The Leisure Hour: An Illustrated Magazine for Home Reading, Volume 2W. Stevens, printer, 1853 |
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... produced by this wondrous announcement , and we were among the first who hastened to the spot . On arriving at the house we found it a scene of confusion . Neighbours were going in and out ; strangers were arriving from more distant ...
... produced by this wondrous announcement , and we were among the first who hastened to the spot . On arriving at the house we found it a scene of confusion . Neighbours were going in and out ; strangers were arriving from more distant ...
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... produced from his leathern pouch a wooden pix , patten , and chalice , and went round the whole valley with a small bell in his hand , loudly proclaiming that he was about to celebrate mass . It was grievous to the mountain friends to ...
... produced from his leathern pouch a wooden pix , patten , and chalice , and went round the whole valley with a small bell in his hand , loudly proclaiming that he was about to celebrate mass . It was grievous to the mountain friends to ...
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... produced , at his own risk , the " Gentleman's Magazine , " the first ever printed in England . For many years it kept Cave in affluence , though one rival after another appeared to share or destroy its success . Till about four years ...
... produced , at his own risk , the " Gentleman's Magazine , " the first ever printed in England . For many years it kept Cave in affluence , though one rival after another appeared to share or destroy its success . Till about four years ...
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... produced . The nailor made for our satisfaction specimens of the various kinds of nails most in use , and turned them all out of hand with astonishing dexterity . The horse - shoe nails are not forged in a straight form like the others ...
... produced . The nailor made for our satisfaction specimens of the various kinds of nails most in use , and turned them all out of hand with astonishing dexterity . The horse - shoe nails are not forged in a straight form like the others ...
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... produce of the most prosperous castings are but approximations to complete success . " You can see the very first part of the ... produced is logs of iron , to be afterwards appropriated to the various uses , and subjected to the various ...
... produce of the most prosperous castings are but approximations to complete success . " You can see the very first part of the ... produced is logs of iron , to be afterwards appropriated to the various uses , and subjected to the various ...
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Page 189 - There is no death! What seems so is transition; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death.
Page 323 - A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
Page 75 - ... without remarking that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the...
Page 75 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 309 - The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours, I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth ! There, and prostrate there, I most unfeignedly recognize the Divine justice, and in some degree submit to it.
Page 309 - I impeach Warren Hastings of high crimes and misdemeanors. I impeach him in the name of the Commons' House of Parliament, whose trust he has betrayed.
Page 189 - In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife!
Page 189 - Heart within, and God o'erhead. Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time — Footprints that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Page 309 - I am alone. I have none to meet my enemies in the gate. Indeed, my lord, I greatly deceive myself, if, in this hard season, I would give a peck of refuse wheat for all that is called fame and honour in the world.
Page 309 - I live in an inverted order. They who ought to have succeeded me are gone before me. They who should have been to me as posterity are in the place of ancestors.