Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, Bände 1-2W. Orr, 1844 |
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... supply siderable value , from the presumable truthfulness of all that is his wants and procure quarters near the highway , stated in it as fact . In this character it is of consequence , we where his trade is overdriven , strikes off ...
... supply siderable value , from the presumable truthfulness of all that is his wants and procure quarters near the highway , stated in it as fact . In this character it is of consequence , we where his trade is overdriven , strikes off ...
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... supply of pure water , it will appear in its true light as a great national achievement . In such a light was the completion of the Croton Aqueduct regarded by the citizens of New York ; and , viewing it through the same medium , we ...
... supply of pure water , it will appear in its true light as a great national achievement . In such a light was the completion of the Croton Aqueduct regarded by the citizens of New York ; and , viewing it through the same medium , we ...
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... supply greater than would wind along the sides of hills , so as to preserve the proper be carried off from this reservoir and the reservoirs at level , or it may be carried straight forward through the city by evaporation , we have ...
... supply greater than would wind along the sides of hills , so as to preserve the proper be carried off from this reservoir and the reservoirs at level , or it may be carried straight forward through the city by evaporation , we have ...
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... supply ; whilst the distribut- been planted by the dainty monks of the adjacent mo- ing , which is entirely built of stone , is four hundred nastery , or at any rate grafted from their ancient stock , and thirty - six feet square ...
... supply ; whilst the distribut- been planted by the dainty monks of the adjacent mo- ing , which is entirely built of stone , is four hundred nastery , or at any rate grafted from their ancient stock , and thirty - six feet square ...
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... supply have been added to the honorary designation of the supreme ruler ; espe- cially in oriental countries , where the poetical figure of hyperbole flourishes in the greatest excess . The most powerful of all monarchs is the emperor ...
... supply have been added to the honorary designation of the supreme ruler ; espe- cially in oriental countries , where the poetical figure of hyperbole flourishes in the greatest excess . The most powerful of all monarchs is the emperor ...
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Amen Corner amongst ancient animals appear aqueduct attention barn owl beautiful better birds called Carlist Carmela cause character Charlotte Corday Cher circumstances Croton Aqueduct death door duty Edinburgh England English evil eyes favour feel feet France French friends Gascon gentleman give guano Guillotin habits hand happy heard heart honour hour husband kind labour lady land less lived Loire London look manner Mansfield matter means ment miles mind morning nature Nawata neighbours never night observed party passed persons poor possessed present racter remarkable replied respect returned ROBERT CHAMBERS Robert d'Arbrissel Saumur scene Scotland seemed seen Shetland society St Malo street taste things thou thought tion took town tree village Werdohl whole wife wish words young
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Seite 134 - The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty ! make thick my blood ; Stop up...
Seite 212 - Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Seite 47 - With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags Plying her needle and thread — Stitch ! stitch ! stitch ! In poverty, hunger and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, Would that its tone could reach the rich ! She sang this "Song of the Shirt.
Seite 47 - Work — work — work! My labor never flags; And what are its wages? A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags, That shattered roof — and this naked floor • A table — a broken chair — And a wall so blank my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there!
Seite 172 - And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
Seite 194 - And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more...
Seite 194 - And with them the Being beauteous, Who unto my youth was given, More than all things else to love me, And is now a saint in heaven. With a slow and noiseless footstep Comes that messenger divine, Takes the vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine. And she sits and gazes at me With those deep and tender eyes, Like the stars, so still and saint-like, Looking downward from the skies.
Seite 266 - A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Seite 47 - Work ! work ! work ! till the brain begins to swim; work ! work ! work ! till the eyes are heavy and dim ! Seam, and gusset, and band ; band, and gusset, and seam ; till over the buttons I fall asleep, and sew them on in a dream. O men, with sisters dear ! O men with mothers and wives ! it is not linen you're wearing out, but human creatures
Seite 59 - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...