Instructive Rambles in London and the Adjacent Villages: Designed to Amuse the Mind, and Improve the Understanding of Youth ...Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825 - 286 Seiten |
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... And where do your parents live ? ” The girl turned aside , and holding a corner of a little checked apron to her eyes , remained silent . " They are both dead and buried , half a year back , ” replied the boy , with INSTRUCTIVE RAMBLES .
... And where do your parents live ? ” The girl turned aside , and holding a corner of a little checked apron to her eyes , remained silent . " They are both dead and buried , half a year back , ” replied the boy , with INSTRUCTIVE RAMBLES .
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... turned to them ; but this they did not touch , although it walked up close to them . The king then ordered these lions away , and another to be put in their place , to which he caused two mastiffs to be turned in . The dogs presently ...
... turned to them ; but this they did not touch , although it walked up close to them . The king then ordered these lions away , and another to be put in their place , to which he caused two mastiffs to be turned in . The dogs presently ...
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... turned by rubbing his nose against him , and attending him to the door of the den . " Mr. Richardson having requited the man , desired to be shown the chapel ; where seating himself , he said , " This chapel is not only the repository ...
... turned by rubbing his nose against him , and attending him to the door of the den . " Mr. Richardson having requited the man , desired to be shown the chapel ; where seating himself , he said , " This chapel is not only the repository ...
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... George here has lost his limb , as you see ; and I have lost what I regard a thousand times dearer than my life - a dear , good , and sincere friend . " As he spoke , he turned aside , and wiped off the 60 INSTRUCTIVE RAMBLES .
... George here has lost his limb , as you see ; and I have lost what I regard a thousand times dearer than my life - a dear , good , and sincere friend . " As he spoke , he turned aside , and wiped off the 60 INSTRUCTIVE RAMBLES .
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... turned aside , and wiped off the tears that streamed from his eyes on the recollection . 66 Yes , Sir , " continued the lame boy , " William lost his captain ; he was mortally wounded in the last severe engagement , and William was shot ...
... turned aside , and wiped off the tears that streamed from his eyes on the recollection . 66 Yes , Sir , " continued the lame boy , " William lost his captain ; he was mortally wounded in the last severe engagement , and William was shot ...
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Seite 178 - ... when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read the several dates of the tombs, of" some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Seite 190 - LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done.
Seite 14 - Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Seite 190 - E'en such is man ; whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers ; the blossom blasteth ; The flower fades ; the morning hasteth ; The sun sets, the shadow flies ; The gourd consumes; the man he dies...
Seite iii - Let us consider that youth is of no long duration, and that in maturer age, when the enchantments of fancy shall cease, and Phantoms of delight dance no more about us, we shall have no comforts but the esteem of wise men, and the means of doing Good.
Seite 177 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion: when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow...
Seite 103 - As by their choice collections may appear, Of what is rare, in land, in sea, in air ; Whilst they (as Homer's Iliad in a nut) A world of wonders in one closet shut : These famous Antiquarians, that had been Both gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen, Transplanted now themselves, sleep here ; and when Angels shall with their trumpets waken men, And fire shall purge the world, these hence shall rise, And change this garden for a paradise.
Seite 103 - Know, stranger, ere thou pass, beneath this stone Lie John Tradescant, grandsire, father, son: The last dy'd in his spring; the other two Liv'd till they had travelled art and nature thro', As by their choice collections may appear, Of what is rare in land, in seas, in air; Whilst they (as Homer's Iliad in a nut) A world of wonders in one closet shut. These famous antiquarians that had been, Both gardiners...
Seite 162 - Temple, one of our celebrated seats of law, which took its name from that gallant religious military order, the Knights Templars. They were originally crusaders, who happening to be quartered in places adjacent to the holy temple in Jerusalem, in 1118, consecrated themselves to the service of religion, by deeds of arms. Hugo de Paganis, Geoffry of St. Omers, and seven others, began the order, by binding themselves, after the manner of the regular canons of St. Augustine's, t...
Seite 83 - Thomas, which stood on the ninth pier from the north end, and had an entrance from the river, as well as the street, by a winding staircase.