Recollections of West-End Life: With Sketches of Society in Paris, India, &c. &c, Band 2Hurst and Blackett, 1858 |
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Seite 169 - Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Seite 284 - NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD, Comprising A WINTER PASSAGE ACROSS THE ANDES TO CHILI, "WITH A VISIT TO THE GOLD REGIONS OF CALIFORNIA AND AUSTRALIA, THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS, JAVA, &c. By F. GERSTAECKER. 3 vols.
Seite 168 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered ; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the Last Days.
Seite 285 - ... be the shortest and the best. The work contains much scientific and accurate information as to the geology, the scenery, products, and resources of the regions explored, with notices of the religion, manners, and customs of the native tribes. The continual sporting adventures, and other remarkable occurrences, intermingled with the narrative of travel, make the book as interesting to read as a romance, as, indeed, a good book of travels ought always to be. The illustrations by Wolf are admirably...
Seite 285 - Ngami was reached by a route that had been deemed impracticable, but which proves to be the shortest and the best. The work contains much scientific and accurate information...
Seite 4 - MARGUERITE'S LEGACY. By MRS. TF Steward. 3 vols. " Barely have we met with a more interesting book than this. The story is of a most thrilling description. The authoress writes with much vigour, and from the faithful delineation of her characters, the admirable selection of the incidents, and the graphic description of scenes and events, the reader is enchanted with the work throughout."— Chronicle.
Seite 285 - This narrative of African explorations and discoveries is one of the most important geographical works that have lately appeared. It contains the account of two journeys made between the years...
Seite 40 - Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah. Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: but thou shalt die in peace : and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee : and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord: for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD.
Seite 161 - ... particularly in the Eastern churches, the singing of the psalms and hymns, which are to be found in the books of the Old Testament, and to which the Jewish converts had been already accustomed in their assemblies. They sang, also, at the Lord's supper and at the agapes. At...
Seite 91 - Among the crooked lanes, on every hedge The glowworm lights his gem ; and through the dark A moving radiance twinkles.