Varia: papers upon several subjects1899 |
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Страница 30 - Out upon her! Thou torturest me, Tubal: it was my turquoise ; I had it of Leah, when I was a bachelor. I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys.
Страница 115 - Thus, near the gates conferring as they drew, Argus, the dog, his ancient master knew: He not unconscious of the voice and tread, Lifts to the sound his ear, and rears his head; Bred by Ulysses, nourish'd at his board, But, ah!
Страница 112 - They stop, they start, they snuff the air, Gallop a moment here and there, Approach, retire, wheel round and round, Then plunging back with sudden bound, Headed by one black mighty steed, Who seem'd the patriarch of his breed, Without a single speck or hair Of white upon his shaggy hide: They snort, they foam, neigh, swerve aside, And backward to the forest fly, By instinct, from a human eye.
Страница 27 - ... varieties. The sacred bulls devoted to Siva, of every age, tame and familiar as mastiffs, walk lazily up and down these narrow streets, or are seen lying across them, and hardly to be kicked up (any blows, indeed, given them must be of the gentlest kind, or woe be to the profane wretch who braves the prejudices of this fanatic population) in order to make way for the tonjon.
Страница 146 - The calm philosopher in ether sails, Views broader stars, and breathes in purer gales; Sees like a map, in many a waving line, Round earth's blue plains her lucid waters shine ; Sees at his feet the forky lightnings glow, And hears innocuous thunders roar below.
Страница 135 - ... from instantaneous suffocation, a result which must have ensued from the apparently endless volume of gas with which the car was enveloped. The gas, notwithstanding all our precautions, from the violence of its operation on the human frame, almost immediately deprived us of sight, and we •were both, as far as our visionary powers were concerned, in a state of total darkness for between four and five minutes.
Страница 135 - ... kept in absolute ignorance. It at length, as if somewhat fatigued by its exertions, gradually assumed the motions of a snake working its way with astonishing speed towards a given object. During this frightful operation the gas was rushing in torrents from the upper and lower valves, but more particularly from the latter, as the density of the atmosphere through which we were forcing our progress pressed so heavily on the valve at the top of the balloon, as to admit of comparatively but a small...
Страница 30 - I hope to have this entertainment in readiness for the next winter ; and doubt not but it will please more than the opera, or puppet-show. I will not say that a monkey is a better man than some of the opera heroes ; but certainly he is a better representative of a man, than the most artificial composition of wood and wire.
Страница 40 - I let the monkeys unpack it : they have a mortal horror of a snake. When they found out the contents of the hamper, they were off in double-quick time, crying ' ' Murder ! thieves ! " and it was a long time before they would come down from behind the casts of salmon on the top of the book-shelves.
Страница 39 - I am getting my herring, Tiny goes to the breakfasttable again, and, if she can, steals the egg; this she tucks under her arm and bolts away, running on her' hind legs. This young lady has of late been rather shy of eggs, as she once stole one that was quite hot, and burnt herself. She cried out,. and