Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts, Հատոր 1,Թողարկում 1 –Հատոր 3,Թողարկում 30William Chambers, Robert Chambers William and Robert Chambers |
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Արդյունքներ 87–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... reached the hospitium of St Gothard , situated on an inclement Alpine height , they were churlishly refused accommo- * " How often , " says Madame de Genlis , in allusion to the trials and privations to which the Duke of Chartres was ...
... reached the hospitium of St Gothard , situated on an inclement Alpine height , they were churlishly refused accommo- * " How often , " says Madame de Genlis , in allusion to the trials and privations to which the Duke of Chartres was ...
Էջ 14
... reached him from his friend M. Montesquiou , stating that he had obtained for him the situation of a teacher in the academy of Reichenau - a village at the junction of the two upper Rhines , in the south - eastern part of Switzerland ...
... reached him from his friend M. Montesquiou , stating that he had obtained for him the situation of a teacher in the academy of Reichenau - a village at the junction of the two upper Rhines , in the south - eastern part of Switzerland ...
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... reached the North Cape in August 1795. * After staying a few days in this region , at eighteen degrees from the pole , he returned through Lapland to Torneo , at the extremity of the Gulf of Bothnia . From Torneo he went to Abo , and ...
... reached the North Cape in August 1795. * After staying a few days in this region , at eighteen degrees from the pole , he returned through Lapland to Torneo , at the extremity of the Gulf of Bothnia . From Torneo he went to Abo , and ...
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... reached America , he would , like most servants , desert his master . He was , how- ever , finally persuaded to yield , and the servant was received for seventeen and a half guineas . The duke was anxious to escape observation in ...
... reached America , he would , like most servants , desert his master . He was , how- ever , finally persuaded to yield , and the servant was received for seventeen and a half guineas . The duke was anxious to escape observation in ...
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... reaching his destination , disclosed to him who he was . The captain expressed his gratification at the communication , and frankly stated , that the circumstances under which he had come on board had produced an impression upon his ...
... reaching his destination , disclosed to him who he was . The captain expressed his gratification at the communication , and frankly stated , that the circumstances under which he had come on board had produced an impression upon his ...
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Էջ 10 - Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme, — How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed ; How He who, bore in heaven the second name Had not on earth whereon to lay His head...
Էջ 7 - MY loved, my honored, much respected friend, No mercenary bard his homage pays; With honest pride, I scorn each selfish end ; My dearest meed a friend's esteem and praise: To you I sing, in simple Scottish lays, The lowly train in life's...
Էջ 24 - Percy present word He would prevent his sport. The English earl, not fearing that, Did to the woods resort, With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, All chosen men of might, Who knew full well in time of need To aim their shafts aright.
Էջ 10 - They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest a.im : Perhaps " Dundee's" wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive
Էջ 9 - Is there, in human form, that bears a heart, A wretch ! a villain ! lost to love and truth ! That can, with studied, sly, ensnaring art, Betray sweet Jenny's unsuspecting youth?
Էջ 5 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
Էջ 9 - An' weary winter comin' fast, An' cozie here, beneath the blast, Thou thought to dwell, Till crash ! the cruel coulter past Out thro' thy cell. That wee bit heap o...
Էջ 16 - Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink as I ; Freely welcome to my cup, Couldst thou sip and sip it up. Make the most of life you may ; Life is short, and wears away. " Both alike are mine and thine, Hastening quick to their decline ; Thine's a summer, mine no more, Though repeated to threescore ; Threescore summers, when they're gone, Will appear as short as one.
Էջ 5 - AND there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: 2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
Էջ 11 - He who stills the raven's clam'rous nest, And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide; But chiefly, in their hearts with grace divine preside.