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... returned to the Bengal Presidency . But being again sent on duty to the Straits settle- ments , and while at Singapore in 1842 , I on one occasion observed in the hands of a Malayan woodman the handle of a parang made of a substance ...
... returned to the Bengal Presidency . But being again sent on duty to the Straits settle- ments , and while at Singapore in 1842 , I on one occasion observed in the hands of a Malayan woodman the handle of a parang made of a substance ...
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... returned to his own division . The day was gone , he had been deprived of the pleasure he had anticipated , he had seen no one at head - quarters , he had brought back no little present , as he had hoped , for the beloved of his heart ...
... returned to his own division . The day was gone , he had been deprived of the pleasure he had anticipated , he had seen no one at head - quarters , he had brought back no little present , as he had hoped , for the beloved of his heart ...
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... returned by the officer , when he really acknowledged him to be the same , awoke fresh acclamations of gratitude , and the poor fellow continued to shout , " Merci , merci , monsieur ! " till he was out of sight and hearing . The ...
... returned by the officer , when he really acknowledged him to be the same , awoke fresh acclamations of gratitude , and the poor fellow continued to shout , " Merci , merci , monsieur ! " till he was out of sight and hearing . The ...
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... returned with insects in their mouths , from forty to sixty times in an hour ; and in one particular hour , the birds carried food to their young seventy - one times . He considers that they worked thus twelve times a - day , and that ...
... returned with insects in their mouths , from forty to sixty times in an hour ; and in one particular hour , the birds carried food to their young seventy - one times . He considers that they worked thus twelve times a - day , and that ...
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... returned he ; our family has lived there for generations ( he for- got that his father and mother were natives of Macclesfield ) ; from the most ragged - headed boy in Layton Lane to our respected member , Mr. — , I know men , women ...
... returned he ; our family has lived there for generations ( he for- got that his father and mother were natives of Macclesfield ) ; from the most ragged - headed boy in Layton Lane to our respected member , Mr. — , I know men , women ...
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Page 91 - 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 468 - 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 524 - 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 406 - 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 601 - 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 404 - 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 450 - 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 527 - 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 596 - 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 596 - 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!