The Saturday Magazine, Volume 8J. W. Parker, 1836 |
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... situated in an over - flooded swamp . As we paddled silently into its recesses , on a fine and sunny Spring morning , we seemed to be removed further and further from the day ; -such was the effect of the dim twilight , shed upon the ...
... situated in an over - flooded swamp . As we paddled silently into its recesses , on a fine and sunny Spring morning , we seemed to be removed further and further from the day ; -such was the effect of the dim twilight , shed upon the ...
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... situated as Rouen . Oxford , which is as fine in its buildings and associations , has not the same advan- tages of situation ; and Bristol , which presents as fine a mass of buildings , wants the same striking accom- paniments , " the ...
... situated as Rouen . Oxford , which is as fine in its buildings and associations , has not the same advan- tages of situation ; and Bristol , which presents as fine a mass of buildings , wants the same striking accom- paniments , " the ...
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... situated in the Place of the Massacre , had been confiscated by his Majesty , and given to a certain individual who was mentioned in the royal letters , and to whom it was ordered to be delivered ; the reason assigned for the ...
... situated in the Place of the Massacre , had been confiscated by his Majesty , and given to a certain individual who was mentioned in the royal letters , and to whom it was ordered to be delivered ; the reason assigned for the ...
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... situated on the western banks of the river Foyle . The river , which at the city is as wide as the Thames at Greenwich , and is navigable for the largest vessels , expands itself into a large bay about four miles below the city , called ...
... situated on the western banks of the river Foyle . The river , which at the city is as wide as the Thames at Greenwich , and is navigable for the largest vessels , expands itself into a large bay about four miles below the city , called ...
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... situated in the department of the Somme , about ten miles to the north of the town of Abbeville . Before the revolution , it was comprised within the province of Lower Picardy ; and more anciently still , it formed a part of what was ...
... situated in the department of the Somme , about ten miles to the north of the town of Abbeville . Before the revolution , it was comprised within the province of Lower Picardy ; and more anciently still , it formed a part of what was ...
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Page 50 - To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Page 223 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Page 164 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 206 - Oh, the grave! the grave! It buries every error, covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment. From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.
Page 142 - Around me I behold, Where'er these casual eyes are cast, The mighty minds of old : My never-failing friends are they, With whom I converse day by day. With them I take delight in weal And seek relief in woe ; And while I understand and feel How much to them I owe, My cheeks have often been bedew'd With tears of thoughtful gratitude.
Page 159 - If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Page 186 - This is that which I think great readers are apt to be mistaken in. Those who have read of everything are thought to understand everything too; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking makes what we read ours.
Page 32 - And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Page 249 - There is a glorious city in the sea; The sea is in the broad, the narrow streets, Ebbing and flowing; and the salt sea-weed Clings to the marble of her palaces. No track of men, no footsteps to and fro, Lead to her gates ! The path lies o'er the sea, Invisible : and from the land we went, As to a floating city — steering in, And gliding up her streets, as in a dream...
Page 246 - God's blessing breathed upon the fainting earth ! Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse The wide old wood from his majestic rest, Summoning from the innumerable boughs The strange, deep harmonies that haunt his breast...