The National Miscellany, Том 1National Miscellany, 1853 |
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... TURKEY - ITS PAST AND PRESENT 386 A STRING OF FACTS ABOUT SIAM SYMBOLIC JEWELLERY TANGLEWOOD TALES , FOR GIRLS AND BOYS A FEW NOTES FROM CAIRO 399 405 409 • 418 THE National Miscellany . OUR FIRST WORDS . It is iv CONTENTS .
... TURKEY - ITS PAST AND PRESENT 386 A STRING OF FACTS ABOUT SIAM SYMBOLIC JEWELLERY TANGLEWOOD TALES , FOR GIRLS AND BOYS A FEW NOTES FROM CAIRO 399 405 409 • 418 THE National Miscellany . OUR FIRST WORDS . It is iv CONTENTS .
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... present aspect of Periodical Literature , the large views of intellectual culture that are abroad , the increasing magnitude of the People's literary wants ; " and then on another of this sort , " Impelled by the exigencies of the times ...
... present aspect of Periodical Literature , the large views of intellectual culture that are abroad , the increasing magnitude of the People's literary wants ; " and then on another of this sort , " Impelled by the exigencies of the times ...
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... present age by all warm - hearted men for sufferers of all sorts , to prevent us playing with the terrible , or merely gazing at horrors with tremulous inactivity . LAYARD'S LAST DISCOVERIES . DISCOVERIES IN THE RUins of nineVEH 10 THE ...
... present age by all warm - hearted men for sufferers of all sorts , to prevent us playing with the terrible , or merely gazing at horrors with tremulous inactivity . LAYARD'S LAST DISCOVERIES . DISCOVERIES IN THE RUins of nineVEH 10 THE ...
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... present volume : little more can here be done than briefly to allude to some individual cases . Thus we may state that , on extending the trenches he had formerly cleared at Nimroud , an entirely new series of objects were found , which ...
... present volume : little more can here be done than briefly to allude to some individual cases . Thus we may state that , on extending the trenches he had formerly cleared at Nimroud , an entirely new series of objects were found , which ...
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... present state of the interpretations of the in- scriptions which have been found there . It is , we presume , well known , that for all that the world really knows of these inscriptions they are indebted to two English scholars ; one ...
... present state of the interpretations of the in- scriptions which have been found there . It is , we presume , well known , that for all that the world really knows of these inscriptions they are indebted to two English scholars ; one ...
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Сторінка 237 - like a distressed prince who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid. I was undone by my auxiliary. When I had once called him in, I could not subsist without dependence on him.
Сторінка 19 - Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came up against all the fenced cities of Judah and took them.
Сторінка 405 - However, many of the most learned and wise adhere to the new scheme of expressing themselves by things ; which hath only this inconvenience attending it, that if a man's business be very great, and of various kinds, he must be obliged in proportion to carry a greater bundle of things upon his back, unless he can afford one or two strong servants to attend him.
Сторінка 405 - An expedient was therefore offered, that since words are only names for things, it would be more convenient for all men to carry about them such things as were necessary to express the particular business they are to discourse on.
Сторінка 229 - ... professes to awaken and direct your love, your pity, your kindness ; your scorn for untruth, pretension, imposture ; your tenderness for the weak, the poor, the oppressed, the unhappy. To the best of his means and ability he comments on all the ordinary actions and passions of life almost. He takes upon himself to be the week-day preacher, so to speak. Accordingly, as he finds, and speaks, and feels the truth best, we regard him, esteem him — sometimes love him.
Сторінка 6 - SONG. ON MAY MORNING. |0 W the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flow'ry May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and...
Сторінка 82 - mong men, not mailed in scorn, But in the armour of a pure intent. Great duties are before me, and great songs, And whether crowned or crownless, when I fall, It matters not, so as God's work is done.
Сторінка 79 - THE lark is singing in the blinding sky, Hedges are white with May. The bridegroom sea Is toying with the shore, his wedded bride, And, in the fulness of his marriage joy, He decorates her tawny brow with shells, Retires a space, to see how fair she looks, Then proud runs up to kiss her.
Сторінка 240 - As a picture of manners the novel of "Tom Jones" is indeed exquisite: as a work of construction quite a wonder: the by-play of wisdom; the power of observation; the multiplied felicitous turns and thoughts; the varied character of the great Comic Epic; keep the reader in a perpetual admiration and curiosity.* But against Mr.
Сторінка 227 - Lectures were once useful ; but now, when all can read, and books are so numerous, lectures are unnecessary. If your attention fails, and you miss a part of the lecture, it is lost ; you cannot go back as you do upon a book.