The wonders of the worldWard, Lock and Company, 1880 - 315 Seiten |
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Seite 55 - Lord ! methought what pain it was to drown ! What dreadful noise of water in mine ears ! What sights of ugly death within mine eyes ! Methought I saw a thousand fearful wrecks ; A thousand men that fishes gnawed upon ; Wedges of gold, great anchors, heaps of pearl, Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels, All scattered in the bottom of the sea.
Seite 5 - Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : now...
Seite 98 - By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season...
Seite 172 - The trees along the shore seemed to dance in an uncertain light, and my brain turned with my own breathless speed ; yet still my pursuers seemed to hiss forth their breath with a sound truly horrible, when an involuntary motion on my part turned me out of my course. The wolves, close behind, unable to stop, and as unable to turn on the smooth ice, slipped and fell, still going on far ahead.
Seite 289 - Every Stitch Described and Engraved with the utmost Accuracy, and the Quantity of Material requisite for each Pattern stated. Comprising: TATTING PATTERNS. EMBROIDERY PATTERNS. CROCHET PATTERNS. KNITTING AND NETTING PATTERNS.
Seite 302 - ... without exciting a feeling of admiration for the Heroes and of wonder at the magnitude of their achievements. In picture boards, is. ; cloth gilt, «. 6d. ; gilt edges, 31. 6J. 1. Columbus, the Discoverer of the New World. 2. Franklin, Printer Boy, Statesman, and Philosopher. 3. Washington, Hero and Patriot. 4. The Puritan Captain ; or, The Story of Miles Standish. 5. Boone, the Backwoodsman, the Pioneer of Kentucky. 6. The Terror of the Indians ; or. Life in the Backwoods. 7. The Hero of the...
Seite 289 - HOUGHTON, GJ PINWELL. and T. DALZIEL, together with Initial Letters, Ornamental Borders, &c., engraved by the Brothers DALZIEL. In One handsome Volume, cloth, richly gilt back, sides, and edges, price :'\s.
Seite 295 - THE CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE SERIES," is issued, in a series of well-printed volumes, published at a price which renders them accessible to all, the works of those great and good men who have devoted their lives and energies to promoting, in their writings, the highest interests of their fellow-creatures, by explaining and elucidating the various subjects connected with Religion and Christianity, and who have earned a title to the undying gratitude of posterity by engaging heart and soul in the great...
Seite 289 - Mr. Latouche's Travels are delightfully written. . . . His book is as fair as it is pleasant ; as full of information as it is sparkling with humour."— Spectator.
Seite 292 - ST. 2. Hood's Comic Poems. A New and Complete Edition, with a Preface by THOMAS HOOD the Younger, and full-page Illustrations. Handsomely bound, crown 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt edges, 5*.