Chambers's Pocket Miscellany, 17-18. kötetW. and R. Chambers, 1854 |
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61. oldal
... vessel of 400 tons burden , laden with timber , and bound for Greenock , I lost no time in taking possession of my berth , and found that I was the only passenger . The vessel set sail with a pilot on board , on the 9th of November 1835 ...
... vessel of 400 tons burden , laden with timber , and bound for Greenock , I lost no time in taking possession of my berth , and found that I was the only passenger . The vessel set sail with a pilot on board , on the 9th of November 1835 ...
62. oldal
... vessel , carrying destruction before it . The wheel came down with a crash through the cabin sky - light in broken fragments , and in an instant we were in total darkness . The floor of our cabin was almost immediately covered with ...
... vessel , carrying destruction before it . The wheel came down with a crash through the cabin sky - light in broken fragments , and in an instant we were in total darkness . The floor of our cabin was almost immediately covered with ...
66. oldal
... vessel passing in the night . This was frequently done , but all was of no avail ; and we determined , that the first vessel we saw , if she was on such a tact as there might be any probability of getting to her , we would launch the ...
... vessel passing in the night . This was frequently done , but all was of no avail ; and we determined , that the first vessel we saw , if she was on such a tact as there might be any probability of getting to her , we would launch the ...
67. oldal
... vessel about nightfall , when , to their grief and mortifica- tion , they saw her men squaring the yards , and setting off before the wind , leaving them far behind . Whether they had observed the boat , and suspected her to have ...
... vessel about nightfall , when , to their grief and mortifica- tion , they saw her men squaring the yards , and setting off before the wind , leaving them far behind . Whether they had observed the boat , and suspected her to have ...
68. oldal
... vessel approaching us , or at least the boat in view ; but , alas ! there was not a speck seen in the horizon - both vessel and boat were out of sight . This was a painful result to our expecta- tions , and our sole hope was , that the ...
... vessel approaching us , or at least the boat in view ; but , alas ! there was not a speck seen in the horizon - both vessel and boat were out of sight . This was a painful result to our expecta- tions , and our sole hope was , that the ...
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135. oldal - The grand transition, that there lives and works A soul in all things, and that soul is God. The beauties of the wilderness are his, That make so gay the solitary place Where no eye sees them. And the fairer forms That cultivation glories in, are his. He sets the bright procession on its way, And marshals all the order of the year. He marks the bounds which winter may not pass, And blunts his pointed fury. In its case, Russet and rude, folds up the tender germ Uninjured, with inimitable art, And,...
135. oldal - The Lord of all, himself through all diffused, Sustains, and is the life of all that lives. Nature is but a name for an effect, Whose cause is God.
74. oldal - In a word, the almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages...
50. oldal - They were frequently on the raft during the day, and were seen through the chinks by Colter, who was congratulating himself on his escape, until the idea arose that they might set the raft on fire. In horrible suspense he remained until night, when hearing no more of the Indians, he dived from under the raft, and swam silently down the river to a considerable distance, when he landed and travelled all night.
135. oldal - Rules universal nature. Not a flower But shows some touch in freckle, streak, or stain, Of his unrivalled pencil. He inspires Their balmy odours, and imparts their hues, And bathes their eyes with nectar, and includes, In grains as countless as the sea-side sands, The forms in which He sprinkles all the earth.
48. oldal - ... their traps at night, and took them up early in the morning, remaining concealed during the day. They were examining their traps early one morning, in a creek about six miles from that branch of the Missouri called Jefferson's Fork, and were ascending in a canoe, when they suddenly heard a great noise, resembling the trampling of animals ; but they could not ascertain the fact, as the high perpendicular banks on each side of the river impeded their view. Colter immediately pronounced it to be...
39. oldal - Try their thin wings and dance in the warm beam That waked them into life. Even the green trees Partake the deep contentment; as they bend To the soft winds, the sun from the blue sky Looks in and sheds a blessing on the scene.
143. oldal - Vaga echoes through her winding bounds, And rapid Severn hoarse applause resounds. Who hung with woods you mountain's sultry brow? From the dry rock who bade the waters flow? Not to the skies in useless columns tost...
39. oldal - The rivulet Sends forth glad sounds, and tripping o'er its bed Of pebbly sands, or leaping down the rocks, Seems, with continuous laughter, to rejoice In its own being.
50. oldal - ... The foremost of the Indians, on arriving at the place, stopped till others came up to join them, when they set up a hideous yell. Every moment of this time was improved by Colter, who, although fainting and exhausted, succeeded in gaining the skirting of the cotton wood trees, on the borders of the fork, through which he ran, and plunged into the river.