Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts, Том 16,Випуск 136 – Том 18,Випуск 160William Chambers, Robert Chambers William and Robert Chambers, 1847 |
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... slaves , but in a short time those very slaves , to the number of one hun- dred thousand , were put to death . " The inference is , that great masses of the population fled from the conqueror , the greater proportion of them finding ...
... slaves , but in a short time those very slaves , to the number of one hun- dred thousand , were put to death . " The inference is , that great masses of the population fled from the conqueror , the greater proportion of them finding ...
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... slaves to the Moors in Africa ; and it is well known that Adam Smith , the author of the " Wealth of Nations , " was carried off when a child of three years of age by a gang of gipsies in Fifeshire , from whom he was recovered by his ...
... slaves to the Moors in Africa ; and it is well known that Adam Smith , the author of the " Wealth of Nations , " was carried off when a child of three years of age by a gang of gipsies in Fifeshire , from whom he was recovered by his ...
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... slaves , were founded at various points of the coast between Cape Verd and Biafra . Various missionary settlements were likewise founded for the dissemination of the Roman Catholic faith among the natives . The chimera of Prester John ...
... slaves , were founded at various points of the coast between Cape Verd and Biafra . Various missionary settlements were likewise founded for the dissemination of the Roman Catholic faith among the natives . The chimera of Prester John ...
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... slaves . Polygamy is allowed , but no one but the king possesses many wives . The royal number of wives is said to be precisely 3333 , who , however , act also in other capacities ; as body- guards , & c . The most horrible of the ...
... slaves . Polygamy is allowed , but no one but the king possesses many wives . The royal number of wives is said to be precisely 3333 , who , however , act also in other capacities ; as body- guards , & c . The most horrible of the ...
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... slaves ; and while their efforts in the former capacity , directed as they are by the most absurd and wretched bigotry , produced almost no beneficial effect , the curse of the slave traffic which they imported has adhered to the ...
... slaves ; and while their efforts in the former capacity , directed as they are by the most absurd and wretched bigotry , produced almost no beneficial effect , the curse of the slave traffic which they imported has adhered to the ...
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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts William Chambers,Robert Chambers Повний перегляд - 1846 |
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Сторінка 9 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Сторінка 28 - And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies ; A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle.
Сторінка 11 - THE glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hand on Kings: Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Сторінка 15 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Сторінка 20 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial, endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me?
Сторінка 6 - The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
Сторінка 27 - Of those fierce darts Despair at me doth throw. 0 make in me those civil wars to cease: 1 will good tribute pay, if thou do so. Take thou of me smooth pillows, sweetest bed, A chamber deaf to noise and blind to light, A rosy garland and a weary head: And if these things, as being thine by right, Move not thy heavy grace, thou shalt in me, Livelier than elsewhere, Stella's image see.
Сторінка 9 - Come, let us go while we are in our prime; And take the harmless folly of the time. We shall grow old apace, and die Before we know our liberty. Our life is short, and our days run As fast away as does the sun...