The Leisure Hour: An Illustrated Magazine for Home Reading, Volume 2W. Stevens, printer, 1853 |
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... late Chapter on Spirits Chapter upon Snakes Chatsworth , a Day at 257 , 273 н . Nautical Almanack for the Year 561 Hall , Robert 646 1855 69 • · 508 Halyburton and Leo the Tenth 456 598 Negro Almanack - Maker 54 Hamburgh and Bremen 641 ...
... late Chapter on Spirits Chapter upon Snakes Chatsworth , a Day at 257 , 273 н . Nautical Almanack for the Year 561 Hall , Robert 646 1855 69 • · 508 Halyburton and Leo the Tenth 456 598 Negro Almanack - Maker 54 Hamburgh and Bremen 641 ...
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... late winter , their youngest girl had wandered to the valley's castern limit , in search of her pet lamb , whose tracks she traced in the snow . There was no fear in the Shepherd's - rest , wolves rarely approached , but that season was ...
... late winter , their youngest girl had wandered to the valley's castern limit , in search of her pet lamb , whose tracks she traced in the snow . There was no fear in the Shepherd's - rest , wolves rarely approached , but that season was ...
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... late years very large , testifies to the existence and cultivation of a spirit of prudence and fore- thought , which may be charitably accepted as the index of still higher qualities . We observed in passing through a narrow ...
... late years very large , testifies to the existence and cultivation of a spirit of prudence and fore- thought , which may be charitably accepted as the index of still higher qualities . We observed in passing through a narrow ...
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... late eminent barrister found one ap- propriate enough for himself , " Causes produce effects . " And Cave , instead of going to the He- rald's College , placed on the door - panel of his coach a representation of his office at St ...
... late eminent barrister found one ap- propriate enough for himself , " Causes produce effects . " And Cave , instead of going to the He- rald's College , placed on the door - panel of his coach a representation of his office at St ...
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... late misfortune , and Gues- lin's zeal in their service , had brought the families once more together . With care and circumspec- tion , Victor untied the cords and removed the leathern coverings . All manner of wares for Al- pine trade ...
... late misfortune , and Gues- lin's zeal in their service , had brought the families once more together . With care and circumspec- tion , Victor untied the cords and removed the leathern coverings . All manner of wares for Al- pine trade ...
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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.