The Monthly Repository and Library of Entertaining Knowledge, Volumen2Francis S. Wiggins, 1832 |
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... whole being backed by a lofty mountainous ridge . As we drew near to the walls , we beheld the vast Cecropian citadel crowned with temples that originated in the veneration once paid to the memory of the illustrious dead , surrounded by ...
... whole being backed by a lofty mountainous ridge . As we drew near to the walls , we beheld the vast Cecropian citadel crowned with temples that originated in the veneration once paid to the memory of the illustrious dead , surrounded by ...
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... whole material universe , is , in re- ality , a most astonishing magnitude , which the mind cannot grasp , without a laborious effort . We can form some definite idea of those protuberant masses we deno- minate hills , which rise above ...
... whole material universe , is , in re- ality , a most astonishing magnitude , which the mind cannot grasp , without a laborious effort . We can form some definite idea of those protuberant masses we deno- minate hills , which rise above ...
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... whole , we must endeavor to take a leisurely survey of its different parts . Were we to take our station on the top of a mountain , of a moderate size , and survey the surrounding landscape , we should perceive an extent of view ...
... whole , we must endeavor to take a leisurely survey of its different parts . Were we to take our station on the top of a mountain , of a moderate size , and survey the surrounding landscape , we should perceive an extent of view ...
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... whole by adding a broad piece longer than Reed Nest of Caddis - Worm . the rest to shade his door - way over - head , so that he may not be seen from above . A more laborious structure is reared by the grub of a beautiful caddis - fly ...
... whole by adding a broad piece longer than Reed Nest of Caddis - Worm . the rest to shade his door - way over - head , so that he may not be seen from above . A more laborious structure is reared by the grub of a beautiful caddis - fly ...
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... whole races of animals extinct , and the bones and exuvia of one class covered with the remains of another : and upon the graves of past generations - the marble or rocky tombs , as it were of a former animated world - new generations ...
... whole races of animals extinct , and the bones and exuvia of one class covered with the remains of another : and upon the graves of past generations - the marble or rocky tombs , as it were of a former animated world - new generations ...
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Página 299 - Temple of it ;" — that city from above, which hath " no need of the sun, neither of the moon to shine in it ; for the glory of God doth lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Página 18 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Página 273 - If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Página 319 - There are- many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of them. Without it, learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence; virtue itself looks like weakness ; the best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice.
Página 406 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third — (" Treason," cried the Speaker — " treason, treason ", echoed from every part of the House.
Página 31 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till, o'er our ransomed nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
Página 61 - O unexpected stroke, worse than of death ! Must I thus leave thee, Paradise ? thus leave Thee, native soil ! these happy walks and shades, Fit haunt of gods ? where I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both.
Página 79 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ...
Página 233 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Página 249 - THERE'S beauty all around our paths, if but our watchful eyes Can trace it midst familiar things, and through their lowly guise...