The Leisure Hour: An Illustrated Magazine for Home Reading, Volume 2W. Stevens, printer, 1853 |
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Page 27
... kind of vice or sheath prepared for the purpose , where a few taps , administered secundum artem , fashion the particular kind of head required , and the nail is complete the rod of metal being replaced in the fire , and another ...
... kind of vice or sheath prepared for the purpose , where a few taps , administered secundum artem , fashion the particular kind of head required , and the nail is complete the rod of metal being replaced in the fire , and another ...
Page 28
... kind of poker , coaxing and humouring the vitreous slag and scum to dribble forth upon the ground beneath . He knows by the appearance of this floating refuse , the condition of the fluid metal below ; and not till he is satisfied as to ...
... kind of poker , coaxing and humouring the vitreous slag and scum to dribble forth upon the ground beneath . He knows by the appearance of this floating refuse , the condition of the fluid metal below ; and not till he is satisfied as to ...
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... kind of model wheel , the circumference of which is capable of expansion by a powerful lever . The tires are finished in the lathe , where it is curious to watch the accurate performance of the tool , which shaves off the narrow ribbons ...
... kind of model wheel , the circumference of which is capable of expansion by a powerful lever . The tires are finished in the lathe , where it is curious to watch the accurate performance of the tool , which shaves off the narrow ribbons ...
Page 52
... kind mistress . In spite of the early faith and the latent strength of character which stood the test of after days so well , Louisin wept sore as she closed the eyes of the dead and laid her down . It was not for Gueslin's mother that ...
... kind mistress . In spite of the early faith and the latent strength of character which stood the test of after days so well , Louisin wept sore as she closed the eyes of the dead and laid her down . It was not for Gueslin's mother that ...
Page 59
... kind husbands and fond fathers . They were cheerful , hard - working , and ready to oblige . What are they now ? What have you made them ? Look at them . How changed they are ! But not for the better . They seem downcast and surly ...
... kind husbands and fond fathers . They were cheerful , hard - working , and ready to oblige . What are they now ? What have you made them ? Look at them . How changed they are ! But not for the better . They seem downcast and surly ...
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Page 189 - There is no death! What seems so is transition; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death.
Page 323 - A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
Page 75 - ... without remarking that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the...
Page 75 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 309 - The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours, I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth ! There, and prostrate there, I most unfeignedly recognize the Divine justice, and in some degree submit to it.
Page 309 - I impeach Warren Hastings of high crimes and misdemeanors. I impeach him in the name of the Commons' House of Parliament, whose trust he has betrayed.
Page 189 - In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife!
Page 189 - Heart within, and God o'erhead. Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time — Footprints that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Page 309 - I am alone. I have none to meet my enemies in the gate. Indeed, my lord, I greatly deceive myself, if, in this hard season, I would give a peck of refuse wheat for all that is called fame and honour in the world.
Page 309 - I live in an inverted order. They who ought to have succeeded me are gone before me. They who should have been to me as posterity are in the place of ancestors.