Chesson & Woodhall's Miscellany, Teil 132,Band 1Chesson & Woodhall, 1861 |
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... whole promising ere long to form an addition to this station as ornamental as useful . But what if , instead of laying a plan , and adhering to it , he had taken his flowers , and shrubs , and trees , and vegetables , just as they came ...
... whole promising ere long to form an addition to this station as ornamental as useful . But what if , instead of laying a plan , and adhering to it , he had taken his flowers , and shrubs , and trees , and vegetables , just as they came ...
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... whole Deccan is geolo- gically of one formation . From Agra to Goa , and eastward nearly to Orissa , there is a monotonous similarity ; the whole of the country being covered with the same kind of rocks . They are all volcanic , and ...
... whole Deccan is geolo- gically of one formation . From Agra to Goa , and eastward nearly to Orissa , there is a monotonous similarity ; the whole of the country being covered with the same kind of rocks . They are all volcanic , and ...
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... whole range of the Western Ghauts . The top of the mountain is of con- siderable extent , and as it has a small but very comfortable set of caves for residence , and a reputation for bears enough to allure the sportsman ( though I ...
... whole range of the Western Ghauts . The top of the mountain is of con- siderable extent , and as it has a small but very comfortable set of caves for residence , and a reputation for bears enough to allure the sportsman ( though I ...
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... whole country became ours , almost without a struggle . Lake says , that thirty fortresses , each of which with a man as its master would have defied the Anglo - Indian army , fell in a few weeks after ; and this vast Mahratta Empire ...
... whole country became ours , almost without a struggle . Lake says , that thirty fortresses , each of which with a man as its master would have defied the Anglo - Indian army , fell in a few weeks after ; and this vast Mahratta Empire ...
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... whole garden side decorated with cobwebs , each gauzy fibre bent with the weight of glistening dew - drops , and the whole woven in regularly geometrical figures . It seems to us , that a spider takes a vast amount of trouble in making ...
... whole garden side decorated with cobwebs , each gauzy fibre bent with the weight of glistening dew - drops , and the whole woven in regularly geometrical figures . It seems to us , that a spider takes a vast amount of trouble in making ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Ahmednuggur Albans appearance arms army asked Astyages beautiful Bella Bombay Brahmin Calcutta called Captain character cheroot coffee Colonel colour Cyrus Dalrymple dear death Deccan Delhi Emily Raymond England English European eyes father favour feel feet Fort William genius Ghaut Government Gregory Gordon ground hand HARTLEY HALL head heard heart Holwell honour hope horse hour India king Lady Kean land Lieutenant lived look Lord Maronites ment mind Miss Raymond morning mountains Mussoorie Natives nature negroes never night officers once palkee Parkes passed perhaps Perianthe plantain plantations planted poet present Punjab remarks replied rose scene seemed seen side Sir Hugh Rose smile soldier soon spirit stone sweet syce temple things thou thought tion trees turned Vipasa whilst Winslowe words young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 381 - Though the day of my destiny's over, , And the star of my fate hath declined, Thy soft heart refused to discover The faults which so many could find; Though thy soul with my grief was acquainted, It shrunk not to share it with me, And the love which my spirit hath painted It never hath found but in thee.
Seite 28 - Cursed be the social wants that sin against the strength of youth! Cursed be the social lies that warp us from the living truth!
Seite 381 - Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Though they may gang a kennin' wrang, To step aside is human.
Seite 312 - Therefore, thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
Seite 373 - All his excellences, like those of Nature herself, are thrown out together ; and, instead of interfering with, support and recommend each other. His flowers are not tied up in garlands, nor his fruits crushed into baskets — but spring living from the soil, in all the dew and freshness of youth...
Seite 392 - The moon shines bright : — In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise ; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul toward the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night.
Seite 392 - In such a night Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew And saw the lion's shadow ere himself And ran dismay'd away. Lor. In such a night Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea banks and waft her love To come again to Carthage.
Seite 408 - Tis a melancholy daub! my Lord; not one principle of the pyramid in any one group! — and what a price! — for there is nothing of the colouring of Titian — the expression of Rubens — the grace of Raphael — the purity of Dominichino — the corregiescity of Corregio — the learning of Poussin — the airs of Guido — the taste of the Carrachis — or the grand contour of Angelo.
Seite 119 - ... a State which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes, will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished...
Seite 178 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...