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... Indian soil , rejoices in the agreeable climate of the hot - house . Even the aquatic plants here spread , and wind , and twine , in seeming con- fusion , in their natural element , pre- senting to innumerable insects a hu- mid couch ...
... Indian soil , rejoices in the agreeable climate of the hot - house . Even the aquatic plants here spread , and wind , and twine , in seeming con- fusion , in their natural element , pre- senting to innumerable insects a hu- mid couch ...
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... Indian kings . Beside the sleek Arabian , stands the small Tartar horse , with shaggy coat ; hither he travelled from the Ural mountains , bearing his quivered warrior to the fight , through heaps of slain , and rivers tinged with blood ...
... Indian kings . Beside the sleek Arabian , stands the small Tartar horse , with shaggy coat ; hither he travelled from the Ural mountains , bearing his quivered warrior to the fight , through heaps of slain , and rivers tinged with blood ...
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... Indian strand our steps delay'd ; And I ( for still a supernatural dread Did haunt me night and day ! ) did pine in heart , Yea long to traverse the wide seas again , To brave the adverse elements , and thus From these external impulses ...
... Indian strand our steps delay'd ; And I ( for still a supernatural dread Did haunt me night and day ! ) did pine in heart , Yea long to traverse the wide seas again , To brave the adverse elements , and thus From these external impulses ...
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... Indian god , in the contemplation of our own excellencies ; and this Maga- zine , and all that therein is , might in that case , go to the Red Sea for aught we should care , any thing Mr Black- wood might say to the contrary there- of ...
... Indian god , in the contemplation of our own excellencies ; and this Maga- zine , and all that therein is , might in that case , go to the Red Sea for aught we should care , any thing Mr Black- wood might say to the contrary there- of ...
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... India . The History and Antiquities of the Tower of London ; with Biographical Anec- dotes of royal and distinguished Persons ; by John Bayley , Esq . F.S.A. of the Hon . Society of the Inner Temple , and his Ma- jesty's Record Office ...
... India . The History and Antiquities of the Tower of London ; with Biographical Anec- dotes of royal and distinguished Persons ; by John Bayley , Esq . F.S.A. of the Hon . Society of the Inner Temple , and his Ma- jesty's Record Office ...
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Page 190 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Page 4 - Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own : He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today. Be fair or foul, or rain or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not Heaven itself upon the past has power ; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.
Page 177 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 564 - LIFE IN LONDON : or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his Elegant Friend, Corinthian Tom.
Page 427 - The Sun's rim dips; the stars rush out: At one stride comes the dark; With far-heard whisper, o'er the sea, Off shot the spectre-bark. We listened and looked sideways up! Fear at my heart, as at a cup, My life-blood seemed to sip! The stars were dim, and thick the night, The steersman's face by his lamp gleamed white; From the sails the dew did drip — Till clomb above the eastern bar The horned Moon, with one bright star Within the nether tip. One...
Page 176 - HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! How is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Page 158 - And from this constant light, so regular And so far seen, the House itself, by all Who dwelt within the limits of the vale, Both old and young, was named THE EVENING STAR.
Page 428 - Tis midnight : on the mountains brown The cold, round moon shines deeply down ; Blue roll the waters, blue the sky Spreads like an ocean hung on high, Bespangled with those isles of light, So wildly, spiritually bright ; Who ever gazed upon them shining And turned to earth without repining, Nor wished for wings to flee away, And mix with their eternal ray...
Page 403 - There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack!
Page 105 - Establishment, and the means of exciting among its members a spirit of devotion, to which the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and Church Union, in the diocese of St David's, adjudged a premium of £50 in December 1820 ; by Rev.