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The island of St. Helena stands entirely detached from any group , and is about
1200 miles from the nearest land , on the eastern coast of Southern Africa . . An
imperceptible point in the Atlantic Ocean , this rock is nine leagues in its greatest
...
The island of St. Helena stands entirely detached from any group , and is about
1200 miles from the nearest land , on the eastern coast of Southern Africa . . An
imperceptible point in the Atlantic Ocean , this rock is nine leagues in its greatest
...
Page 33
... though not the longest river at the southwest extremity of the latter island , and
in the world , is certainly the largest in every other the north cape of Breton island
; and lastly , by the respect , if , as appears proper , its immense lakes be narrow ...
... though not the longest river at the southwest extremity of the latter island , and
in the world , is certainly the largest in every other the north cape of Breton island
; and lastly , by the respect , if , as appears proper , its immense lakes be narrow ...
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The Clove is a native of most of the Molucca islands , where it has been
produced , from the earliest records , so ... five hundred thousand clove - trees
planted in this small island ; each of these on an average produced annually
more than two ...
The Clove is a native of most of the Molucca islands , where it has been
produced , from the earliest records , so ... five hundred thousand clove - trees
planted in this small island ; each of these on an average produced annually
more than two ...
Page 109
Montreal is not very large , but always secure for The city of Montreal stands on
the south side shipping during the time the navigation of the river of the island of
the same name , in latitude 45 ° 31 ' is open . Vessels drawing fifteen feet water ...
Montreal is not very large , but always secure for The city of Montreal stands on
the south side shipping during the time the navigation of the river of the island of
the same name , in latitude 45 ° 31 ' is open . Vessels drawing fifteen feet water ...
Page 182
What Africa was to the ancients in the way of producing novelties , America has
been to the modUtopia , New Atlantis , El Dorado , Fairy Land , and the Painters '
Wives ' Islands , were all said by the wits of the sixteenth century to bc portions of
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What Africa was to the ancients in the way of producing novelties , America has
been to the modUtopia , New Atlantis , El Dorado , Fairy Land , and the Painters '
Wives ' Islands , were all said by the wits of the sixteenth century to bc portions of
...
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Page 84 - FRIEND after friend departs : Who hath not lost a friend ? There is no union here of hearts That finds not here an end: Were this frail world our only rest.
Page 183 - A fire devoureth before them ; and behind them a flame burneth : the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness ; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 116 - I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Page 51 - Even in its very motion there was rest ; While every breath of eve that chanced to blow Wafted the traveller to the beauteous west. Emblem, methought, of the departed soul, To whose white robe the gleam of bliss is given ; And by the breath of mercy made to roll Right onward to the golden gates of Heaven ; Where to the eye of Faith it peaceful lies, And tells to man his glorious destinies.
Page 180 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 188 - Who toss the golden and the flame-like flowers, And pass the prairie-hawk that, poised on high, Flaps his broad wings, yet moves not - ye have played Among the palms of Mexico and vines Of Texas, and have crisped the limpid brooks That from the fountains of Sonora glide Into the calm Pacific - have ye fanned A nobler or a lovelier scene than this?
Page 84 - Beyond the flight of time, Beyond the reign of death, There surely is some blessed clime Where life is not a breath. Nor life's affections transient fire, Whose sparks fly upward and expire.
Page 30 - Outflying the blast and the driving rain, The petrel telleth her tale — in vain...
Page 101 - Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful to these eyes, Which have not seen the sun so rise For years — I cannot count them o'er, I lost their long and heavy score, When my last brother droop'd and died, And I lay living by his side.
Page 15 - Is this a time to be cloudy and sad, When our mother Nature laughs around; When even the deep blue heavens look glad, And gladness breathes from the blossoming ground?