The Illustrated London Reading BookPrinted and published at the office of The Illustrated London News, 1851 - 264 pagini |
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Pagina 2
... produce of more fertile provinces and districts . A very large portion of the centre of the part of Pekin called the Northern City is occupied by the Emperor with his palaces and gardens , which are of the most beautiful description , 2 ...
... produce of more fertile provinces and districts . A very large portion of the centre of the part of Pekin called the Northern City is occupied by the Emperor with his palaces and gardens , which are of the most beautiful description , 2 ...
Pagina 12
... 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 gives timely ...
... 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 gives timely ...
Pagina 13
... will remain unaltered on the glass for some months . Five or six grains of this viperine poison , mixed with half an ounce of human blood , received in a warm glass , produce no visible effects. ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING BOOK . 13.
... will remain unaltered on the glass for some months . Five or six grains of this viperine poison , mixed with half an ounce of human blood , received in a warm glass , produce no visible effects. ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING BOOK . 13.
Pagina 14
received in a warm glass , produce no visible effects , either in colour or consistence , nor do portions of this poisoned blood , mixed with acids or alkalies , exhibit any alterations . When placed on the tongue , the taste is sharp ...
received in a warm glass , produce no visible effects , either in colour or consistence , nor do portions of this poisoned blood , mixed with acids or alkalies , exhibit any alterations . When placed on the tongue , the taste is sharp ...
Pagina 16
... produce any other equal to it , on which the structure of a pious mind , a solid hope , a comfortable state , or wise conduct , could be raised . We are told , that when Archbishop Cranmer's edition of the Bible was printed in 1538 ...
... produce any other equal to it , on which the structure of a pious mind , a solid hope , a comfortable state , or wise conduct , could be raised . We are told , that when Archbishop Cranmer's edition of the Bible was printed in 1538 ...
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Pasaje populare
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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?
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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...