Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts, Bände 19-20William Chambers, Robert Chambers Lippincott, 1869 |
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... islands , out of the lake . It was a strange but pretty sight , to see the droop- ing birches lifting their crowns of tender green foliage out of the tranquil waters , while the tops of the lower bushes seemed to swim about on the ...
... islands , out of the lake . It was a strange but pretty sight , to see the droop- ing birches lifting their crowns of tender green foliage out of the tranquil waters , while the tops of the lower bushes seemed to swim about on the ...
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... the scene which lay spread out before us was such as could not easily be forgotten . The broad sheet of water , with its islands and groups of trees , and a picturesque bridge in 8 SCENES FROM PEASANT LIFE IN NORWAY .
... the scene which lay spread out before us was such as could not easily be forgotten . The broad sheet of water , with its islands and groups of trees , and a picturesque bridge in 8 SCENES FROM PEASANT LIFE IN NORWAY .
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... island he reached in the beginning of April . From previous experience , it was judged indispensable that , before embarking on his perilous adventure , the young traveller should completely perfect himself in the knowledge of Arabic ...
... island he reached in the beginning of April . From previous experience , it was judged indispensable that , before embarking on his perilous adventure , the young traveller should completely perfect himself in the knowledge of Arabic ...
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... island of Lewis , the country ' of the Mackenzies ; Argyleshire , the ' country ' of the Campbells ; and so on . In the districts adjoining the Lowlands , the territories of the respective clans appear to have latterly been less ...
... island of Lewis , the country ' of the Mackenzies ; Argyleshire , the ' country ' of the Campbells ; and so on . In the districts adjoining the Lowlands , the territories of the respective clans appear to have latterly been less ...
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... island , there was a king of the latter people called Alpin . His son was Kenneth II . , or Kenneth Macalpine , who , after conquering the Picts , reigned over the joint races of the Scots and Picts . He had a son Gregor or Gregory ...
... island , there was a king of the latter people called Alpin . His son was Kenneth II . , or Kenneth Macalpine , who , after conquering the Picts , reigned over the joint races of the Scots and Picts . He had a son Gregor or Gregory ...
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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.