The Leisure Hour: An Illustrated Magazine for Home Reading, Volume 2W. Stevens, printer, 1853 |
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... surface . The flowers grow in clusters , are small and of a pale green , and the smooth berries are quite black . When the house is decked at Christmas time with the rich glossy leaves and glowing berries of the holly , and when the ...
... surface . The flowers grow in clusters , are small and of a pale green , and the smooth berries are quite black . When the house is decked at Christmas time with the rich glossy leaves and glowing berries of the holly , and when the ...
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... surface , to entangle its walks , and to wind its waters ; which he did with such judgment and fancy , as made his little domain of the great and the admiration of the skilful : a place to be visited by travellers and copied by ...
... surface , to entangle its walks , and to wind its waters ; which he did with such judgment and fancy , as made his little domain of the great and the admiration of the skilful : a place to be visited by travellers and copied by ...
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... surface of the land , to the last square inch of it , has been turned upside down . The deep channel of mire through which we flounder on , winds its serpentine way between huge mounds of grey , red , and black masses of vitrified ...
... surface of the land , to the last square inch of it , has been turned upside down . The deep channel of mire through which we flounder on , winds its serpentine way between huge mounds of grey , red , and black masses of vitrified ...
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... surface of the Iron Country in every direction could be profitably made to produce more iron ; but it appears not altogether impossible that , in combination with some other substance , it may at some future day be found applicable to ...
... surface of the Iron Country in every direction could be profitably made to produce more iron ; but it appears not altogether impossible that , in combination with some other substance , it may at some future day be found applicable to ...
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... surface is extensive , not only from the sea on the east , but from its inland waters , which are flowing and abundant ; and during certain periods of the year the sky is covered with clouds , and rain falls in a quantity and with a ...
... surface is extensive , not only from the sea on the east , but from its inland waters , which are flowing and abundant ; and during certain periods of the year the sky is covered with clouds , and rain falls in a quantity and with a ...
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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.