Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge, Volume 7Redfield and Lindsay, 1840 |
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... army . Ere the alarm ceased beating , the men had seized their muskets . Word had been passed from the remote picquets on the coast , that the enemy were approaching . Lord Stirling was in- With levelled pieces and eyes fixed on the en ...
... army . Ere the alarm ceased beating , the men had seized their muskets . Word had been passed from the remote picquets on the coast , that the enemy were approaching . Lord Stirling was in- With levelled pieces and eyes fixed on the en ...
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... army to retreat , proved the fortifica- tion within to have been planned on too small a scale for the defence of that part of the island . It was no disgraceful rout . We have shown , that the troops behaved with high spirit ; and would ...
... army to retreat , proved the fortifica- tion within to have been planned on too small a scale for the defence of that part of the island . It was no disgraceful rout . We have shown , that the troops behaved with high spirit ; and would ...
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... army bearing " long wooden shields which reached down to the feet ; " and according to Plutarch in his life of Cammillus , the wooden shield was in use among the Romans at the time of that general . They were made of two planks glued ...
... army bearing " long wooden shields which reached down to the feet ; " and according to Plutarch in his life of Cammillus , the wooden shield was in use among the Romans at the time of that general . They were made of two planks glued ...
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... army of those who live by selling fashions ; good , bad , inates the " Dramatic Library , " " which will be continued , " or ridiculous , it is all one to them , but not to us . This is grind - so says the advertisement , " if ...
... army of those who live by selling fashions ; good , bad , inates the " Dramatic Library , " " which will be continued , " or ridiculous , it is all one to them , but not to us . This is grind - so says the advertisement , " if ...
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... army , and confined in the damp cells with branches of chestnut . Her face was covered of the Luxembourg , and with the noble and virtu- by a thin veil , and this was the only show of mod- ous Madame Roland , sacrificed upon the ...
... army , and confined in the damp cells with branches of chestnut . Her face was covered of the Luxembourg , and with the noble and virtu- by a thin veil , and this was the only show of mod- ous Madame Roland , sacrificed upon the ...
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Page 348 - And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
Page 21 - And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
Page 322 - It is with narrow-souled people as with narrownecked bottles ; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring it out.
Page 50 - often and often, in the course of the session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the president, without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting ; but now, at length, I have the happiness to know that it is a rising, and not a setting sun.
Page 342 - In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.
Page 110 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 122 - Heaven, and glances at that divinely consoling proclamation, " come unto me all ye who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest:" The ruin of the steeple is about thirty feet high, and mantled, to its very summit, with ivy.
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Page 384 - Those chimes that tell a thousand tales, Sweet tales of olden time ! And ring a thousand memories At vesper, and at prime ; At bridal and at burial, For cottager and king — Those chimes — those glorious Christian chimes, How blessedly they ring...
Page 348 - Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair : and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.