The Saturday Magazine, Volume 8J. W. Parker, 1836 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 35
Page 7
... existence had suffered a diminution ; or as if , from a region of light and plenitude , they had fallen into a dreary state of darkness and vacuity . This should be a lesson to all who meditate a retreat from the world , and induce them ...
... existence had suffered a diminution ; or as if , from a region of light and plenitude , they had fallen into a dreary state of darkness and vacuity . This should be a lesson to all who meditate a retreat from the world , and induce them ...
Page 14
... existence . From its structure and habits , however , it is less under the immediate control of man , and is not so much changed by culture but that , when neglected , it can speedily relapse into a state of wildness . Like all other ...
... existence . From its structure and habits , however , it is less under the immediate control of man , and is not so much changed by culture but that , when neglected , it can speedily relapse into a state of wildness . Like all other ...
Page 19
... existence is not exactly known ; the fact of its great antiquity is undoubted . Though not remarkable for any of those fanciful complications of machinery which distinguish the old clocks that are to be found at Strasburg * , and in ...
... existence is not exactly known ; the fact of its great antiquity is undoubted . Though not remarkable for any of those fanciful complications of machinery which distinguish the old clocks that are to be found at Strasburg * , and in ...
Page 21
... existence . In communicating with the peasantry , of an invalid is- " His poor heart just wants a little every account given by them is in a strain of hyper - drop of comfort to nourish it ; " and accordingly , the bole . I have heard ...
... existence . In communicating with the peasantry , of an invalid is- " His poor heart just wants a little every account given by them is in a strain of hyper - drop of comfort to nourish it ; " and accordingly , the bole . I have heard ...
Page 22
... existence ; of which fact , however , minute inquiry and subsequent evidence have fully convinced me . I allude to the belief that the left hand of a corpse , if dipped into the milk - pail , has the effect of making the milk produce ...
... existence ; of which fact , however , minute inquiry and subsequent evidence have fully convinced me . I allude to the belief that the left hand of a corpse , if dipped into the milk - pail , has the effect of making the milk produce ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
amongst ancient animal appearance arches Ballycastle Barrackpore basaltic beautiful birds Bishop boat body bridge building built called Cathedral character Chios church colour distance Durham Cathedral Egypt Egyptian Ely Cathedral employed English engraving erected feet fire fish flowers give Greek Grose River hand head heat horses hundred inhabitants Ireland island Karnak kind king labour length LITERATURE AND EDUCATION living Luxor manner means miles Mocha Mount Hay mountains native nature night object observed palace passed peculiar plant possession present PRICE ONE PENNY produce Raghery remarkable rendered Rhine Rhinoceros river rock Roman Rouen round ruins Saturday Magazine says scene seen side soon South Wales spandrils species stone Strabo temple Thebes tion tomb town traveller trees tribe Tyrol Venice vessel visited WEST STRAND Whale whole WILLIAM PARKER wood young
Popular passages
Page 50 - To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Page 223 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Page 164 - 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 206 - Oh, the grave! the grave! It buries every error, covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment. From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.
Page 142 - Around me I behold, Where'er these casual eyes are cast, The mighty minds of old : My never-failing friends are they, With whom I converse day by day. With them I take delight in weal And seek relief in woe ; And while I understand and feel How much to them I owe, My cheeks have often been bedew'd With tears of thoughtful gratitude.
Page 159 - If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Page 186 - This is that which I think great readers are apt to be mistaken in. Those who have read of everything are thought to understand everything too; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking makes what we read ours.
Page 32 - And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Page 249 - There is a glorious city in the sea; The sea is in the broad, the narrow streets, Ebbing and flowing; and the salt sea-weed Clings to the marble of her palaces. No track of men, no footsteps to and fro, Lead to her gates ! The path lies o'er the sea, Invisible : and from the land we went, As to a floating city — steering in, And gliding up her streets, as in a dream...
Page 246 - God's blessing breathed upon the fainting earth ! Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse The wide old wood from his majestic rest, Summoning from the innumerable boughs The strange, deep harmonies that haunt his breast...