The Illustrated London Reading BookPrinted and published at the office of The Illustrated London News, 1851 - Всего страниц: 264 |
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... manner as to please as well as instruct , but to render them more agreeable to the eye and the imagination by Pic- torial Representations , in illustration of the subjects . It is hoped that this design has not been altogether ...
... manner as to please as well as instruct , but to render them more agreeable to the eye and the imagination by Pic- torial Representations , in illustration of the subjects . It is hoped that this design has not been altogether ...
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... manners , and the singular faculty they possess of imitating the human voice , they are general favourites , both in the drawingroom of the wealthy and the cottage of humble life . The various species differ in size , as well as in ...
... manners , and the singular faculty they possess of imitating the human voice , they are general favourites , both in the drawingroom of the wealthy and the cottage of humble life . The various species differ in size , as well as in ...
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... manners it is gentle and familiar , and when approached raises a cry which may be compared to a hoarse croaking . In its gait it resembles the rook , and walks much better than most of the climbing family . From the general conformation ...
... manners it is gentle and familiar , and when approached raises a cry which may be compared to a hoarse croaking . In its gait it resembles the rook , and walks much better than most of the climbing family . From the general conformation ...
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... manners and customs of India , gives us the following amusing account of this celebrated idol : — " Juggernaut represents the ninth incarnation of Vishnoo , a Hindoo deity , and consists of a mere block of sacred wood , in the centre of ...
... manners and customs of India , gives us the following amusing account of this celebrated idol : — " Juggernaut represents the ninth incarnation of Vishnoo , a Hindoo deity , and consists of a mere block of sacred wood , in the centre of ...
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... manner as to produce a kind of rattling noise when the tail is shaken ; and as the animal , whenever it is enraged , alway carries its tail raised up , and produces at the same time a tremulous motion in it , this provision of nature ...
... manner as to produce a kind of rattling noise when the tail is shaken ; and as the animal , whenever it is enraged , alway carries its tail raised up , and produces at the same time a tremulous motion in it , this provision of nature ...
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Стр. 145 - Now strike the golden lyre again : A louder yet, and yet a louder strain ! Break his bands of sleep asunder And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark ! the horrid sound Has raised up his head : As awaked from the dead And amazed he stares around. Revenge, revenge...
Стр. 205 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God.
Стр. 186 - ... for expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one: but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Стр. 186 - Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them: for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them and above them, won by observation.
Стр. 190 - See through this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth! Above, how high progressive life may go ! Around, how wide ! how deep extend below ! Vast chain of being! which from God began; Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from infinite to thee; From thee to nothing...
Стр. 172 - By the festal cities' blaze, Whilst the wine-cup shines in light ; And yet amidst that joy and uproar Let us think of them that sleep, Full many a fathom deep, By thy wild and stormy steep, Elsinore...
Стр. 109 - You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet ; Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone? Of two such lessons, why forget The nobler and the manlier one?
Стр. 228 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse: which I, observing, Took once a pliant hour, and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart That. I would all my pilgrimage dilate...
Стр. 186 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy...
Стр. 203 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...