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... remarkable sensation that then existed between the admirers of the old and new order of things , afforded opportunities of observation not more exciting than suited to the taste and abilities of the author . VOL . I. ( 1837 ) . NO . 1 ...
... remarkable sensation that then existed between the admirers of the old and new order of things , afforded opportunities of observation not more exciting than suited to the taste and abilities of the author . VOL . I. ( 1837 ) . NO . 1 ...
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... remarkable circumstance in the adventure , our tourists left their passports in their carriage from which they had parted . " As we proceeded on our journey the scenery became bolder , the road bordered the precipice , and the mountain ...
... remarkable circumstance in the adventure , our tourists left their passports in their carriage from which they had parted . " As we proceeded on our journey the scenery became bolder , the road bordered the precipice , and the mountain ...
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... remarkable for their ease , liveliness , and wit . The present edition , however , gives us a great number of new anecdotes , notices of her ladyship's contemporaries , and a portion of a history of her own times , which the editor is ...
... remarkable for their ease , liveliness , and wit . The present edition , however , gives us a great number of new anecdotes , notices of her ladyship's contemporaries , and a portion of a history of her own times , which the editor is ...
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... remarkable for their excessive indulgence ; and the poor , for the little attention they bestow , beyond supplying the absolute wants of nature . The mother is prohibited , by the Mohhammadan law , from weaning her child before the ...
... remarkable for their excessive indulgence ; and the poor , for the little attention they bestow , beyond supplying the absolute wants of nature . The mother is prohibited , by the Mohhammadan law , from weaning her child before the ...
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... remarkable than the variety . The relative number of the books which treat of religion and jurisprudence may be stated to be about one - fourth : next in number are works on grammar , rhetoric , and various branches of philology : the ...
... remarkable than the variety . The relative number of the books which treat of religion and jurisprudence may be stated to be about one - fourth : next in number are works on grammar , rhetoric , and various branches of philology : the ...
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Página 243 - Happy art thou, O Israel : who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Página 262 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Página 293 - I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was; man is but an ass, if he go about to expound this dream.
Página 245 - LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty : Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
Página 74 - ... the caverns of the deep. Silence, oblivion, like the waves, have closed over them, and no one can tell the story of their end. What sighs have been wafted after that ship ! what prayers offered up at the deserted fireside of home ! How often has the...
Página 562 - ... but it was not to be found. In his distress he looked down for it ; it was to be seen no more than to be felt. He stood confounded, and I took possession of his place ; nor did he ever recover it, or ever, I believe, suspect who was the author of his wrong. Often in after-life has the sight of him smote me as I passed by him ; and often have I resolved to make him some reparation ; but it ended in good resolutions.
Página 560 - I last night supped in Mr Walter Scott's. He has the most extraordinary genius of a boy I ever saw. He was reading a poem to his mother when I went in. I made him read on : it was the description of a shipwreck. His passion rose with the storm. He lifted his eyes and hands. 'There's the mast gone,' says he; 'crash it goes ! — they will all perish ! ' After his agitation, he turns to me. 'That is too melancholy,' says he; 'I had better read you something more amusing.
Página 74 - There was no trace by which the name of the ship could be ascertained. The wreck had evidently drifted about for many months ; clusters of shell-fish had fastened about it, and long sea-weeds flaunted at its sides. But where, thought I, is the crew ? Their struggle has long been over — they have gone down amidst the roar of the tempest — their bones lie whitening among the caverns of the deep ; silence, oblivion, like the waves, have closed over them, and no one can tell the story of their end.
Página 560 - He has the most extraordinary genius of a boy I ever saw. He was reading a poem to his mother when I went in. I made him read on; it was the description of a shipwreck. His passion rose with the storm. He lifted his eyes and hands. ' There's the mast gone,' says he ; * crash it goes! — they will all perish!' After his agitation, he turns to me. ' That is too melancholy,' says he; ' I had better read you something more amusing.
Página 574 - ... house did not observe with perfect equanimity the novel usage to which her chintz was exposed. The Shepherd, however, remarked nothing of all this — dined heartily and drank freely, and, by jest, anecdote, and song, afforded plentiful merriment to the more civilized part of the company. As the liquor operated, his familiarity increased and strengthened ; from ' Mr. Scott,' he advanced to ' Sherra,' and thence to ' Scott,' 'Walter,' and 'Wattie,' — until, at supper, he [fairly convulsed the...