Australia and HomewardW. Briggs, 1888 - 336 páginas |
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... LONDON 292 The Tower of London Epping Forest- " Hunting Lodge " of " Good Queen Bess " -Growth of London - A Stroll - The Nelson Column -The London Law Courts - St . Paul's Cathe- dral - The Fore Leg of a Horse - A " Beef - eater ...
... LONDON 292 The Tower of London Epping Forest- " Hunting Lodge " of " Good Queen Bess " -Growth of London - A Stroll - The Nelson Column -The London Law Courts - St . Paul's Cathe- dral - The Fore Leg of a Horse - A " Beef - eater ...
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... dangers . Having had some dinner , the horses were saddled , and , some hours after dark , we reached our destination in safety . AUSTRALIA AND HOMEWARD ; OR , MELBOURNE TO LONDON . 182 AUSTRALIA AND THE AUSTRALIANS .
... dangers . Having had some dinner , the horses were saddled , and , some hours after dark , we reached our destination in safety . AUSTRALIA AND HOMEWARD ; OR , MELBOURNE TO LONDON . 182 AUSTRALIA AND THE AUSTRALIANS .
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... London , England , in July of that year , at the time of the Colo- nial and Indian Exhibition . While speaking at that Congress I became acquaint- ed with several Australians , who invited me to come to Australia and deliver addresses ...
... London , England , in July of that year , at the time of the Colo- nial and Indian Exhibition . While speaking at that Congress I became acquaint- ed with several Australians , who invited me to come to Australia and deliver addresses ...
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... London in 1886 , and who afterwards called to see me in Montreal in regard to my coming to Australia , presented me with an address in the name of the Alliance . The newspaper reporter says of it : “ The address , expressive of the high ...
... London in 1886 , and who afterwards called to see me in Montreal in regard to my coming to Australia , presented me with an address in the name of the Alliance . The newspaper reporter says of it : “ The address , expressive of the high ...
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Daniel Vannorman Lucas. Australia and Homeward ; OR , MELBOURNE TO LONDON . FIRST LETTER . N the evening of the 14th of December , 1887 , a gathering of near 2,000 of the Melbourne tem- perance people was held in the City Hall to give us ...
Daniel Vannorman Lucas. Australia and Homeward ; OR , MELBOURNE TO LONDON . FIRST LETTER . N the evening of the 14th of December , 1887 , a gathering of near 2,000 of the Melbourne tem- perance people was held in the City Hall to give us ...
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Página 235 - I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation: He is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; My father's God, and I will exalt him.
Página 223 - The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low : and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain...
Página 219 - Twere all as well to bid a cloud to stand, Or hold a running river with the hand. But thou that art to save, thine hour is nigh! The sad world waiteth in its misery, The blind world stumbleth on its round of pain; Rise, Maya's child! wake! slumber not again!
Página 282 - The great soul of Dante, homeless on earth, made its home more and more in that awful other world.
Página 287 - THE mountains of this glorious land Are conscious beings to mine eye, When at the break of day they stand Like giants, looking through the sky, To hail the sun's unrisen car, That gilds their diadems of snow ; While one by one, as star by star, Their peaks in ether glow.
Página 219 - Maya's son ! because we roam the earth Moan we upon these strings ; we make no mirth, So many woes we see in many lands'; So many streaming eyes and wringing hands.
Página 219 - We are the voices of the wandering wind, Which moan for rest and rest can never find; Lo! as the wind is so is mortal life, A moan, a sigh, a sob, a storm, a strife.
Página 173 - Soft as the dew from heaven descends His gentle accents fell : The modest stranger lowly bends, And follows to the cell. Far in a wilderness obscure The lonely mansion lay, A refuge to the neighbouring poor, And strangers led astray.
Página 12 - Roughly speaking, the territory comprised within it is about 2,500 miles from east to west and 2,000 miles from north to south, with an approximate area of 1,800,000 sq.
Página 255 - Cfesar and his household, as well as to suffer the loss of all things that he might win Christ. We had a pleasant day's sail along the coast of Greece, sheltered from the north-east wind by Lively and picturesque islands, on some of which were charming residences, hamlets and towns. We sailed into Brindisi on the morning of the 3rd of February. This old town was more nourishing in the days of the emperors than now.