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5 MINA BLOCK : THE FACE - MODEL , . . . . . . 6 THE PILGRIM FATHERS , . . . . . .
. . 7 SPIRIT OF THE PARADISE LOST , . . . . . . 18 MINA BLOCK : THE FACE -
MODEL , EDINBURGH : PRINTED BY W . AND R . CHAMBERS.
5 MINA BLOCK : THE FACE - MODEL , . . . . . . 6 THE PILGRIM FATHERS , . . . . . .
. . 7 SPIRIT OF THE PARADISE LOST , . . . . . . 18 MINA BLOCK : THE FACE -
MODEL , EDINBURGH : PRINTED BY W . AND R . CHAMBERS.
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At the same time , their movements are quick and easy , and there is no sign of
weariness or languor either in face or limbs . The hue of the skin is perhaps the
least favourable characteristic . The faces which surround you in a factory are for
...
At the same time , their movements are quick and easy , and there is no sign of
weariness or languor either in face or limbs . The hue of the skin is perhaps the
least favourable characteristic . The faces which surround you in a factory are for
...
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... of the small tradesmen , & c . , who are not engaged in factory operations ; but
they complain that the juveniles from the mills are incurably dirty , and that they
have continually to be sent back from the porch of Academe to wash their faces .
... of the small tradesmen , & c . , who are not engaged in factory operations ; but
they complain that the juveniles from the mills are incurably dirty , and that they
have continually to be sent back from the porch of Academe to wash their faces .
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It is as hot and dry as the blast of a furnace , just like what may be felt by opening
rapidly the door of a very hot oven , and holding the face to it . It licks the
perspiration from the skin , and makes it feel hot , dry , and feverish ; crackles the
leaves ...
It is as hot and dry as the blast of a furnace , just like what may be felt by opening
rapidly the door of a very hot oven , and holding the face to it . It licks the
perspiration from the skin , and makes it feel hot , dry , and feverish ; crackles the
leaves ...
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Now , gold appears to be about the most widely diffused of all metals , with the
exception of iron , on the face of the globe . Hardly a granitic and metamorphic
district is known on the earth , that has not at one period or other yielded gold .
Now , gold appears to be about the most widely diffused of all metals , with the
exception of iron , on the face of the globe . Hardly a granitic and metamorphic
district is known on the earth , that has not at one period or other yielded gold .
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Էջ 1 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Էջ 7 - The starry host, rode brightest, till the Moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveiled her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw.
Էջ 10 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair : thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these Heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Էջ 3 - Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day...
Էջ 30 - Whose midnight revels, by a forest side, Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course ; they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear ; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.
Էջ 26 - OF Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Էջ 11 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise. Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise From hill or steaming lake, dusky or gray, Till the sun paint your fleecy skirts with gold, In honour to the world's great Author rise...
Էջ 17 - Earth trembled from her entrails, as again In pangs, and nature gave a. second groan ; Sky loured ; and, muttering thunder, some sad drops Wept at completing of the mortal sin Original...
Էջ 7 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung...