Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, Volumes 9-10W. Orr, 1848 - Edinburgh (Scotland) |
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... nearly half a million , without counting the garrison or strangers . The cause of the library being so little used by the people is thus explained by Mr Köhl : - On en- tering , visitors have to pass a whole cordon of police soldiers ...
... nearly half a million , without counting the garrison or strangers . The cause of the library being so little used by the people is thus explained by Mr Köhl : - On en- tering , visitors have to pass a whole cordon of police soldiers ...
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... nearly forty years ago , contained 3600 volumes . About the year 1731 , Franklin established by subscription the first public library in Pennsylvania . There are now many public libraries in the United States . In most of the principal ...
... nearly forty years ago , contained 3600 volumes . About the year 1731 , Franklin established by subscription the first public library in Pennsylvania . There are now many public libraries in the United States . In most of the principal ...
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... nearly approaching the low and vulgar , than the grati- fication of our alimentiveness ? Yet this commonplace act poetry by no means shrinks from describing . We do not allude to a well - known class of comic produc- tions , in which ...
... nearly approaching the low and vulgar , than the grati- fication of our alimentiveness ? Yet this commonplace act poetry by no means shrinks from describing . We do not allude to a well - known class of comic produc- tions , in which ...
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... Eve , however , is nearly three months later in the scason of winter than Halloween - the latter being in October , the former in January . but the merest glimpse of the sunny brightness of this 26 CHAMBERS'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL .
... Eve , however , is nearly three months later in the scason of winter than Halloween - the latter being in October , the former in January . but the merest glimpse of the sunny brightness of this 26 CHAMBERS'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL .
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... nearly fifty miles in extent , replete with all the elements which enter into the formation of a perfect landscape . Over this glorious combination of PRICE 1d . land and water , mountain and valley , forest and corn- field , town ...
... nearly fifty miles in extent , replete with all the elements which enter into the formation of a perfect landscape . Over this glorious combination of PRICE 1d . land and water , mountain and valley , forest and corn- field , town ...
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Page 75 - The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
Page 90 - The happiness of London is not to be conceived but by those who have been in it. I will venture to say, there is more learning and science within the circumference of ten miles from where we now sit, than in all the rest of the kingdom.
Page 160 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 295 - Our sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of King George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the King.
Page 306 - OH ! that the Chemist's magic art Could crystallize this sacred treasure ! Long should it glitter near my heart, A secret source of pensive pleasure. The little brilliant, ere it fell, Its lustre caught from CHLOE'S eye; Then, trembling, left its coral cell — The spring of Sensibility ! Sweet drop of pure and pearly light! In thee the rays of Virtue shine; More calmly clear, more mildly bright, Than any gem that gilds the mine. Benign restorer...
Page 26 - What choice to choose for delicacy best, What order so contrived as not to mix Tastes, not well joined, inelegant, but bring Taste after taste upheld with kindliest change : Bestirs her then, and from each tender stalk Whatever Earth, all-bearing mother, yields In India East or West, or middle shore In Pontus or the Punic coast, or where...
Page 27 - While he from forth the closet brought a heap Of candied apple, quince, and plum, and gourd; With jellies soother than the creamy curd, And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon; Manna and dates, in argosy transferr'd From Fez; and spiced dainties, every one, From silken Samarcand to cedared Lebanon.
Page 295 - ... by this act to make the said proclamation shall, among the said rioters, or as near to them as he can safely come, with a loud voice command, or cause to be commanded silence to be, while proclamation is making, and after that, shall openly and with loud voice make or cause to be made proclamation in these words, or like in effect...
Page 252 - See yonder poor, o'erlabour'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil ; And see his lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, though a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn.
Page 211 - In his domesticated state, when he commences his career of song, it is impossible to stand by uninterested. He whistles for the dog ; Caesar starts up, wags his tail, and runs to meet his master.