Fosteriana, Consisting of Thoughts, Reflections, and Criticisms, of John FosterBohn, 1858 - 560 страници |
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... gilt cloth . 2 Vols . , each 5s . NORWAY , A Road Book for Tourists in Norway , with Hints to English Sportsmen and Anglers , by THOMAS FORESTER , Esq . Limp cloth . 2s . PARKES ELEMENTARY CHEMISTRY , incorporating the CATECHISM . New ...
... gilt cloth . 2 Vols . , each 5s . NORWAY , A Road Book for Tourists in Norway , with Hints to English Sportsmen and Anglers , by THOMAS FORESTER , Esq . Limp cloth . 2s . PARKES ELEMENTARY CHEMISTRY , incorporating the CATECHISM . New ...
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... gilt with burnished gold , was thirty feet high , and about six in diameter at the base ; it stood on a pedestal twelve feet in height , with steps to the shaft of the pillar . Not far from the golden pillar stood a large , spacious ...
... gilt with burnished gold , was thirty feet high , and about six in diameter at the base ; it stood on a pedestal twelve feet in height , with steps to the shaft of the pillar . Not far from the golden pillar stood a large , spacious ...
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... gilt , and protected by a wooden scabbard , some part of which was still seen adhering to it ; also a large and a small ornament of jet , perforated with two holes for suspension . Near the thigh - bone was another ornament of jet ...
... gilt , and protected by a wooden scabbard , some part of which was still seen adhering to it ; also a large and a small ornament of jet , perforated with two holes for suspension . Near the thigh - bone was another ornament of jet ...
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... gilt cloth ( pub . at 78. Gl . ) , 58 . the same , with the plates mostly coloured , gilt cloth ( pub . at 10s . 6d . ) , 78 . BULWER'S LEILA ; or the Siege of Granada ; and Calderon the Courtier , 8vo . , illus- trated by 16 beautiful ...
... gilt cloth ( pub . at 78. Gl . ) , 58 . the same , with the plates mostly coloured , gilt cloth ( pub . at 10s . 6d . ) , 78 . BULWER'S LEILA ; or the Siege of Granada ; and Calderon the Courtier , 8vo . , illus- trated by 16 beautiful ...
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... gilt - edges , 34. 138. 6d . BRITTON'S CATHEDRAL CHUTCH OF LINCOLN , 4to , 16 fine plates , by LE KEUX , ( pub . at ... gilt ( pub , at 14. 18. ) , 12s . the same , INDIA PROOFS , cloth gilt ( pub . at 24. 28. ) , l . 1s . BURNETT'S ...
... gilt - edges , 34. 138. 6d . BRITTON'S CATHEDRAL CHUTCH OF LINCOLN , 4to , 16 fine plates , by LE KEUX , ( pub . at ... gilt ( pub , at 14. 18. ) , 12s . the same , INDIA PROOFS , cloth gilt ( pub . at 24. 28. ) , l . 1s . BURNETT'S ...
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Страница 341 - ... the furious animal sprang up, and ran open-mouthed upon them ; as he came near, the two hunters who had reserved their fire, gave him two wounds, one of which breaking his shoulder, retarded his motion for a moment; but before they could reload, he was so near that they were obliged to run to the river, and before they...
Страница 240 - Well, well, Master Kingston," quoth he, "I see the matter against me how it is framed; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Страница 142 - After the tower had proceeded some way, a pilgrim announced that he was ready to offer himself a sacrifice to the idol. He laid himself down in the road before the tower as it was moving along, lying on his face, with his arms stretched forward.
Страница 343 - This spray is dissipated into a thousand shapes, sometimes flying up in columns of fifteen or twenty feet, which are then oppressed by larger masses of the white foam, on all which the sun impresses the brightest colors of the rainbow.
Страница 138 - In sight of Juggernaut; 12th June. " Many thousands of pilgrims have accompanied us for some days past. They cover the road before and behind as far as the eye can reach. At nine o'clock this morning, the temple of Juggernaut appeared in' view at a great distance. When the multitude first saw it, they gave a shout, and fell to the ground and worshipped. I have heard nothing to-day but shouts and acclamations by the successive bodies of pilgrims. From the place where I...
Страница 405 - I have seen them often," added he, "standing in that very attitude, and pursuing, with an intense eye, the arrow which they had just discharged from the bow.
Страница 137 - We know that we are approaching Juggernaut (and yet we are more than fifty miles from it) by the human bones which we have seen for some days strewed by the way.
Страница 145 - Close to Ishera, a beautiful villa on the river's side, about eight miles from Calcutta, once the residence of Governor Hastings, and within view of the present Governor-General's country-house, there is a temple of this idol which is often stained with. human blood.
Страница 143 - I beheld another distressing scene this morning at the Place of Skulls; a poor woman lying dead, or nearly dead, and her two children by her, looking at the dogs and vultures, which were near. The people passed by without noticing the children. I asked them where was their home. They said ' they had no home but where their mother was.
Страница 192 - The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion ; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.