The Quarterly Review, Volume 53William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1835 |
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Pagina 4
... seen astern until it became invisible in the distance , and the whole of the ocean then became hidden in darkness as before this took place . The scene was as novel as it was beautiful and in- teresting , more so from having ascertained ...
... seen astern until it became invisible in the distance , and the whole of the ocean then became hidden in darkness as before this took place . The scene was as novel as it was beautiful and in- teresting , more so from having ascertained ...
Pagina 5
... seen to take place between them ; but on the death of one , the others soon fall upon and devour it .'- vol . i . pp ... seen several sharks and bonitos about the ship at the same time , but I never observed the former at- tempt to ...
... seen to take place between them ; but on the death of one , the others soon fall upon and devour it .'- vol . i . pp ... seen several sharks and bonitos about the ship at the same time , but I never observed the former at- tempt to ...
Pagina 6
... seen in attendance only upon the shark . After the shark is hooked , the pilot - fish still swim about , and for some time after he has been hauled on deck ; they then swim very near the surface of the water , and at that time I have seen ...
... seen in attendance only upon the shark . After the shark is hooked , the pilot - fish still swim about , and for some time after he has been hauled on deck ; they then swim very near the surface of the water , and at that time I have seen ...
Pagina 7
... seen occa- sionally in high latitudes during the summer months . They are , of course , more readily discerned in calm weather than in strong breezes , and have then a strong resemblance to a miniature vessel resting on the surface of ...
... seen occa- sionally in high latitudes during the summer months . They are , of course , more readily discerned in calm weather than in strong breezes , and have then a strong resemblance to a miniature vessel resting on the surface of ...
Pagina 8
... seen these volatile fish on the fin has been thirty seconds by the watch . . . Their usual height of flight is from two to three feet ; but I have known them come on board at a height of fourteen feet ; and they have been well ...
... seen these volatile fish on the fin has been thirty seconds by the watch . . . Their usual height of flight is from two to three feet ; but I have known them come on board at a height of fourteen feet ; and they have been well ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 490 - Now them that are such we command and exhort, by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
Pagina 92 - To carry on the feelings of childhood into the powers of manhood; to combine the child's sense of wonder and novelty with the appearances, which every day for perhaps forty years had rendered familiar; With sun and moon and stars throughout the year, And man and woman; 6 this is the character and privilege of genius, and one of the marks which distinguish genius from talents.
Pagina 148 - And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night...
Pagina 142 - Evidence of the Truth of the Christian Religion derived from the Literal Fulfilment of Prophecy, particularly as Illustrated by the History of the Jews, and the Discoveries of Recent Travellers.
Pagina 216 - His hand is against every man; and every man's hand is against him.
Pagina 155 - That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavours to establish...
Pagina 278 - But when contending chiefs blockade the throne, Contracting regal power to stretch their own, When I behold a factious band agree To call it freedom when themselves are free...
Pagina 168 - Who shall bring me down to the ground? Though thou exalt [thyself] as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.
Pagina 445 - To assume that the evidence of the beginning, or end, of so vast a scheme lies within the reach of our philosophical inquiries, or even of our speculations, appears to be inconsistent with a just estimate of the relations which subsist between the finite powers of man and the attributes of an infinite and eternal Being.
Pagina 140 - ... ....Each alley has its brother, " And half the plat-form just reflects the other.