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... head , pre - eminent over many around it . An interesting account of this tree has been given by Mr. Oxley in the periodical last quoted . From this account we learn that the tree is from sixty to seventy feet in height , and from two ...
... head , pre - eminent over many around it . An interesting account of this tree has been given by Mr. Oxley in the periodical last quoted . From this account we learn that the tree is from sixty to seventy feet in height , and from two ...
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... head of a deep and narrow cove , called Combe's - gate ; and I ran down the intervening slope of meadow - ground , to look at it . At the seaward edge I found a loose broken cliff , copiously fringed with the lilac spikes of the ...
... head of a deep and narrow cove , called Combe's - gate ; and I ran down the intervening slope of meadow - ground , to look at it . At the seaward edge I found a loose broken cliff , copiously fringed with the lilac spikes of the ...
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... Head mentions a very remarkable spring of this kind , at Langen Schwalbach , in Nassau , from which a suffocating gas constantly ascends ; in spite of which , however , the Jews residing in the village con- stantly drink , cook , and ...
... Head mentions a very remarkable spring of this kind , at Langen Schwalbach , in Nassau , from which a suffocating gas constantly ascends ; in spite of which , however , the Jews residing in the village con- stantly drink , cook , and ...
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Society for promoting Christian knowledge. few miles further , Mam Tor rears its majestic head 1,500 feet above the valley in which it stands . The first convenient house built near the springs , for the accommodation of visitors , was ...
Society for promoting Christian knowledge. few miles further , Mam Tor rears its majestic head 1,500 feet above the valley in which it stands . The first convenient house built near the springs , for the accommodation of visitors , was ...
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... head to the height of three hundred and fifty feet , the lower part clothed with rich underwood , but the upper , for fifty to sixty yards , presenting a broad mass of naked , perpendicular rock . The fragments that have fallen from ...
... head to the height of three hundred and fifty feet , the lower part clothed with rich underwood , but the upper , for fifty to sixty yards , presenting a broad mass of naked , perpendicular rock . The fragments that have fallen from ...
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Página 91 - This is the month, and this the happy morn Wherein the Son of Heaven's Eternal King Of wedded maid and virgin mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring...
Página 468 - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
Página 524 - WE watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life . Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we...
Página 406 - And the Lord smelled a sweet savour ; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake ; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth ; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Página 601 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Página 404 - FAIR Daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon : As yet the early-rising Sun Has not attained his noon. Stay, stay, Until the hasting day Has run But to the even-song ; And, having prayed together, we Will go with you along.
Página 450 - Forthwith a guard at every gun was placed along the wall; The beacon blazed upon the roof of Edgecumbe's lofty hall; Many a light fishing-bark put out to pry along the coast, And with loose rein and bloody spur rode inland many a post.
Página 527 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Página 596 - Wild is thy lay, and loud, Far in the downy cloud ; Love gives it energy, love gave it birth! Where, on thy dewy wing — Where art thou journeying ? Thy lay is in heaven ; thy love is on earth.
Página 596 - O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds the day, Over the cloudlet dim, Over the rainbow's rim, Musical cherub, soar, singing, away! Then, when the gloaming comes, Low in the heather blooms Sweet will thy welcome and bed of love be ! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place, — Oh, to abide in the desert with thee!