Four Years in Great Britain, Volum 1Harper & Brothers, 1836 - 359 pàgines |
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Pàgina 30
... running about the rigging , having been perched on the main - topsail yard to keep watch for a light , actually fell asleep in that high place , nearly opposite the mouth of the river associated with the poet's name , as having been ...
... running about the rigging , having been perched on the main - topsail yard to keep watch for a light , actually fell asleep in that high place , nearly opposite the mouth of the river associated with the poet's name , as having been ...
Pàgina 32
... running of stagecoaches and steamers , which rages equally in England and in the United States , is burdened with no small share of the responsibility of this never - to - be- forgotten calamity . And , more aggravating still , that ...
... running of stagecoaches and steamers , which rages equally in England and in the United States , is burdened with no small share of the responsibility of this never - to - be- forgotten calamity . And , more aggravating still , that ...
Pàgina 44
... run away with . At the greatest speed of the train one cannot look at near objects without becoming instantly dizzy . The head whirls like a top ; but to turn the eye at the distance of a mile or two , it is very pleasant to observe the ...
... run away with . At the greatest speed of the train one cannot look at near objects without becoming instantly dizzy . The head whirls like a top ; but to turn the eye at the distance of a mile or two , it is very pleasant to observe the ...
Pàgina 45
... running at the rate of thirty miles an hour , some few minutes after we had left the Half - way House , or place of stopping , when I looked out at the window , casting my eye forward , and , to my utter horror , I saw the engine off ...
... running at the rate of thirty miles an hour , some few minutes after we had left the Half - way House , or place of stopping , when I looked out at the window , casting my eye forward , and , to my utter horror , I saw the engine off ...
Pàgina 48
... run for his life at right angles with the railroad , through a low and wet morass , I know not how far , till he ... running away with him . Now it is in sight - now it is here — and now away it hies to the goal ; and all as soon as ...
... run for his life at right angles with the railroad , through a low and wet morass , I know not how far , till he ... running away with him . Now it is in sight - now it is here — and now away it hies to the goal ; and all as soon as ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 31 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains in cradle of the rude imperious surge ; and in the visitation of the winds, who take the ruffian billows by the top, curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them with deafening clamours in the slippery clouds...
Pàgina 5 - Turner's Sacred History of the World, attempted to be Philosophically considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son.
Pàgina 82 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Pàgina 73 - O Lord, with the Holy Ghost the Comforter, and daily increase in them Thy manifold gifts of grace ; the spirit of wisdom and understanding ; the spirit of counsel and ghostly strength ; the spirit of knowledge and true godliness ; and fill them, O Lord, with the spirit of Thy holy fear, now and for ever. Amen.
Pàgina 202 - And be these juggling fiends no more believed, That palter with us in a double sense ; That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope. — I'll not fight with thee. Macd. Then yield thee, coward, And live to be the show and gaze o
Pàgina 273 - I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history; And, questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie...
Pàgina 73 - And will you preserve unto the bishops and " clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to " their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do " or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? — King " or queen. All this I promise to do.
Pàgina 81 - Kingdom, or that he ought not to enjoy the same, here is his Champion, who saith that he lieth, and is a false traitor ; being ready in person to combat with him, and in this quarrel will adventure his life against him on what day soever he shall be appointed.
Pàgina 7 - HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY ON THE NORTHERN COASTS OF NORTH AMERICA. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. By PF TYTLER, Esq. With Descriptive Sketches of the Natural History of the North American Regions.
Pàgina 31 - Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deaf'ning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude; And, in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king ? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.