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Էջ 13
The idea that people are overcrowded in cotton - mills , could only have arisen
from ignorance of the fact , that by far the greater proportion of room in each
apartment is taken up by machinery . The manufacturer could not jam his people
...
The idea that people are overcrowded in cotton - mills , could only have arisen
from ignorance of the fact , that by far the greater proportion of room in each
apartment is taken up by machinery . The manufacturer could not jam his people
...
Էջ 17
The children are brought every morning by the parents , and taken away every
night . They have all sorts of household accommodation , and a playground , and
their wants and appetites are attended to as well as if they were at home — often
...
The children are brought every morning by the parents , and taken away every
night . They have all sorts of household accommodation , and a playground , and
their wants and appetites are attended to as well as if they were at home — often
...
Էջ 26
... were principally bought by shopmen and clerks ; that the school of the
monstrous novels , and the more rabid democratic papers , supplied the literary
thirst of the mass of the operatives ; and that the better weekly publications were
taken by ...
... were principally bought by shopmen and clerks ; that the school of the
monstrous novels , and the more rabid democratic papers , supplied the literary
thirst of the mass of the operatives ; and that the better weekly publications were
taken by ...
Էջ 14
... north of Bathurst ; but since then , gold - digging seems to have assumed in
New South Wales the character of a regular steady occupation , taken up by
those best adapted to it , and by them pursued as almost a permanent
employment .
... north of Bathurst ; but since then , gold - digging seems to have assumed in
New South Wales the character of a regular steady occupation , taken up by
those best adapted to it , and by them pursued as almost a permanent
employment .
Էջ 15
The largest of the blocks was about a foot in diameter , and weighed 75 pounds
gross . Out of this piece , 60 pounds of pure gold were taken . Before separation ,
it was beautifully incased in quartz . The other two were something smaller .
The largest of the blocks was about a foot in diameter , and weighed 75 pounds
gross . Out of this piece , 60 pounds of pure gold were taken . Before separation ,
it was beautifully incased in quartz . The other two were something smaller .
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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...