The Mirror of the World: Or, Stories from All ClimesWentworth & Company, 1856 - 316 pàgines |
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The Mirror of the World: Or, Stories from All Climes Moulton Hampton,Henry E Davenport Previsualització no disponible - 2016 |
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Pàgina 184 - We soon found ourselves in the midst of wide-spreading flocks of sheep and camels. As far as the eye could reach, to the right, to the left, and in front, still the same moving crowd. Long lines of asses and bullocks, laden with black tents, huge...
Pàgina 124 - Yet on his forehead sits the seal sublime That marks him monarch of his lovely clime, And in his torpid spirit lurk the seeds Of manly virtues and of lofty deeds. Within that breast where savage shadows roll Philosophy discerns a noble soul, That, like the lamp within an Eastern tomb, But looks more sickly 'mid surrounding gloom. Full many a feeling trembles through his frame, For which he never knew or sought a name; And many a holy thought but half supprest Still lurks 'mid all the tempest of his...
Pàgina 241 - When the warrior falls in battle, the faithful charger stretches himself on the ground, as if inviting him again to mount his back. If he is able to do so, he bears him gently but swiftly from the scene of carnage ; but if the Targhee remains silent and motionless, the meharee hastens to the town or douar * of his habitation, exhibiting the empty saddle to the bereaved family. The women now commence the death-dirge — the children set up piercing cries — the whole community is thrown into excitement...
Pàgina 222 - Eleven of them ranged alongside of us about the distance of three miles. The greatest diameter of the largest appeared to me at that distance as if it would measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at...
Pàgina 222 - Eleven of them ranged alongside of us, about the distance of three miles. The greatest diameter of the largest appeared to me at that distance as if it would measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at SE, leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment.
Pàgina 113 - Australia; but as yet, all have been unsuccessful in their endeavour to reach the centre, and he who travelled farthest, at the utmost point of his journey has only cast his eye over a monotonous desert, apparently of interminable extent. Australia is situated in the immense ocean stretching to the south-east of Asia, and lies in nearly the same latitude with the Cape of Good Hope and Brazil. Equal in surface to four-fifths of the European continent, it extends from 113° 5' to 153° 16' east longitude,...
Pàgina 209 - O'er bog, or steep, through straight, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies...
Pàgina 115 - Holland for more than 600 miles, we enter the principal field of British enterprise, where the coast is marked by a thousand fantastic irregularities. A line of precipitous cliffs extends far towards the south; a huge breach in this natural wall becomes apparent ; and while the eye is resting on the grim magnificence of these granite barriers, the vessel glides between the rocks, and reposes in the superb harbour of Port Jackson.
Pàgina 250 - Among the strangers who join either a gafala or neja there are generally found some destitute creatures who, on the day of departure, know not how the bread of to-morrow is to be obtained; but they are under no disquietude — they trust in Providence, and not in vain. Scarcely has the cavalcade started, but they find opportunities of making themselves useful, either in loading or guiding the camels, for which little services they receive their daily food ; and it is all they desire. Thus they accomplish...
Pàgina 304 - Happy proprietor ! There is a bristly-bearded tailor, too, very beery, having his last pint, who utters a similar somniferous intention. He calls it "Bedfordshire." Thrice happy tailor ! I envy him fiercely, as he goes out, though, God wot, his bed-chamber may be but a squalid attic, and his bed a tattered hop-sack, with a slop greatcoat — from the emporium of Messrs.