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Passatges populars
Pàgina 366 - Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set, The dullest seaboat soon shall wing her way. Men shall descry another hemisphere, Since to one common centre all things tend; So earth, by curious mystery divine Well balanced, hangs amid the starry spheres. At our antipodes are cities, states, And thronged empires, ne'er divined of yore. But see, the sun speeds on his western path To glad the nations with expected light.
Pàgina 331 - With weather-stains upon the wall, And stairways worn, and crazy doors, And creaking and uneven floors, And chimneys huge, and tiled and tall. A region of repose it seems, A place of slumber and of dreams...
Pàgina 169 - Fitz-Eustace' heart felt closely pent ; As if to give his rapture vent, The spur he to his charger lent, And raised his bridle hand. And, making demi-volte in air, Cried, " Where's the coward that would not dare To fight for such a land!
Pàgina 7 - That the provisions of an act entitled "an act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Pàgina 417 - It will be seen that Henry VII, the most parsimonious of kings, had no mind to pay the expense of the voyage. The expedition was 'to seek out, discover and find whatsoever islands, countries, regions and provinces of the heathens or infidels, in whatever part of the world they be, which before this time have been unknown to all Christians.
Pàgina 44 - Captain and you are also to observe and follow such Orders and Directions as you shall from time to time receive from...
Pàgina 88 - ... deliberating on the expediency thereof; we think it our duty which we owe our fellow countrymen and our posterity, to declare our sense and opinion in a matter which so highly concerns the welfare of the present generation and the happiness of our children yet unborn. First then, we declare it as our opinion that neither the parliament of Great Britain nor any other power on earth has a right to lay a tax on us but by our own consent, or the consent of those whom we may choose to represent us.
Pàgina 363 - As the size of the earth has been demonstrated by other writers, we shall here take for granted and receive as accurate what they have advanced. We shall also assume that the earth is spheroidal, that its surface is likewise spheroidal, and, above all, that bodies have a tendency towards its centre, which latter point is clear to the perception of the most average understanding. However, we may show summarily that the earth is spheroidal from the consideration that all things however distant tend...
Pàgina 366 - Know that this theory is false; his bark The daring mariner shall urge far o'er The western wave, a smooth and level plain, Albeit the earth is fashioned like a wheel. Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set, The dullest sea-boat soon shall wing her way. Men shall descry another hemisphere. Since to one common centre all things tend, So earth, by curious mystery divine Well balanced, hangs amid the starry spheres.
Pàgina 355 - Bideford, and Dartmouth, and Topsham, and Plymouth (then a petty place), and many another little western town, that England owes the foundation of her naval and commercial glory. It was the men of Devon, the Drakes and Hawkins', Gilberts and Raleighs, Grenviles and Oxenhams, and a host more of