The Illustrated London Reading BookPrinted and published at the office of The Illustrated London News, 1851 - 264 Seiten |
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... human voice , they are general favourites , both in the drawingroom of the wealthy and the cottage of humble life . The various species differ in size , as well as in appearance and colour . Some ( as the macaws ) are larger than the ...
... human voice , they are general favourites , both in the drawingroom of the wealthy and the cottage of humble life . The various species differ in size , as well as in appearance and colour . Some ( as the macaws ) are larger than the ...
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... human hearts . A parrot , from the Spanish Main , Full young , and early - caged , came o'er , With bright wings , to the bleak domain Of Mulla's shore . To spicy groves , where he had won His plumage of resplendent hue— His native ...
... human hearts . A parrot , from the Spanish Main , Full young , and early - caged , came o'er , With bright wings , to the bleak domain Of Mulla's shore . To spicy groves , where he had won His plumage of resplendent hue— His native ...
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... will remain unaltered on the glass for some months . Five or six grains of this viperine poison , mixed with half an ounce of human blood , received in a warm glass , produce no visible effects. ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING BOOK . 13.
... will remain unaltered on the glass for some months . Five or six grains of this viperine poison , mixed with half an ounce of human blood , received in a warm glass , produce no visible effects. ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING BOOK . 13.
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... learns to note the sly And sure encroachments of infirmity— Thinking how fast time runs — life's end how near . WORDSWORTH . HUMANITY . During the retreat of the famous King Alfred. ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING BOOK . 17.
... learns to note the sly And sure encroachments of infirmity— Thinking how fast time runs — life's end how near . WORDSWORTH . HUMANITY . During the retreat of the famous King Alfred. ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING BOOK . 17.
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HUMANITY . During the retreat of the famous King Alfred at Athelney , in Somerset- shire , after the defeat of his forces by the Danes , the following circumstance happened , which shows the extremities to which that great man was ...
HUMANITY . During the retreat of the famous King Alfred at Athelney , in Somerset- shire , after the defeat of his forces by the Danes , the following circumstance happened , which shows the extremities to which that great man was ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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?
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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...