The Illustrated London Reading BookPrinted and published at the office of The Illustrated London News, 1851 - 264 Seiten |
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... ship , having a large number of canaries on board destined for Leghorn , was wrecked on the coast of Italy . The birds having re- gained their liberty , flew to the nearest land , which happened to be the island of Elba , where they ...
... ship , having a large number of canaries on board destined for Leghorn , was wrecked on the coast of Italy . The birds having re- gained their liberty , flew to the nearest land , which happened to be the island of Elba , where they ...
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... ships are but boards , and that no man can properly be termed rich whose fortune is at the mercy of the winds . The beauty adorned only with the unambitious graces of innocence and modesty , provokes , whenever she appears , a thousand ...
... ships are but boards , and that no man can properly be termed rich whose fortune is at the mercy of the winds . The beauty adorned only with the unambitious graces of innocence and modesty , provokes , whenever she appears , a thousand ...
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... ship ) , and the Rock of the Bouchaille , or the herds- man , formed of small columns , as regular and as interesting as the larger productions . We all clambered to the top of the rock , which affords graz- ing for sheep and cattle ...
... ship ) , and the Rock of the Bouchaille , or the herds- man , formed of small columns , as regular and as interesting as the larger productions . We all clambered to the top of the rock , which affords graz- ing for sheep and cattle ...
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... Ships were passing and re - passing before us in the Frith , the birds were singing blithely overhead , and the sky was without a cloud . Under the cheering influence of the sun , stretched on the warm , blooming , and fragrant heather ...
... Ships were passing and re - passing before us in the Frith , the birds were singing blithely overhead , and the sky was without a cloud . Under the cheering influence of the sun , stretched on the warm , blooming , and fragrant heather ...
Seite 108
... ships by thousands lay below , And men in nations — all were his ! He counted them at break of day— And when the sun set , where were they ? And where were they ? and where art thou , My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay ...
... ships by thousands lay below , And men in nations — all were his ! He counted them at break of day— And when the sun set , where were they ? And where were they ? and where art thou , My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay ...
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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...