The Illustrated London Reading BookPrinted and published at the office of The Illustrated London News, 1851 - 264 pages |
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... Land , and a View of Lower Egypt , showing the route of the Israelites from Egypt to the Land of Canaan ; presenting at one view the principal cities and places mentioned in the Old and New Testament , assisted by one hundred and eighty ...
... Land , and a View of Lower Egypt , showing the route of the Israelites from Egypt to the Land of Canaan ; presenting at one view the principal cities and places mentioned in the Old and New Testament , assisted by one hundred and eighty ...
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... land and misty sky ; And turn'd on rocks and raging surf His golden eye . But , petted , in our climate cold , He lived and chatter'd many a day ; Until , with age , from green and gold His wings grew grey . At last , when blind and ...
... land and misty sky ; And turn'd on rocks and raging surf His golden eye . But , petted , in our climate cold , He lived and chatter'd many a day ; Until , with age , from green and gold His wings grew grey . At last , when blind and ...
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... land , and accustoming it at an early period to enter the water , where it plunges and plays before its parent , who seems to act as its instructress , the male taking no share in the work . The tapir is very common in the warm regions ...
... land , and accustoming it at an early period to enter the water , where it plunges and plays before its parent , who seems to act as its instructress , the male taking no share in the work . The tapir is very common in the warm regions ...
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... land We'll gather every one ; And he shall ring the loud alarm , To call the multitudes to arm , From distant field and forest brown , And teeming alleys of the town- Hurra ! the work is done ! And as the solemn boom they hear , Old men.
... land We'll gather every one ; And he shall ring the loud alarm , To call the multitudes to arm , From distant field and forest brown , And teeming alleys of the town- Hurra ! the work is done ! And as the solemn boom they hear , Old men.
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... land dogs are there trained to act as servants to the Humane Society ; and the rapidity with which they cross and re - cross the river , and come and go , at the voice of their trainer , is described as being most interesting to witness ...
... land dogs are there trained to act as servants to the Humane Society ; and the rapidity with which they cross and re - cross the river , and come and go , at the voice of their trainer , is described as being most interesting to witness ...
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Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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?
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...