Chesson & Woodhall's Miscellany, Parte 132,Volume 1Chesson & Woodhall, 1861 |
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... beautiful a midnight walk as I ever took . The path lay along the side of the mountain , and rose gradu- ally up its side , till tall ferns began to 3 appear , and the air grew cooler as we emerged HILL - FORTS OF THE DECCAN . 11.
... beautiful a midnight walk as I ever took . The path lay along the side of the mountain , and rose gradu- ally up its side , till tall ferns began to 3 appear , and the air grew cooler as we emerged HILL - FORTS OF THE DECCAN . 11.
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... beautiful arcades , erected as promenades for the Knights of St. John , at Valetta . They were originally roofed , to exclude the sun's scorching rays ; but after the insurrection in 1775 , the roofs were removed , as it was found that ...
... beautiful arcades , erected as promenades for the Knights of St. John , at Valetta . They were originally roofed , to exclude the sun's scorching rays ; but after the insurrection in 1775 , the roofs were removed , as it was found that ...
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... beautiful snare , which , after all , may furnish him with but a single mosquito for a meal , or , if he has selected a bad position for his network , the first rude blast of wind , or a dry leaf falling on it , may tear it into shreds ...
... beautiful snare , which , after all , may furnish him with but a single mosquito for a meal , or , if he has selected a bad position for his network , the first rude blast of wind , or a dry leaf falling on it , may tear it into shreds ...
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... beautiful gangrenous ulcer , so we can imagine Mr. Thackeray in his study , with a sharp - nibbed pen in his hand , chuckling over some mental deformity that has just presented itself to his mind , and exclaiming , with a dash of his ...
... beautiful gangrenous ulcer , so we can imagine Mr. Thackeray in his study , with a sharp - nibbed pen in his hand , chuckling over some mental deformity that has just presented itself to his mind , and exclaiming , with a dash of his ...
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... beautiful . As she rides on the Course , in her father's ungainly , cumbrous , and old- fashioned barouche , with its faded lining and scratched and scored panels ( but which no power or persuasion can make the Colonel renovate ) , she ...
... beautiful . As she rides on the Course , in her father's ungainly , cumbrous , and old- fashioned barouche , with its faded lining and scratched and scored panels ( but which no power or persuasion can make the Colonel renovate ) , she ...
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Página 381 - Though the day of my destiny's over, , And the star of my fate hath declined, Thy soft heart refused to discover The faults which so many could find; Though thy soul with my grief was acquainted, It shrunk not to share it with me, And the love which my spirit hath painted It never hath found but in thee.
Página 28 - Cursed be the social wants that sin against the strength of youth! Cursed be the social lies that warp us from the living truth!
Página 381 - Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Though they may gang a kennin' wrang, To step aside is human.
Página 312 - Therefore, thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
Página 373 - All his excellences, like those of Nature herself, are thrown out together ; and, instead of interfering with, support and recommend each other. His flowers are not tied up in garlands, nor his fruits crushed into baskets — but spring living from the soil, in all the dew and freshness of youth...
Página 392 - The moon shines bright : — In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise ; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul toward the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night.
Página 392 - In such a night Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew And saw the lion's shadow ere himself And ran dismay'd away. Lor. In such a night Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea banks and waft her love To come again to Carthage.
Página 408 - Tis a melancholy daub! my Lord; not one principle of the pyramid in any one group! — and what a price! — for there is nothing of the colouring of Titian — the expression of Rubens — the grace of Raphael — the purity of Dominichino — the corregiescity of Corregio — the learning of Poussin — the airs of Guido — the taste of the Carrachis — or the grand contour of Angelo.
Página 119 - ... a State which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes, will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished...
Página 178 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...