Chambers's pocket miscellany, Volumes 16-18 |
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... circumstance seemed absolutely incredible . Scarcely one puff of wind had lifted our sails since long before sunset , and by the log it was seen that we could not have been advancing above half a knot an hour : yet there lay the strange ...
... circumstance seemed absolutely incredible . Scarcely one puff of wind had lifted our sails since long before sunset , and by the log it was seen that we could not have been advancing above half a knot an hour : yet there lay the strange ...
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... , and in one day was twice crowned , a circumstance which had never occurred on any former occasion . After the horse - race had brought the second day's sport to a conclusion , and the 12 ADA : A TALE OF ANCIENT GREECE .
... , and in one day was twice crowned , a circumstance which had never occurred on any former occasion . After the horse - race had brought the second day's sport to a conclusion , and the 12 ADA : A TALE OF ANCIENT GREECE .
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... circumstance , there was a showy procession got up ; healths were drunk beside the cross in the Agent's best wine , and not a little of his best crystal broken against it ; and the evening terminated in a ball . It so happened , however ...
... circumstance , there was a showy procession got up ; healths were drunk beside the cross in the Agent's best wine , and not a little of his best crystal broken against it ; and the evening terminated in a ball . It so happened , however ...
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... circumstance connected with the night in question , except that he had been in the very best company , and one of the happiest men in the world . Jamie Banks was decidedly the most eccentric man of bis day , in at least one parish ...
... circumstance connected with the night in question , except that he had been in the very best company , and one of the happiest men in the world . Jamie Banks was decidedly the most eccentric man of bis day , in at least one parish ...
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... circumstances of the most grotesque incongruity . A friend calling upon him one day about four o'clock , being one hour after his usual dinner - time , found him walking through his room with an appearance of elation and cheerfulness ...
... circumstances of the most grotesque incongruity . A friend calling upon him one day about four o'clock , being one hour after his usual dinner - time , found him walking through his room with an appearance of elation and cheerfulness ...
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Popular passages
Page 133 - The grand transition, that there lives and works A soul in all things, and that soul is God.
Page 133 - Ross," each lisping babe replies. Behold the market-place with poor o'erspread ! The Man of Ross divides the weekly bread : He feeds yon alms-house, neat, but void of state, Where Age and Want sit smiling at the gate ; Him portion'd maids, apprentic'd orphans blest, The young who labour, and the old who rest. Is any sick ? the Man of Ross relieves, Prescribes, attends, the medicine makes, and gives.
Page 39 - Try their thin wings and dance in the warm beam That waked them into life. Even the green trees Partake the deep contentment; as they bend To the soft winds, the sun from the blue sky Looks in and sheds a blessing on the scene.
Page 64 - In a word, the almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages...
Page 30 - God of the forest's solemn shade ! The grandeur of the lonely tree, That wrestles singly with the gale, Lifts up admiring eyes to thee ; But more majestic far they stand, When, side by side, their ranks they form, To wave on high their plumes of green, And fight their battles with the storm.
Page 134 - The young who labour, and the old who rest. Is any sick? The Man of Ross relieves, Prescribes, attends, the medicine makes, and gives. Is there a variance ? Enter but his door, Balked are the courts, and contest is no more.
Page 133 - Rules universal nature. Not a flower But shows some touch in freckle, streak, or stain, Of his unrivalled pencil. He inspires Their balmy odours, and imparts their hues, And bathes their eyes with nectar, and includes, In grains as countless as the sea-side sands, The forms in which He sprinkles all the earth.
Page 39 - That waked them into life. Even the green trees Partake the deep contentment ; as they bend To the soft winds, the sun from the blue sky Looks in and sheds a blessing on the scene. Scarce less the cleft-born wild-flower seems to enjoy Existence, than the winged plunderer That sucks its sweets.
Page 133 - Vaga echoes through her winding bounds, And rapid Severn hoarse applause resounds. Who hung with woods you mountain's sultry brow? From the dry rock who bade the waters flow? Not to the skies in useless columns tost...
Page 134 - Who builds a church to God, and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name...