacy of the remark raised a smile of contempt in Clisthenes and his guests . As it was the intention of the Prince of Sicion to select as his son ...
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... leave a ray of morality in the place ; and Rob was quite as sure he was no friend to the Gospel . He a builder of Gaelic kirks , forsooth ! -- had he not , yesterday , put up a Popish Dagon of a cross , and made the silly mason bodies ...
... leave a ray of morality in the place ; and Rob was quite as sure he was no friend to the Gospel . He a builder of Gaelic kirks , forsooth ! -- had he not , yesterday , put up a Popish Dagon of a cross , and made the silly mason bodies ...
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... leave the bay , a scene of dreadful misery had commenced . The steward , from his own stores , had given them a sack of potatoes ; but this went little way in satisfying so many mouths , and yet it was all which the honest fellow could ...
... leave the bay , a scene of dreadful misery had commenced . The steward , from his own stores , had given them a sack of potatoes ; but this went little way in satisfying so many mouths , and yet it was all which the honest fellow could ...
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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...