Peter Parley's Annual: A Christmas and New Year's Present for Young People..William Martin Darton and Company, 1866 |
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Արդյունքներ 41–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... standing on bases of pedestals , the rims of which were richly ornamented with a border , on which were wrought figures of lions , oxen , and cherubim . The bases below were formed of four wheels , like those of a chariot . All the ...
... standing on bases of pedestals , the rims of which were richly ornamented with a border , on which were wrought figures of lions , oxen , and cherubim . The bases below were formed of four wheels , like those of a chariot . All the ...
Էջ 42
... stand here made by the besieged extorted the admiration of their enemies . John , who held the castle , dug a mine there- from to the banks , by which they were destroyed ; and two days after Simon assaulted the remaining banks , and ...
... stand here made by the besieged extorted the admiration of their enemies . John , who held the castle , dug a mine there- from to the banks , by which they were destroyed ; and two days after Simon assaulted the remaining banks , and ...
Էջ 47
... stand for the last time . The plun- dering and butchery being over for the present , the Romans carried their standards around the burning Temple , and set them up before the eastern gate , where they offered sacrifices , and saluted ...
... stand for the last time . The plun- dering and butchery being over for the present , the Romans carried their standards around the burning Temple , and set them up before the eastern gate , where they offered sacrifices , and saluted ...
Էջ 57
... standing - point to the dioros . There was a variety of this game called encotyle , or the " pick aback " of English boys , and consisted of one lad's placing his hands behind his back , and receiving therein the knees of his conqueror ...
... standing - point to the dioros . There was a variety of this game called encotyle , or the " pick aback " of English boys , and consisted of one lad's placing his hands behind his back , and receiving therein the knees of his conqueror ...
Էջ 58
... Standing on the shore of the sea of the Piræus , they flung their shells edgeways over the water , so as they should strike it and bound upwards again from its surface . The boy whose shell made the most bounds before sinking , won the ...
... Standing on the shore of the sea of the Piræus , they flung their shells edgeways over the water , so as they should strike it and bound upwards again from its surface . The boy whose shell made the most bounds before sinking , won the ...
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Alfred amusement angle Anne Boleyn ball BARNABY RUDGE beautiful boat bowl Bruges bull called cheer Christmas colour cross and pile delight ditto DOMBEY AND SON England English ENGRAVINGS equal eyes feet Fieldfare fire flowers French George Measom girls glass glory gold golden hours Greek boys hand head heard heart holy honour hoops king leaped lion LITTLE DORRIT London look manufacture marbles MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT Miltiades Moon morning mother natives never noble PARLEY'S ANNUAL PICKWICK PAPERS pins play players poor pottery pretty Prince prize quoit quum Railway rises or sets Romans round Sally Sharpus SHILLING side SKETCHES BY BOZ soon sport square star stones streets Sunday after Trinity tail Temple thee thing thou tiger town trees turn wall WEST CORNWALL RAILWAYS whole Wolsey young youth
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Էջ 336 - It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make Man better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere : A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night — It was the plant and flower of Light. In small proportions we just beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be.
Էջ 136 - Well, well, Master Kingston," quoth he, "I see the matter against me how it is framed; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Էջ 145 - In any right-angled triangle, the square which is described on the side subtending the right angle is equal to the squares described on the sides which contain the right angle.
Էջ 46 - ... their booty from this and other spoliations, that gold in Syria speedily fell to one half its former value. In the confusion, the Zealots and robbers, who had the defence of the place, succeeded in forcing their way through the upper city, there to make their last stand. The plundering and butchering being over for the present, the Romans carried their standards around the burning Temple, and set them up before the eastern gate, where they offered sacrifices, and saluted Titus as
Էջ 38 - The two great parties concurred in defence of the city; but when the urgent occasion had passed, they turned their arms against each other. Thus there was two-fold war, and the lifeblood of Jerusalem was drained without respite. John defended the temple and the Castle of Antonia, and Simon the rest of the city. The space which their previous devastations had cleared within the city, served them for a field of battle against each other ; from which, when occasion required, they unanimously hastened...
Էջ 135 - Having alighted, he immediately took his chamber and went to bed, where his sickness still increased. Three days after, " on Tuesday even, master Kingston came to him, and bade him good-morrow, for it was about six of the clock, and asked him how he did. Sir, quoth he, I tarry but the pleasure of God, to render up my poor soul into His hands.