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... masses of masonry that have fallen into the port , have materially helped to choke up the harbour , and such is its present condition that barely a dozen vessels with any pretension to size can find accommodation ; and even these few ...
... masses of masonry that have fallen into the port , have materially helped to choke up the harbour , and such is its present condition that barely a dozen vessels with any pretension to size can find accommodation ; and even these few ...
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... masses , of deepest green , about these rocks . Below was a beach of smooth yellow sand , environed by ledges of that peculiarly rough and black rock that I have already spoken of ; but towards its head , the cove narrows to a deep ...
... masses , of deepest green , about these rocks . Below was a beach of smooth yellow sand , environed by ledges of that peculiarly rough and black rock that I have already spoken of ; but towards its head , the cove narrows to a deep ...
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... . The droppings of the water , laden with calcareous matter , falling on the rugged floor , form many masses of stalagmite , which the fancy of those who show the cavern liken to many articles of common 20 THE HOME FRIEND .
... . The droppings of the water , laden with calcareous matter , falling on the rugged floor , form many masses of stalagmite , which the fancy of those who show the cavern liken to many articles of common 20 THE HOME FRIEND .
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... mass of naked , perpendicular rock . The fragments that have fallen from this eminence form the bed of the Derwent , which flows immediately under . Opposite to this fine Tor , but rising with a more gradual ascent and to a greater ...
... mass of naked , perpendicular rock . The fragments that have fallen from this eminence form the bed of the Derwent , which flows immediately under . Opposite to this fine Tor , but rising with a more gradual ascent and to a greater ...
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... masses . it is necessary to remove all these , and powerful and costly machinery is If the material were only collected with employed for that purpose . sufficient care and by honest persons , several steps in the manufacture might be ...
... masses . it is necessary to remove all these , and powerful and costly machinery is If the material were only collected with employed for that purpose . sufficient care and by honest persons , several steps in the manufacture might be ...
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Page 93 - This is the month, and this the happy morn Wherein the Son of Heaven's Eternal King Of wedded maid and virgin mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring...
Page 470 - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
Page 526 - WE watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life . Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we...
Page 408 - And the Lord smelled a sweet savour ; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake ; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth ; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Page 603 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Page 406 - 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.
Page 452 - Forthwith a guard at every gun was placed along the wall; The beacon blazed upon the roof of Edgecumbe's lofty hall; Many a light fishing-bark put out to pry along the coast, And with loose rein and bloody spur rode inland many a post.
Page 529 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 598 - Wild is thy lay, and loud, Far in the downy cloud ; Love gives it energy, love gave it birth! Where, on thy dewy wing — Where art thou journeying ? Thy lay is in heaven ; thy love is on earth.
Page 598 - O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds the day, Over the cloudlet dim, Over the rainbow's rim, Musical cherub, soar, singing, away! Then, when the gloaming comes, Low in the heather blooms Sweet will thy welcome and bed of love be ! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place, — Oh, to abide in the desert with thee!