The People's Magazine, Volume 1Lilly, Wait, Colman, and Holden, 1834 |
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... present at Cook's death , and published a short nar- rative of the voyage . From a marine he was next converted into a fur - merchant , having his head full of romantic projects about a trading voyage to Noot- ka Sound . His main ...
... present at Cook's death , and published a short nar- rative of the voyage . From a marine he was next converted into a fur - merchant , having his head full of romantic projects about a trading voyage to Noot- ka Sound . His main ...
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... present you with the results of my observa- tion , leaving you to judge how far rifle - shooting is understood in that State . Several individuals who conceive themselves ex- pert in the management of the gun are often seen to meet for ...
... present you with the results of my observa- tion , leaving you to judge how far rifle - shooting is understood in that State . Several individuals who conceive themselves ex- pert in the management of the gun are often seen to meet for ...
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... present occasion . In every thinly peopled portion of the state , it is rare to meet one without a gun of that ... presents an aggregate of 176,276 souls , of whom 32,184 are slaves . The number of white males , we observe , exceeds that ...
... present occasion . In every thinly peopled portion of the state , it is rare to meet one without a gun of that ... presents an aggregate of 176,276 souls , of whom 32,184 are slaves . The number of white males , we observe , exceeds that ...
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... present vast size in the fifteenth century . Its height is about 60 feet ; its circumference near the root is 48 feet . At the height of ten feet above the soil , Sir George Staunton ascertained that its diameter was 12 feet . The trunk ...
... present vast size in the fifteenth century . Its height is about 60 feet ; its circumference near the root is 48 feet . At the height of ten feet above the soil , Sir George Staunton ascertained that its diameter was 12 feet . The trunk ...
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... present capital of Belgium . The Flemish name for this place is Antwerpen ; the Spaniards , who once possessed it , call it Amberes , and the French , Anvers . Few places are more favorably situated for foreign commerce than Ant- werp ...
... present capital of Belgium . The Flemish name for this place is Antwerpen ; the Spaniards , who once possessed it , call it Amberes , and the French , Anvers . Few places are more favorably situated for foreign commerce than Ant- werp ...
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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?