The Saturday Magazine, Volumes 6-7John William Parker, 1835 |
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... continued from street to street , from house to house , and from room to room . This state of almost uninterrupted conflict lasted throughout eleven successive days and nights ; neither party evincing the slightest disposition to yield ...
... continued from street to street , from house to house , and from room to room . This state of almost uninterrupted conflict lasted throughout eleven successive days and nights ; neither party evincing the slightest disposition to yield ...
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... continued our firing into it : the night passed away , and the day began to break , which animated every one to fire at the lion , because he could not lie there , without exposing himself . Seven men , posted at the furthest wagons ...
... continued our firing into it : the night passed away , and the day began to break , which animated every one to fire at the lion , because he could not lie there , without exposing himself . Seven men , posted at the furthest wagons ...
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... continued to advance , but the tempest of dense spray became suddenly so violent as apparently to preclude the possibility of further progress . I was driven back several yards , half- suffocated and entirely blinded . But the guide en ...
... continued to advance , but the tempest of dense spray became suddenly so violent as apparently to preclude the possibility of further progress . I was driven back several yards , half- suffocated and entirely blinded . But the guide en ...
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... continued to be a favourite abode of royalty . Parliaments were frequently held there , and many interesting events are recorded in its history . Edward the Fourth , we are told , “ to his great cost , repaired his house at Eltham ...
... continued to be a favourite abode of royalty . Parliaments were frequently held there , and many interesting events are recorded in its history . Edward the Fourth , we are told , “ to his great cost , repaired his house at Eltham ...
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... continued series of ghauts , for the accommodation of Pilgrims . Allahabad is another sacred place . " Here , when a pilgrim arrives , " says Hamilton , " he first sits down on the brink of the river , and has his head and body shaved ...
... continued series of ghauts , for the accommodation of Pilgrims . Allahabad is another sacred place . " Here , when a pilgrim arrives , " says Hamilton , " he first sits down on the brink of the river , and has his head and body shaved ...
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Page 148 - In these amusements the hours passed away uncounted, his deviations had perplexed his memory, and he knew not towards what point to travel. He stood pensive and confused, afraid to go forward lest he should go wrong, yet conscious that the time of loitering was now past.
Page 148 - ... and despised the petty curiosity that led him on from trifle to trifle. While he was thus reflecting, the air grew blacker, and a clap of thunder broke his meditation.