Glances from the moon, or, Lucubrations from the miscellany of one unknownS.Y. Griffith and Company, 1824 - 304 pàgines |
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Pàgina 27
... cracking and eating a hoard of nice walnuts , accompanied by their natural ally , a bottle of old and home made raisin wine , whereof fine perry , not water , should form the basis ! -scene laid in an old oaken wainscoted room , in a wea-
... cracking and eating a hoard of nice walnuts , accompanied by their natural ally , a bottle of old and home made raisin wine , whereof fine perry , not water , should form the basis ! -scene laid in an old oaken wainscoted room , in a wea-
Pàgina 70
... waters of the ocean . Secondly - Such is the grace and splendour of the lilies of the field , as to have led to the divine pronunciation , " that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these . " This citation is not ...
... waters of the ocean . Secondly - Such is the grace and splendour of the lilies of the field , as to have led to the divine pronunciation , " that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these . " This citation is not ...
Pàgina 71
... waters ; others on the surface of the earth . Both agree in the vast variety of bulk which we mark them destined to acquire , from the insect to the elephant ; from the ma- jestic oak of the forest to the smallest plant upon ...
... waters ; others on the surface of the earth . Both agree in the vast variety of bulk which we mark them destined to acquire , from the insect to the elephant ; from the ma- jestic oak of the forest to the smallest plant upon ...
Pàgina 83
... water is not uncommonly scarce , the remedy is at hand ; and that , too , at a cost not exceeding the means of the inhabitants ; especially now that half the assessed taxes are lopped off , in every article - as long ago might cha ...
... water is not uncommonly scarce , the remedy is at hand ; and that , too , at a cost not exceeding the means of the inhabitants ; especially now that half the assessed taxes are lopped off , in every article - as long ago might cha ...
Pàgina 84
... water- ed , when circumstances called for this ob- servance , would form the happy change . But , this is not done : such comfort and accommodation are rejected . What a per- verse and untractable animal is man ! -even social and ...
... water- ed , when circumstances called for this ob- servance , would form the happy change . But , this is not done : such comfort and accommodation are rejected . What a per- verse and untractable animal is man ! -even social and ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 41 - I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 Sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere, Till pride and worse ambition threw me down, Warring in Heaven against Heaven's matchless King Ah wherefore?
Pàgina 157 - For what is our hope or joy or crown of rejoicing ? are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming ? For ye are our glory and joy.
Pàgina 183 - And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little : thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.
Pàgina 42 - As great might have aspired, and me, though mean, Drawn to his part ; but other powers as great Fell not, but stand unshaken, from within Or from without, to all temptations arm'd. Hadst thou the same free will and power to stand? Thou hadst : whom hast thou then or what to accuse, But Heaven's free love dealt equally to all?
Pàgina 45 - Souls who dare use their immortality — Souls who dare look the Omnipotent tyrant in His everlasting face, and tell him that His evil is not good...
Pàgina 157 - For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
Pàgina 41 - Ah, wherefore ? he deserved no such return From me, whom he created what I was In that bright eminence, and with his good Upbraided none ; nor was his service hard. What could be less than to afford him praise, The easiest recompense, and pay him thanks, How due...
Pàgina 124 - Sleep, the innocent Sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleeve of care, the death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, balm of hurt minds, great Nature's second course, chief nourisher in Life's feast.
Pàgina 246 - ... sauntering in the direction of their dormitory and their perch. As the air, activity, and gaiety of morn were greeted with their poor but best music, in brisk and flippant salutation, so are their retiring notes expressive of the quietude and composure of the evening hour : their farcwel requiem to the day.
Pàgina 246 - THE LANGUAGE OF BIRDS. From the notes and tones of our domestic fowl alone we could produce a variety of instances to show that they are adapted and directed to particular occasions, all expressive of and working to a meaning and an end. We might dwell upon the difference of their tones or vocal sounds when they come cheerily forth at early morn, themselves gay, humble, and sprightly, like itself ; and the drawling gravity of their notes suited to the loiter and slowness of their step, when day is...