The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 158Edw. Cave, 1736-[1868], 1835 - English essays |
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... probably commenced with the accidental discovery of the virtues of plants ; and a decoction of vegetable substances was taken internally , or applied to the surface of the body , as the nature of the disease sug- gested . A lacerated ...
... probably commenced with the accidental discovery of the virtues of plants ; and a decoction of vegetable substances was taken internally , or applied to the surface of the body , as the nature of the disease sug- gested . A lacerated ...
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... probably was in the hands of the servants of Isis , who were in exclusive possession of a knowledge , which they had gained at the expense of some thousands of premature departures to Hades . The great high - priest of On was probably ...
... probably was in the hands of the servants of Isis , who were in exclusive possession of a knowledge , which they had gained at the expense of some thousands of premature departures to Hades . The great high - priest of On was probably ...
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... probably had their metallic tractors , their taran- tula dances , their animal magnetism and their touching for evil , in as much repute as the moderns . Herodotus observes that each disease had its peculiar class of prac◅ titioners ...
... probably had their metallic tractors , their taran- tula dances , their animal magnetism and their touching for evil , in as much repute as the moderns . Herodotus observes that each disease had its peculiar class of prac◅ titioners ...
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... probably be more than three thousand years old . It is perfect in its preservation . The lily - root too of the same age , found in the hand of a mummy , is now growing in England . Manetho says that one of the kings of Egypt wrote a ...
... probably be more than three thousand years old . It is perfect in its preservation . The lily - root too of the same age , found in the hand of a mummy , is now growing in England . Manetho says that one of the kings of Egypt wrote a ...
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... probably the whole then intended to be built , is the above - named sub- terraneous chapel ; the Christian con- verts of that day and country not daring to erect more lofty edifices , But by whom , and when the super- structure was ...
... probably the whole then intended to be built , is the above - named sub- terraneous chapel ; the Christian con- verts of that day and country not daring to erect more lofty edifices , But by whom , and when the super- structure was ...
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Page 246 - No longer mourn for me when I am dead Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am fled From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell : Nay if you read this line, remember not The hand that writ it : for I love you so, That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot, If thinking on me then should make you woe.
Page 246 - When I do count the clock that tells the time, And see the brave day sunk in hideous night, When I behold the violet past prime, And sable curls all silver'd o'er with white, When lofty trees I see barren of leaves Which erst from heat did canopy the herd...
Page 359 - ... clouds to ride With ugly rack on his celestial face, And from the forlorn world his visage hide, Stealing unseen to west with this disgrace: Even so my sun one early morn did shine With all-triumphant splendour on my brow; But, out, alack!
Page 246 - In me. thou see'st the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west ; Which by and by black night doth take away, Death's second self, that seals up all in rest. In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire That on the ashes of his youth doth lie, As the death-bed whereon it must expire, Consumed with that which it was nourish'd by.
Page 354 - Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall out-live this powerful rhyme ; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars his sword, nor war's quick fire shall burn The living record of your memory.
Page 246 - That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou see'st the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west; Which by and by black night doth take away, Death's second self, that seals up all in rest.
Page 247 - Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand...
Page 246 - When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought...
Page 592 - Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man ; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Page 224 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.