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... streets of Gibraltar , and in one of the principal hotels , a peculiar dialect of the Italian language had early arest- ed our attention , and excited enquiries . It was neat , rapid and emphatic , with few traces of Roman effeminacy or ...
... streets of Gibraltar , and in one of the principal hotels , a peculiar dialect of the Italian language had early arest- ed our attention , and excited enquiries . It was neat , rapid and emphatic , with few traces of Roman effeminacy or ...
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... street , Boston . The Journal will be exe- cuted on Copper Plate , thus rendering it perfectly legible to all who have become familiar with the first principles of Pho- nography . The terms are One Dollar per annum , in advance . At a ...
... street , Boston . The Journal will be exe- cuted on Copper Plate , thus rendering it perfectly legible to all who have become familiar with the first principles of Pho- nography . The terms are One Dollar per annum , in advance . At a ...
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... streets are handsome , and well paved and light- ed . The Castle has been the favourite re- ɛidence of the Kings of England for seven hundred years . Edward III . al- most rebuilt it , so extensive were the re- pairs which he gave it ...
... streets are handsome , and well paved and light- ed . The Castle has been the favourite re- ɛidence of the Kings of England for seven hundred years . Edward III . al- most rebuilt it , so extensive were the re- pairs which he gave it ...
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... streets in the settlement , the injury done would soon have been re- paired . The people at this station had extensive plantations of potatoes and yams , which had experienced but little damage , and they were urged to continue planting ...
... streets in the settlement , the injury done would soon have been re- paired . The people at this station had extensive plantations of potatoes and yams , which had experienced but little damage , and they were urged to continue planting ...
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... streets are impassable , from the heaps of large pieces of coral left by the receding Only two habitable houses left waves . in the settlement out of 217 ; of which 121 were good framed houses , and plas- tered with lime , and some of ...
... streets are impassable , from the heaps of large pieces of coral left by the receding Only two habitable houses left waves . in the settlement out of 217 ; of which 121 were good framed houses , and plas- tered with lime , and some of ...
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Page 384 - He did not think all mischief fair, Although he had a knack of joking; He did not make himself a bear, Although he had a taste for smoking; And when religious sects ran mad, He held, in spite of all his learning, That if a man's belief is bad, It will not be improved by burning.
Page 652 - ... enchanted stem, Laden with flower and fruit, whereof they gave To each, but whoso did receive of them, And taste, to him the gushing of the wave Far far away did seem to mourn and rave On alien shores; and if his fellow spake, His voice was thin, as voices from the grave; And deep-asleep he seem'd, yet all awake. And music in his ears his beating heart did make.
Page 86 - ... in two flames, the one on one side, and the other on the other side of the axial line.
Page 89 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known; In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
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Page 21 - ... inequalities of the surface over which it passed. During the flow, night was converted into day on all eastern Hawaii. The light rose and spread like the morning upon the mountains, and its glare was seen on the opposite side of the island. It was also distinctly visible for more than one hundred miles at sea; and at the distance of forty miles fine print could be read at midnight...
Page 618 - Superior heard, run through the sweetest length Of notes ; when listening Philomela deigns To let them joy, and purposes, in thought Elate, to make her night excel their day. The...
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