Peter Parley's Annual: A Christmas and New Year's Present for Young People..William Martin Darton and Company, 1866 |
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... stone faced with cedar , which was richly covered with knops and flowers . The ceiling was of fir tree , but in every part gold was lavished with the utmost profusion , within and without the floor , the walls , the ceiling , -in short ...
... stone faced with cedar , which was richly covered with knops and flowers . The ceiling was of fir tree , but in every part gold was lavished with the utmost profusion , within and without the floor , the walls , the ceiling , -in short ...
Էջ 36
... stones , even of the most enormous size , measuring between seventeen and eighteen feet , were hewn and fitted to be put together without the sound of any tool being heard in the building . When the whole was completed , the solemn ...
... stones , even of the most enormous size , measuring between seventeen and eighteen feet , were hewn and fitted to be put together without the sound of any tool being heard in the building . When the whole was completed , the solemn ...
Էջ 38
... stones twenty cubits long and ten broad , so that they could not be easily undermined , or shaken by military engines . This was the outer wall ( but there were two others ) , and it was strengthened with sixty strong and lofty towers ...
... stones twenty cubits long and ten broad , so that they could not be easily undermined , or shaken by military engines . This was the outer wall ( but there were two others ) , and it was strengthened with sixty strong and lofty towers ...
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... stones with admiration , that " the days shall come in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another which shall not be cast down . " Passing over some intermediate circumstances , I have now only to relate that the upper ...
... stones with admiration , that " the days shall come in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another which shall not be cast down . " Passing over some intermediate circumstances , I have now only to relate that the upper ...
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... stone called the dioros was set up at a certain distance , and aimed at with bowls or stones . The one who missed took the success- ful player on his back , and was compelled to carry him about blindfolded until he went straight from ...
... stone called the dioros was set up at a certain distance , and aimed at with bowls or stones . The one who missed took the success- ful player on his back , and was compelled to carry him about blindfolded until he went straight from ...
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Common terms and phrases
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.