Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts, Том 16, Брой 136 – Том 18, Брой 160William Chambers, Robert Chambers William and Robert Chambers, 1847 |
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... possessed so much and such varied and exact information - had read so much , or re- membered what he had read so accurately and well . He had infinite quickness of apprehension , a prodigious memory , and a certain rectifying and ...
... possessed so much and such varied and exact information - had read so much , or re- membered what he had read so accurately and well . He had infinite quickness of apprehension , a prodigious memory , and a certain rectifying and ...
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... possessed something of the terrible ; but in Cadiz the consequences , though equally apparent , were of a very diffe- rent nature . Ten days after the battle , they were still employed in bringing ashore the wounded ; and spectacles ...
... possessed something of the terrible ; but in Cadiz the consequences , though equally apparent , were of a very diffe- rent nature . Ten days after the battle , they were still employed in bringing ashore the wounded ; and spectacles ...
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... possessed , to give bread to her children , and even to her husband . How was it that , endowed with many advantages , and aided by almost every one he met , he had all his life remained in ob- scurity and even in indigence , whilst ...
... possessed , to give bread to her children , and even to her husband . How was it that , endowed with many advantages , and aided by almost every one he met , he had all his life remained in ob- scurity and even in indigence , whilst ...
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... possessed the savage virtue of fidelity in the same perfection . Having been often hospitably received at the farmhouse of Lochside , near Yetholm , she had carefully abstained from committing any depredations on the farmer's property ...
... possessed the savage virtue of fidelity in the same perfection . Having been often hospitably received at the farmhouse of Lochside , near Yetholm , she had carefully abstained from committing any depredations on the farmer's property ...
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... Possessed of great strength of body , and very uncommon abilities , Peter was a fine specimen of his race , though he retained all their lawless propensities . He was proud , passionate , revengeful , a great poacher , and an absolute ...
... Possessed of great strength of body , and very uncommon abilities , Peter was a fine specimen of his race , though he retained all their lawless propensities . He was proud , passionate , revengeful , a great poacher , and an absolute ...
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Страница 28 - And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies ; A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle.
Страница 11 - THE glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hand on Kings: Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Страница 15 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Страница 20 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial, endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me?
Страница 6 - The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
Страница 27 - Of those fierce darts Despair at me doth throw. 0 make in me those civil wars to cease: 1 will good tribute pay, if thou do so. Take thou of me smooth pillows, sweetest bed, A chamber deaf to noise and blind to light, A rosy garland and a weary head: And if these things, as being thine by right, Move not thy heavy grace, thou shalt in me, Livelier than elsewhere, Stella's image see.
Страница 9 - Come, let us go while we are in our prime; And take the harmless folly of the time. We shall grow old apace, and die Before we know our liberty. Our life is short, and our days run As fast away as does the sun...