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Thither fly all who can afford to live out of the smoke . · There you will find open ,
handsome squares , and shewy ranges of crescents , and rows , and miles of
pleasant villas peeping out from their shrubberied grounds . Between these two ...
Thither fly all who can afford to live out of the smoke . · There you will find open ,
handsome squares , and shewy ranges of crescents , and rows , and miles of
pleasant villas peeping out from their shrubberied grounds . Between these two ...
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They perceive they are giving more to the household than the household renders
to them ; and even if marriage does not ensue , it is very common for boys and
girls to withdraw from the parental roof and control , and live unchecked and at ...
They perceive they are giving more to the household than the household renders
to them ; and even if marriage does not ensue , it is very common for boys and
girls to withdraw from the parental roof and control , and live unchecked and at ...
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... and for the rest , live upon air . The reader of Australian travels frequently finds
mention made of plains ' - Bathurst , Liverpool , Goulburn Plains , & c . He must
not , however , imagine a great flat country stretching to the horizon all round him
.
... and for the rest , live upon air . The reader of Australian travels frequently finds
mention made of plains ' - Bathurst , Liverpool , Goulburn Plains , & c . He must
not , however , imagine a great flat country stretching to the horizon all round him
.
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If the dryness of the climate renders navigable rivers impossible , and flowing
streams rare and uncertain , it is , on the whole , a heavenly climate to live in —
wholesome and invigorating in spite of the heat , with one unclouded glorious
day ...
If the dryness of the climate renders navigable rivers impossible , and flowing
streams rare and uncertain , it is , on the whole , a heavenly climate to live in —
wholesome and invigorating in spite of the heat , with one unclouded glorious
day ...
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Whichever cradle they may use , our adventurers must now live a life of great toil ,
of some hardship and privation , and of great monotony . The rising sun must find
them at their work , and when setting , look with an approving eye as they are ...
Whichever cradle they may use , our adventurers must now live a life of great toil ,
of some hardship and privation , and of great monotony . The rising sun must find
them at their work , and when setting , look with an approving eye as they are ...
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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...