The Saturday Magazine ..., Volume 1John William Parker, 1833 |
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... nearly the whole number were destitute of the rudiments of knowledge . In Kent , about half the prisoners com- mitted to Maidstone gaol were unable to read or write ; and nearly the whole were totally ignorant of the na- ture and ...
... nearly the whole number were destitute of the rudiments of knowledge . In Kent , about half the prisoners com- mitted to Maidstone gaol were unable to read or write ; and nearly the whole were totally ignorant of the na- ture and ...
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... nearly fourteen feet . The whole mass rests on the middle of a square even table of stone , corresponding in extent very nearly with the extremity of the rock itself , and composed of the same material . But what makes the balance in ...
... nearly fourteen feet . The whole mass rests on the middle of a square even table of stone , corresponding in extent very nearly with the extremity of the rock itself , and composed of the same material . But what makes the balance in ...
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... nearly one hun- dred years ago ; and such as it then was , it continues to the present day . So long a time having passed since the sketch was made , we had much feared that , dur- ing the last century of improvements , some modern ...
... nearly one hun- dred years ago ; and such as it then was , it continues to the present day . So long a time having passed since the sketch was made , we had much feared that , dur- ing the last century of improvements , some modern ...
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... nearly erect . The reason is this : the Creator has determined , in his wisdom , that the one bird should seek its food on the surface of the water , VOL . I morant feeds on fishes , which it pursues under water ; and the backward ...
... nearly erect . The reason is this : the Creator has determined , in his wisdom , that the one bird should seek its food on the surface of the water , VOL . I morant feeds on fishes , which it pursues under water ; and the backward ...
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... nearly 20,000,000 ; and in 1831 , it was upwards of 22,000,000 . REMEMBRANCE . The remembrance of youth is a sigh . - ALI . Man hath a weary pilgrimage As through the world he wends ; On every stage from youth to age Still discontent ...
... nearly 20,000,000 ; and in 1831 , it was upwards of 22,000,000 . REMEMBRANCE . The remembrance of youth is a sigh . - ALI . Man hath a weary pilgrimage As through the world he wends ; On every stage from youth to age Still discontent ...
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Page 144 - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ...
Page 102 - Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this : But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven ; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them ; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know : and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified : Then was the part...
Page 30 - And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Page 245 - And the Lord said unto Moses, stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen...
Page 150 - How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will ; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill...
Page 59 - TRIUMPHAL arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art : Still seem, as to my childhood's sight, A midway station given For happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven.
Page 124 - They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body ; and, if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature.
Page 206 - 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.
Page 208 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.