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... whole city was divided into six hundred and seventy - six squares , each of them four furlongs and a half on every side , that is , two miles and a quarter in circum- ference . Round these squares , on every side , towards the streets ...
... whole city was divided into six hundred and seventy - six squares , each of them four furlongs and a half on every side , that is , two miles and a quarter in circum- ference . Round these squares , on every side , towards the streets ...
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... whole a pyra- mid . It is not only asserted , but proved , that this tower much exceeded the greatest of the pyramids of Egypt in height . Therefore , we have very good reason to believe , that it was the very same tower which was built ...
... whole a pyra- mid . It is not only asserted , but proved , that this tower much exceeded the greatest of the pyramids of Egypt in height . Therefore , we have very good reason to believe , that it was the very same tower which was built ...
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... whole assembly . A man came at full speed ; the throng gave way to his approach ; he was mounted on a courser that almost flew ; in an instant , he was off his horse , on the scaffold , and in the arms of Pythias . " You are safe , " he ...
... whole assembly . A man came at full speed ; the throng gave way to his approach ; he was mounted on a courser that almost flew ; in an instant , he was off his horse , on the scaffold , and in the arms of Pythias . " You are safe , " he ...
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... whole was broken and destroyed , and the labor was to be under- taken anew . The fury of Xerxes , upon this disappointment , was attended with equal extravagance and cruelty . His vengeance knew no bounds , the workmen who had ...
... whole was broken and destroyed , and the labor was to be under- taken anew . The fury of Xerxes , upon this disappointment , was attended with equal extravagance and cruelty . His vengeance knew no bounds , the workmen who had ...
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... whole work was thus completed , a day was appointed for their passing over ; and , as soon as the first rays of the sun began to appear , sweet odors of all kinds were abundantly scattered over the new work , and the way was strewed ...
... whole work was thus completed , a day was appointed for their passing over ; and , as soon as the first rays of the sun began to appear , sweet odors of all kinds were abundantly scattered over the new work , and the way was strewed ...
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Page 38 - Happy the man*, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire.
Page 124 - 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.
Page 18 - And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep...
Page 68 - How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man! How passing wonder He who made him such, Who centred in our make such strange extremes! From different natures marvellously mixed, Connection exquisite of distant worlds! Distinguished link in being's endless chain! Midway from nothing to the Deity!
Page 110 - Experience of it: Several of our Young People were formerly brought up at the Colleges of the Northern Provinces; they were instructed in all your Sciences; but when they came back to us, they were bad Runners, ignorant of every means of living in the Woods, unable to bear either Cold or Hunger, knew neither how to build a Cabin, take a Deer, or kill an Enemy, spoke our Language imperfectly; were therefore neither fit for Hunters, Warriors, or Counsellors; they were totally good for nothing. We are...
Page 28 - Content I live, this is my stay; I seek no more than may suffice ; I press to bear no haughty sway; Look, what I lack my mind supplies. Lo, thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring.
Page 53 - They sin who tell us Love can die. With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity ; In Heaven ambition cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the vaults of hell : Earthly these passions of the earth, They perish where they have their birth; But Love is indestructible : Its holy flame for ever burneth, From Heaven it came, to Heaven returneth.
Page 28 - Some have too much, yet still do crave; I little have, and seek no more. They are but poor, though much they have, And I am rich with little store: They poor, I rich; they beg, I give; They lack, I leave; they pine, I live.
Page 16 - To BLOSSOMS FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast? Your date is not so past, But you may stay yet here awhile To blush and gently smile, And go at last. What, were ye born to be An hour or half's delight, And so to bid good-night?
Page 30 - LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are, Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew, Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood — Even such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd in, and paid to-night.