The New Pictorial & Illustrated Family Magazine, Established for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge..., Volume 3R. Sears, 1846 |
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... remarkable assiduity . muscles . The larynx or windpipe is pro- As it respects the general form of their longed into the posterior nares , or back of body and the construction of their limbs , the nostrils , in the form of a cone , so ...
... remarkable assiduity . muscles . The larynx or windpipe is pro- As it respects the general form of their longed into the posterior nares , or back of body and the construction of their limbs , the nostrils , in the form of a cone , so ...
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... remarkable for their superior language and manners , their open countenances , their strength , activity , and manly proportions , which are calculated to impress travellers in their favor , though it may be observed that in these ...
... remarkable for their superior language and manners , their open countenances , their strength , activity , and manly proportions , which are calculated to impress travellers in their favor , though it may be observed that in these ...
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... remarkable that amid all that has been Isaid and written on the subject of living a long time , and the rules laid down to attain it , we are as yet far from making the slightest approaches toward a rationale of the real causes which ...
... remarkable that amid all that has been Isaid and written on the subject of living a long time , and the rules laid down to attain it , we are as yet far from making the slightest approaches toward a rationale of the real causes which ...
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... remarkable : - " Con mangiar brocoli , Portar a i pedi zoccoli , In tetto capallo , Pochi pensieri in cervello . " " When hungry , of the best I eat , And dry and warm I keep my feet ; I screen my head from sun and rain . And let few ...
... remarkable : - " Con mangiar brocoli , Portar a i pedi zoccoli , In tetto capallo , Pochi pensieri in cervello . " " When hungry , of the best I eat , And dry and warm I keep my feet ; I screen my head from sun and rain . And let few ...
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CATHEDRAL OF FLORENCE . 41 temperature as to be below the point of A remarkable example of evaporation on saturation , and therefore , though the ac- a large scale is supplied by that great in- tual quantity suspended be very consider ...
CATHEDRAL OF FLORENCE . 41 temperature as to be below the point of A remarkable example of evaporation on saturation , and therefore , though the ac- a large scale is supplied by that great in- tual quantity suspended be very consider ...
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Page 503 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Page 467 - My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Page 445 - But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Page 467 - And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
Page 467 - I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Page 189 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 222 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 319 - ... of his feet are still to be seen, and hurled his bolts among them till the whole were slaughtered, except the big bull, who presenting his forehead to the shafts, shook them off as they fell; but missing one at length, it wounded him in the side; whereon, springing round, he bounded over the Ohio, over the Wabash, the Illinois, and finally over the great lakes, where he is living at this day.
Page 380 - I came into the House one morning, well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth suit which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean, and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar ; his hat was without a hatband ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and reddish ; his...
Page 222 - HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert, That from heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.