Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, Bände 9-10W. Orr, 1848 |
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... round which the rope is entwined ; a couple of old cart - wheels , placed horizontally at about four feet distance from each other , and united by laths , ordinarily compose the cylinder . A living skeleton of a horse causes the vessels ...
... round which the rope is entwined ; a couple of old cart - wheels , placed horizontally at about four feet distance from each other , and united by laths , ordinarily compose the cylinder . A living skeleton of a horse causes the vessels ...
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... round and yellow , and when ripe , the rind peels off , discovering the eatable part , which has an acidulo - saccharine taste , and is of great fragrance . The tree by which it is borne reaches the size of our largest oaks . Those who ...
... round and yellow , and when ripe , the rind peels off , discovering the eatable part , which has an acidulo - saccharine taste , and is of great fragrance . The tree by which it is borne reaches the size of our largest oaks . Those who ...
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... Round the waist is a belt , in which is stuck a large butcher's - knife in a sheath of buffalo - hide , made fast to the belt by a chain or guard of steel ; which also sup- ports a little buckskin case containing a whetstone . A ...
... Round the waist is a belt , in which is stuck a large butcher's - knife in a sheath of buffalo - hide , made fast to the belt by a chain or guard of steel ; which also sup- ports a little buckskin case containing a whetstone . A ...
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... round the country , and in an instant detects any foreign appearance . A turned leaf , a blade of grass pressed down , the uneasiness of the wild animals , the flight of birds , are all paragraphs to him written in nature's legible hand ...
... round the country , and in an instant detects any foreign appearance . A turned leaf , a blade of grass pressed down , the uneasiness of the wild animals , the flight of birds , are all paragraphs to him written in nature's legible hand ...
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... round the eyes . The female is not so dark as the male , her feathers incline to a rusty black or brownish hue . During the period of incubation , the male will frequently sit on the eggs for four or five hours , while his mate ' Sudden ...
... round the eyes . The female is not so dark as the male , her feathers incline to a rusty black or brownish hue . During the period of incubation , the male will frequently sit on the eggs for four or five hours , while his mate ' Sudden ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 75 - The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
Seite 90 - The happiness of London is not to be conceived but by those who have been in it. I will venture to say, there is more learning and science within the circumference of ten miles from where we now sit, than in all the rest of the kingdom.
Seite 160 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Seite 295 - Our sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of King George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the King.
Seite 306 - OH ! that the Chemist's magic art Could crystallize this sacred treasure ! Long should it glitter near my heart, A secret source of pensive pleasure. The little brilliant, ere it fell, Its lustre caught from CHLOE'S eye; Then, trembling, left its coral cell — The spring of Sensibility ! Sweet drop of pure and pearly light! In thee the rays of Virtue shine; More calmly clear, more mildly bright, Than any gem that gilds the mine. Benign restorer...
Seite 26 - What choice to choose for delicacy best, What order so contrived as not to mix Tastes, not well joined, inelegant, but bring Taste after taste upheld with kindliest change : Bestirs her then, and from each tender stalk Whatever Earth, all-bearing mother, yields In India East or West, or middle shore In Pontus or the Punic coast, or where...
Seite 27 - While he from forth the closet brought a heap Of candied apple, quince, and plum, and gourd; With jellies soother than the creamy curd, And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon; Manna and dates, in argosy transferr'd From Fez; and spiced dainties, every one, From silken Samarcand to cedared Lebanon.
Seite 295 - ... by this act to make the said proclamation shall, among the said rioters, or as near to them as he can safely come, with a loud voice command, or cause to be commanded silence to be, while proclamation is making, and after that, shall openly and with loud voice make or cause to be made proclamation in these words, or like in effect...
Seite 252 - See yonder poor, o'erlabour'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil ; And see his lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, though a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn.
Seite 211 - In his domesticated state, when he commences his career of song, it is impossible to stand by uninterested. He whistles for the dog ; Caesar starts up, wags his tail, and runs to meet his master.