Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts, 16. kötet,136. kiadás -18. kötet,160. kiadásWilliam Chambers, Robert Chambers William and Robert Chambers, 1847 |
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6. oldal
... animals , and roots of vegetables . When their cannon - ball was nearly spent , they made use of bits of brick , covered with lead . " To aggravate the condition of the besieged , Marshal Rosen arrived at Londonderry on the 18th of June ...
... animals , and roots of vegetables . When their cannon - ball was nearly spent , they made use of bits of brick , covered with lead . " To aggravate the condition of the besieged , Marshal Rosen arrived at Londonderry on the 18th of June ...
11. oldal
... animals that had perished in those dreadful wastes . If the eagles and vultures had arrived in time , bones only were left to bleach upon the burning sands ; otherwise the carcase was presently dried up till it resembled a mummy . There ...
... animals that had perished in those dreadful wastes . If the eagles and vultures had arrived in time , bones only were left to bleach upon the burning sands ; otherwise the carcase was presently dried up till it resembled a mummy . There ...
15. oldal
... animals - the horse . You will learn to improve my fruit and kitchen gardens . You will multiply the horses of the Norman breed that I have just got . By increasing your master's revenue , you will enable him to do much more for you ...
... animals - the horse . You will learn to improve my fruit and kitchen gardens . You will multiply the horses of the Norman breed that I have just got . By increasing your master's revenue , you will enable him to do much more for you ...
10. oldal
... animal species . In no part of the world are they found engaged in the cultivation of the earth , or in the service of a regular master ; but in all lands they are jockeys , or thieves , or cheats ; and if ever they devote themselves to ...
... animal species . In no part of the world are they found engaged in the cultivation of the earth , or in the service of a regular master ; but in all lands they are jockeys , or thieves , or cheats ; and if ever they devote themselves to ...
11. oldal
... animals which the gipsies themselves have killed by poison , in hope that the flesh might be abandoned to them . " Besides the eating of carrion , the gipsies have not escaped , in credulous countries , the more horrible imputation of ...
... animals which the gipsies themselves have killed by poison , in hope that the flesh might be abandoned to them . " Besides the eating of carrion , the gipsies have not escaped , in credulous countries , the more horrible imputation of ...
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9. oldal - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
28. oldal - And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies ; A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle.
11. oldal - THE glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hand on Kings: Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
15. oldal - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
20. oldal - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial, endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me?
6. oldal - The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
27. oldal - Of those fierce darts Despair at me doth throw. 0 make in me those civil wars to cease: 1 will good tribute pay, if thou do so. Take thou of me smooth pillows, sweetest bed, A chamber deaf to noise and blind to light, A rosy garland and a weary head: And if these things, as being thine by right, Move not thy heavy grace, thou shalt in me, Livelier than elsewhere, Stella's image see.
9. oldal - Come, let us go while we are in our prime; And take the harmless folly of the time. We shall grow old apace, and die Before we know our liberty. Our life is short, and our days run As fast away as does the sun...