The Family Magazine, Volume 5Redfield & Lindsay, 1838 |
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... seen as much in singling out and adapting approved examples in the practice of the arts , as in the dis- play of original thoughts , or unprecedented inven- tion : " and we may safely say more so , unless such new associations of ideas ...
... seen as much in singling out and adapting approved examples in the practice of the arts , as in the dis- play of original thoughts , or unprecedented inven- tion : " and we may safely say more so , unless such new associations of ideas ...
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... seen , and they are not considered worthy of a better carriage . Tea was then brought , three cups in succession , and finally betel - nut . Soon after these were re- moved , my attention was drawn toward the interiour of the house ...
... seen , and they are not considered worthy of a better carriage . Tea was then brought , three cups in succession , and finally betel - nut . Soon after these were re- moved , my attention was drawn toward the interiour of the house ...
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... seen , " or eight genii , which they would nave bill , are situated the almost imperceptible people think were gold . Her dress was embroider - the eyes are surrounded by a naked spac ed satin of different colours , red , yellow , white ...
... seen , " or eight genii , which they would nave bill , are situated the almost imperceptible people think were gold . Her dress was embroider - the eyes are surrounded by a naked spac ed satin of different colours , red , yellow , white ...
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... seen some above five feet five and six inches high ; th general they do not ( he says ) exceed five inches . This difference can only be attril their food , with which the former are suppli abundantly than the latter and the effects are ...
... seen some above five feet five and six inches high ; th general they do not ( he says ) exceed five inches . This difference can only be attril their food , with which the former are suppli abundantly than the latter and the effects are ...
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... seen more than three thousand one hundred and twenty - eight . Of these , there are about twenty of the first magnitude , seventy - six of the second , two hundred and twenty - three of the third , five hun- dred and ten of the fourth ...
... seen more than three thousand one hundred and twenty - eight . Of these , there are about twenty of the first magnitude , seventy - six of the second , two hundred and twenty - three of the third , five hun- dred and ten of the fourth ...
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Page 101 - And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech: and it came to pass, as they journeyed from the East, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar ; and they dwelt there.
Page 131 - We have mentioned the establishment of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in the city of New York, under the regents of the university.
Page 286 - Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.
Page 453 - But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh.
Page 101 - Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Page 287 - The change of motion is proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed.
Page 304 - They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
Page 304 - I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse ; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
Page 316 - Yet nerve thy spirit to the proof And blench not at thy chosen lot, The timid good may stand aloof, The sage may frown — yet faint thou not, Nor heed the shaft too surely cast, The foul and hissing bolt of scorn; For with thy side shall dwell, at last, The victory of endurance born.
Page 453 - I saw him once before, As he passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets Sad and wan, And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, "They are gone.