The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volumen21J. Limbird, 1833 Containing original essays; historical narratives, biographical memoirs, sketches of society, topographical descriptions, novels and tales, anecdotes, select extracts from new and expensive works, the spirit of the public journals, discoveries in the arts and sciences, useful domestic hints, etc. etc. etc. |
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... tion . The mouldings and other enrichments of the principal story are of the most pleasing character : among the former , the favourite echinus is prominent . The interior of the building is so far from complete , as to afford but an ...
... tion . The mouldings and other enrichments of the principal story are of the most pleasing character : among the former , the favourite echinus is prominent . The interior of the building is so far from complete , as to afford but an ...
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... tion of which would fill the mind with a reli- gious awe of Him , under whose protection and guidance " we live , move , and have our being ? " If we can really regard His works in this admirable light , the hours of relaxation , from ...
... tion of which would fill the mind with a reli- gious awe of Him , under whose protection and guidance " we live , move , and have our being ? " If we can really regard His works in this admirable light , the hours of relaxation , from ...
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... tion is from 1307. to 1507 .; but they are gene- rally hired from the maker , at from 24d . to 3d . per mile . The common height of the stage - coach wheels of the present day , is as follows : -the fore wheels three feet four inches ...
... tion is from 1307. to 1507 .; but they are gene- rally hired from the maker , at from 24d . to 3d . per mile . The common height of the stage - coach wheels of the present day , is as follows : -the fore wheels three feet four inches ...
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... tion of the roof than could otherwise be ob- tained . The minstrels ' gallery , or rather its site , at the recent commemoration of Sir Thomas Gresham , held on Thursday , the 12th of July , was occupied by the choir engaged in the mu ...
... tion of the roof than could otherwise be ob- tained . The minstrels ' gallery , or rather its site , at the recent commemoration of Sir Thomas Gresham , held on Thursday , the 12th of July , was occupied by the choir engaged in the mu ...
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tion , the spandrils of these arches are pierced with perpendicular trefoil - headed niches . The principal timbers are ornamented with small flowers , or knots of foliage in a hollow ; and the whole springs from octangular corbels of ...
tion , the spandrils of these arches are pierced with perpendicular trefoil - headed niches . The principal timbers are ornamented with small flowers , or knots of foliage in a hollow ; and the whole springs from octangular corbels of ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 126 - The people of the State of New York, by the Grace of God, Free and Independent...
Página 184 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies ; They fall successive, and successive rise : So generations in their course decay; So flourish these when those are pass'd away.
Página 224 - •Sir, — I have two silver tea-spoons at London, and two at Bristol : this is all the plate which I have at present ; and I shall not buy any more while so many around me want bread. I am, sir, your most humble servant, JOHN WESLEY/' Perhaps there never was a more charitable man than Mr.
Página 249 - Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough briar, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire, I do wander every where, Swifter than the moones sphere ; And I serve the fairy queen, To dew her orbs...
Página 204 - Inquireth if you have had your arms done on vellum yet; and did not know, till lately, that such-and-such had been the crest of the family. His memory is unseasonable; his compliments perverse; his talk a trouble; his stay pertinacious; and when he goeth away, you dismiss his chair into a corner as precipitately as possible, and feel fairly rid of two nuisances.
Página 139 - And Wordsworth, in a rather long " Excursion " (I think the quarto holds five hundred pages), Has given a sample from the vasty version • Of his new system to perplex the sages; ' 'Tis poetry — at least by his assertion.
Página 431 - Venus, a pea on a circle 284 feet in diameter ; the Earth also a pea, on a circle of 430 feet ; Mars, a rather large pin's head, on a circle of 654 feet...
Página 280 - It were better for, him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
Página 160 - you have the honour of seeing the two greatest men in the world.' 'I don't know how great men you may be,' said the Guinea man, ' but I don't like your looks. I have often bought a man much better than both of you, all muscles and bones, for ten guineas.
Página 304 - What heavenly tints in mingling radiance fly ! Each rapid movement gives a different dye. Like scales of burnished gold they dazzling show — Now sink to shade — now like a furnace glow.