The Illustrated London Reading BookPrinted and published at the office of The Illustrated London News, 1851 - 264 страница |
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... tion and self - defence which it pos- sesses , it would become so great a scourge as to render the parts in which it is found almost uninhabita- ble : but , except when violently irri- tated , or for the purpose of self - preser- vation ...
... tion and self - defence which it pos- sesses , it would become so great a scourge as to render the parts in which it is found almost uninhabita- ble : but , except when violently irri- tated , or for the purpose of self - preser- vation ...
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... tion , and the country was overwhelmed with devastation in every direction ; towns , villages , palaces , and their in- habitants were consumed by molten lava , and hidden from the sight by showers of volcanic stones , cinders , and ...
... tion , and the country was overwhelmed with devastation in every direction ; towns , villages , palaces , and their in- habitants were consumed by molten lava , and hidden from the sight by showers of volcanic stones , cinders , and ...
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... tion of the renowned Robert Guiscard . Thither Peter appears to have followed him , though the spot in which their meeting took place is not stated with any precision by ancient chroniclers or modern historians . Urban received him most ...
... tion of the renowned Robert Guiscard . Thither Peter appears to have followed him , though the spot in which their meeting took place is not stated with any precision by ancient chroniclers or modern historians . Urban received him most ...
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... tion assures us that He cannot be absent from us , notwithstanding He is undiscovered bv us . In this consideration of God Almighty's omnipresence and omniscience , every uncomfortable thought vanishes . He cannot but regard everything ...
... tion assures us that He cannot be absent from us , notwithstanding He is undiscovered bv us . In this consideration of God Almighty's omnipresence and omniscience , every uncomfortable thought vanishes . He cannot but regard everything ...
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... tion of envy from the human heart . Envy is , indeed , a stubborn weed of the mind , and seldom yields to the culture of philosophy . There are , however , considerations which , if care- fully implanted , and diligently propagated ...
... tion of envy from the human heart . Envy is , indeed , a stubborn weed of the mind , and seldom yields to the culture of philosophy . There are , however , considerations which , if care- fully implanted , and diligently propagated ...
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ancient animal appearance ask'd battle beautiful bird body called cheerfulness colour consists DALMATIAN DOG danger dark death delight earth enemies England feet flowers GAMBIER ISLANDERS Gelert gentle give ground hand happy head heart height honour hour ILLUSTRATED LONDON inhabitants island Jalapa JOHN HAMPDEN Joppa kind King labour land length light live look Lord manner miles mind mountain native nature nest never night noble o'er observation pain pass passions Patmos peace person pleasure POOL OF SILOAM Prince Pyramid Lake resembling rise river rock sails Samian wine scene ship side sleep sloth soul species Staffa stone STONY CROSS STRATA FLORIDA ABBEY sweet Swineshead tapir taste thee things Thor thou thought tion towers trees tube vessel wall whole wind wood young
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Страница 145 - Now strike the golden lyre again : A louder yet, and yet a louder strain ! Break his bands of sleep asunder And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark ! the horrid sound Has raised up his head : As awaked from the dead And amazed he stares around. Revenge, revenge...
Страница 205 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God.
Страница 186 - ... for expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one: but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Страница 186 - Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them: for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them and above them, won by observation.
Страница 190 - See through this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth! Above, how high progressive life may go ! Around, how wide ! how deep extend below ! Vast chain of being! which from God began; Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from infinite to thee; From thee to nothing...
Страница 172 - By the festal cities' blaze, Whilst the wine-cup shines in light ; And yet amidst that joy and uproar Let us think of them that sleep, Full many a fathom deep, By thy wild and stormy steep, Elsinore...
Страница 109 - You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet ; Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone? Of two such lessons, why forget The nobler and the manlier one?
Страница 228 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse: which I, observing, Took once a pliant hour, and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart That. I would all my pilgrimage dilate...
Страница 186 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy...
Страница 203 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...