Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts, Bände 19-20William Chambers, Robert Chambers Lippincott, 1869 |
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... became truly devoted to his interests , assisting him in all his labours of benevo- lence , and tempering his zeal with her prudence . FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS . Oberlin's marriage took place while he was occupied with his great engineering ...
... became truly devoted to his interests , assisting him in all his labours of benevo- lence , and tempering his zeal with her prudence . FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS . Oberlin's marriage took place while he was occupied with his great engineering ...
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... became a favourite employment in the canton . The change for the better was very remarkable . Cottages which had been hitherto bare and desolate in their aspect , were surrounded with little orchards and gardens ; and in place of ...
... became a favourite employment in the canton . The change for the better was very remarkable . Cottages which had been hitherto bare and desolate in their aspect , were surrounded with little orchards and gardens ; and in place of ...
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... became universally known . Hitherto , we have said nothing of Papa Oberlin's benevolent and judicious schemes for training the young ; these , however , early engaged his attention . He was most solicitous of erecting a school- house in ...
... became universally known . Hitherto , we have said nothing of Papa Oberlin's benevolent and judicious schemes for training the young ; these , however , early engaged his attention . He was most solicitous of erecting a school- house in ...
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... became a domestic in the house of Oberlin . Kind attached servants are among the rare things of this world , though less rare in France than in Britain . Louisa Schepler appears to have been singular in her attachment , even in a ...
... became a domestic in the house of Oberlin . Kind attached servants are among the rare things of this world , though less rare in France than in Britain . Louisa Schepler appears to have been singular in her attachment , even in a ...
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... became so expert , that in a single year the wages paid by à manufacturer for spinning cotton in the Ban de la Roche amounted to 32,000 francs ( £ 1280 ) . Weaving by the hand was next introduced , and promised to be equally ...
... became so expert , that in a single year the wages paid by à manufacturer for spinning cotton in the Ban de la Roche amounted to 32,000 francs ( £ 1280 ) . Weaving by the hand was next introduced , and promised to be equally ...
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Seite 15 - Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill: But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another still: Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath When they, pale captives, creep to death.
Seite 15 - 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.
Seite 15 - DAFFODILS FAIR Daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon : As yet the early-rising Sun Has not attained his noon. Stay, stay, Until the hasting day Has run But to the even-song ; And, having prayed together, we Will go with you along.
Seite 18 - Through glowing orchards forth they peep, Each from its nook of leaves, And fearless there the lowly sleep, As the bird beneath their eaves.
Seite 5 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Seite 17 - THE stately homes of England, How beautiful they stand, Amidst their tall ancestral trees, O'er all the pleasant land ! The deer across their greensward bound Through shade and sunny gleam, And the swan glides past them with the sound Of some rejoicing stream.
Seite 31 - British empire, a public institution for diffusing the knowledge and facilitating the general introduction of useful mechanical inventions and improvements, and for teaching, by courses of philosophical lectures and experiments, the application of science to the common purposes of life.
Seite 6 - Whose state can neither flatterers fe'ed, Nor ruin make oppressors great; Who God doth late and early pray, More...
Seite 25 - My mind to me a kingdom is, Such perfect joy therein I find...
Seite 2 - With coral clasps and amber studs : And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my Love.