Tales of the Academy, 1. kötetCowie and Company, Poultry; Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers' Court; Thorp and Burch, Aldgate; H. Mozley, Derby; and P. Youngman, Witham and Maldon, Essex, 1820 - 266 oldal |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 22 találatból.
10. oldal
... seemed scarcely conscious of the existence even of a rival in Adolphus , and either generously forgave or contemptu- ously forgot all his petty insults and mean- spirited provocations . Both possessed those original mental powers which ...
... seemed scarcely conscious of the existence even of a rival in Adolphus , and either generously forgave or contemptu- ously forgot all his petty insults and mean- spirited provocations . Both possessed those original mental powers which ...
11. oldal
... found to indulge , after a more than ordinary effort , favoured the endeavours of his opponent , and insured his ultimate success . Besides , the truths and the results which Adolphus sometimes seemed to possess himself of 11.
... found to indulge , after a more than ordinary effort , favoured the endeavours of his opponent , and insured his ultimate success . Besides , the truths and the results which Adolphus sometimes seemed to possess himself of 11.
12. oldal
the results which Adolphus sometimes seemed to possess himself of by a species of intuition , sparkled only for the moment , and were gone ; but Ernest's mental acqui- sitions , being the fruits of patient labour , were obtained once ...
the results which Adolphus sometimes seemed to possess himself of by a species of intuition , sparkled only for the moment , and were gone ; but Ernest's mental acqui- sitions , being the fruits of patient labour , were obtained once ...
31. oldal
... seemed both more surprized and grieved than all the rest ; and affirmed that it must have died from some worm having eaten its roots- which , he added , he had often heard worms would do , and that they were particularly apt to attack ...
... seemed both more surprized and grieved than all the rest ; and affirmed that it must have died from some worm having eaten its roots- which , he added , he had often heard worms would do , and that they were particularly apt to attack ...
37. oldal
... seemed deter- mined to outdo all his previous atchieve- ments , and the latter to bring to the trial not only all the power and vigour of his undoubted talents , but a spirit of industry he had never before been supposed to pos- sess ...
... seemed deter- mined to outdo all his previous atchieve- ments , and the latter to bring to the trial not only all the power and vigour of his undoubted talents , but a spirit of industry he had never before been supposed to pos- sess ...
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
academy allow appeared ARCHER HAMILTON architecture arrived attempt brother building called CARPENTER church circumstances client Composite order consider Corinthian order cottage COUNSEL FOR KINNARD court dame Parlett dark desert island desk Doric entertain eyes farther fear friends gentlemen Gothic green guilty hand happiness haulm field HENRY HENRY D hermit idea immediately instant intention intreat Ionic order Jamaica James Raymond John Tomlinson jury king John's castle labour lads laugh learned judge Maldon means ment mind Miss Tabitha morning Muchlore nature never night noise object observed occasion Osgood Osric Kinnard PAUL PAUL THE HERMIT Paul's perceived pocket-book potatoes Pray preceptor present prisoner Hamilton PROSECUTION pupils readers remarked Robinson Crusoe rose-tree school-fellows school-house school-room school-yard seemed shew solemn soon steeple suppose sure tale thing thought tion tower trial truth usher village window witness young youths
Népszerű szakaszok
139. oldal - But who the melodies of morn can tell ? — The wild brook babbling down the mountain side ; The lowing herd ; the sheepfold's simple bell ; The pipe of early shepherd dim descried In the lone valley ; echoing far and wide, The clamorous horn along the cliffs above ; The hollow murmur of the ocean-tide ; The hum of bees ; the linnet's lay of love ; And the full choir that wakes the universal grove.
139. oldal - The hum of bees, the linnet's lay of love, And the full choir that wakes the universal grove. The cottage-curs at early pilgrim bark; Crown'd with her pail the tripping milkmaid sings; The whistling ploughman stalks afield; and, hark!
86. oldal - Corinth fell ill and died ; after her interment, her nurse collected together sundry ornaments with which she used to be pleased, and putting them into a basket, placed it near her tomb ; and, lest they should be injured by the weather, she covered the basket with a tile. It happened the basket was placed on a root of acanthus, which, in spring, shot forth its leaves.
220. oldal - You shall well and truly try, and true deliverance make, between the State of Florida and the prisoner at the bar whom you shall have in charge, according to the evidence. So help you God.
139. oldal - Through rustling corn the hare astonished springs ; Slow tolls the village clock the drowsy hour ; The partridge bursts away on whirring wings ; Deep mourns the turtle in sequestered bower, And shrill lark carols clear from her aerial tower.
86. oldal - Happily, Callimachus, a most ingenious sculptor, passing that way, was struck with the beauty, elegance, and novelty of the basket, surrounded by the acanthus leaves ; and according to this idea or example he afterwards made columns for the Corinthians, ordaining the proportions such as constitute the Corinthian order.
88. oldal - Frize was the height occupied by the cross beams which formed part of the roof and tied the building together, and from the projecting ends of which arose the idea of the Triglyph ; the intermediate space was the Metope. The Cornice, and its ornaments, were the ends or outer edge of the timbers, rafters, &c. of the roof. The Mutules, Denteles, Modillions, &c. from the above source also, were accidental hints improved...
86. oldal - Lest they should be injured by the weather, she covered the basket with a tile. It happened that the basket was placed on a root of acanthus, which in...
87. oldal - ... a square tile or stone, placed under the trunk of the tree...
86. oldal - It happened the basket was placed on a root of acanthus, which, in spring, shot forth its leaves. These, running up the side of the basket, naturally formed a kind of volute in the turn given by the tile to the leaves. Happily, Callimachus, a most ingenious sculptor, passing that way, was struck with the beauty, elegance, and novelty of the basket, surrounded by the acanthus leaves ; and according to this idea or example he afterwards...