The Saturday Magazine, Volume 5J. W. Parker, 1835 - Periodicals |
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... character of my true parents . From my natural parents I enjoy these arms , the gift of nature . England I receive the strength that sustains me in my present career . I thank you , Commodore Nourse , for having drank success to me and ...
... character of my true parents . From my natural parents I enjoy these arms , the gift of nature . England I receive the strength that sustains me in my present career . I thank you , Commodore Nourse , for having drank success to me and ...
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... characters . Above a beau- tiful altar - screen was formerly a gallery , in which , before the Reformation , the singers were placed at the celebration of high mass . The other parts of the choir are executed in a pleasing style , the ...
... characters . Above a beau- tiful altar - screen was formerly a gallery , in which , before the Reformation , the singers were placed at the celebration of high mass . The other parts of the choir are executed in a pleasing style , the ...
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... character as well as the temperature of a climate , must depend very much on the quantity of rain which falls , is also obvious , and this and the vegetation of a country mutually act on each other , as cause and effect . This very ...
... character as well as the temperature of a climate , must depend very much on the quantity of rain which falls , is also obvious , and this and the vegetation of a country mutually act on each other , as cause and effect . This very ...
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... character is level , with a few clumps of trees , and these far between . The resemblance to the sea which some of the prairies exhibited was really most singular . There is one spot in particular , near the middle of the grand prairie ...
... character is level , with a few clumps of trees , and these far between . The resemblance to the sea which some of the prairies exhibited was really most singular . There is one spot in particular , near the middle of the grand prairie ...
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... character of islands ; but with each day these dry spots diminish , and at last , from want of pasture , the crowded ... characters of these contiguous lands . Africa's northern deserts separate the two great human races , which ...
... character of islands ; but with each day these dry spots diminish , and at last , from want of pasture , the crowded ... characters of these contiguous lands . Africa's northern deserts separate the two great human races , which ...
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Page 82 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To. abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible.
Page 14 - Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
Page 110 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Page 157 - He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. They give drink to every beast of the field : the wild asses quench their thirst. By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
Page 27 - Mercurius Rusticus ; or, The Countries Complaint of the Barbarous Out-rages committed by the Sectaries of this late flourishing Kingdom.
Page 6 - At sea everything that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanse attracts attention. It proved to be the mast of a ship that must have been completely wrecked ; for there were the remains of handkerchiefs, by which some of the crew had fastened themselves to this spar to prevent their being washed off by the waves. There was no trace by which the name of the ship could be ascertained. The wreck had evidently drifted about for many months ; clusters of...
Page 90 - Those who quit their proper character, to assume what does not belong to them, are, for the greater part, ignorant both of the character they leave, and of the character they assume.
Page 171 - O Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood...
Page 44 - But this is excellently expressed, that it is in imagination, and not always in fact. For certainly great riches have sold more men than they have bought out. Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.
Page 61 - The naked negro, panting at the line. Boasts of his golden sands, and palmy wine; Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave.