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... gave us a consciousness of safety , and his urbanity and kindness made the long voyage pass pleasantly away . On our arrival at Liverpool , complimentary resolutions were passed , to which we all gave our assent with hearty good will ...
... gave us a consciousness of safety , and his urbanity and kindness made the long voyage pass pleasantly away . On our arrival at Liverpool , complimentary resolutions were passed , to which we all gave our assent with hearty good will ...
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... gave me a vivid description of some of the scenes of crime in this place . Pointing to a long , dark , narrow street , he said , " There are more crimes carried on and concealed in that street than in any one of its length in the world ...
... gave me a vivid description of some of the scenes of crime in this place . Pointing to a long , dark , narrow street , he said , " There are more crimes carried on and concealed in that street than in any one of its length in the world ...
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... gave rise . It is a noble institution , and nobly conducted . With the usual generosity of the English , the doors are open to the public ; no fee or pass is de manded ; and the richest and the poorest , the citizen and the stranger ...
... gave rise . It is a noble institution , and nobly conducted . With the usual generosity of the English , the doors are open to the public ; no fee or pass is de manded ; and the richest and the poorest , the citizen and the stranger ...
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... gave it me with many thanks . We walked along together , and in a few minutes I had all her history . She was a widow . Her husband died when her little twin children , a boy and a girl , were two years old Her little boy grew up , and ...
... gave it me with many thanks . We walked along together , and in a few minutes I had all her history . She was a widow . Her husband died when her little twin children , a boy and a girl , were two years old Her little boy grew up , and ...
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... gave to the shoot the name of " Victoria Regia . " The lily soon grew to a gigantic size , and the wits of the horticulturist were set at work to provide some habitation for it ; and he erected at once a glass house of such form and ...
... gave to the shoot the name of " Victoria Regia . " The lily soon grew to a gigantic size , and the wits of the horticulturist were set at work to provide some habitation for it ; and he erected at once a glass house of such form and ...
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Page 358 - Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees which grew along the broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the stars Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watchdog bay'd beyond the Tiber ; and More near from out the Caesars...
Page 38 - But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Page 474 - Jura, whose capt heights appear Precipitously steep ; and drawing near, There breathes a living fragrance from the shore, Of flowers yet fresh with childhood ; on the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar, Or chirps the grasshopper one good-night carol more...
Page 474 - Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake," With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters for a purer spring. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a Sister's voice reproved, That I with stern delights should e'er have been so moved.
Page 452 - The waveless plain of Lombardy, Bounded by the vaporous air, Islanded by cities fair; Underneath Day's azure eyes Ocean's nursling, Venice, lies, A peopled labyrinth of walls, Amphitrite's destined halls, Which her hoary sire now paves With his blue and beaming waves.
Page 327 - ... dispersed the rest of the company, and obliged him to rise. He raised himself up, with the assistance of two of his servants, and instantly fell down dead — suffocated, as I conjecture, by some gross and noxious vapor, having always had weak lungs, and being frequently subject to a difficulty of breathing.
Page 358 - twere anew, the gaps of centuries; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old! — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.
Page 358 - Gladiator's bloody Circus stands, A noble wreck in ruinous perfection ! While Caesar's chambers, and the Augustan halls, Grovel on earth in indistinct decay.
Page 76 - All you that in the condemned hold do lie, Prepare you, for to-morrow you shall die ; Watch all, and pray, the hour is drawing near That you before the Almighty must appear ; Examine well yourselves, in time repent, That you may not to eternal flames be sent. And when St. Sepulchre's bell to-morrow tolls, The Lord above have mercy on your souls. Past twelve o'clock...
Page 326 - But my uncle, in order to soothe the apprehensions of his friend, assured him it was only the burning of the villages which the country people had abandoned to the flames. After this, he retired to rest ; and it is most certain he was so little discomposed as to fall into a deep sleep ; for, being pretty fat, and breathing hard, those who attended without actually heard him snore.