The Literary and Scientific Repository, and Critical Review, Volumen2Wiley and Halsted, 1821 |
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... English experiments , stated by Mr. Parke , were made with refuse salt - the mere sweepings of stores and work yards - and estimated variously at one fourth and one half of its bulk in pure salt ; while those of France , were made with ...
... English experiments , stated by Mr. Parke , were made with refuse salt - the mere sweepings of stores and work yards - and estimated variously at one fourth and one half of its bulk in pure salt ; while those of France , were made with ...
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... English private - armed ship entered the ports of her country , proudly exhibiting the inju- ries received in a desperate conflict with a regular American crui- zer , which she had beaten off with great loss , and their admiring ...
... English private - armed ship entered the ports of her country , proudly exhibiting the inju- ries received in a desperate conflict with a regular American crui- zer , which she had beaten off with great loss , and their admiring ...
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... English- man - happening to go into a distant port in the East , and where the refutation of his statement has probably never been seen to this day - was honoured with municipal distinctions for his bravery , with the usual ...
... English- man - happening to go into a distant port in the East , and where the refutation of his statement has probably never been seen to this day - was honoured with municipal distinctions for his bravery , with the usual ...
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... English 36 and 32 , is in the size and weight of metal . The number of their guns is generally the same , at the ... English 38's - and the two former were large ships of that grade , the latter was rather smaller , and in less favour ...
... English 36 and 32 , is in the size and weight of metal . The number of their guns is generally the same , at the ... English 38's - and the two former were large ships of that grade , the latter was rather smaller , and in less favour ...
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... English cruisers . No such foresight , however , characterized the navy department , and the maritime war became , like the struggle on the land at a later day , a series of splendid and victorious conflicts , but little con- nected ...
... English cruisers . No such foresight , however , characterized the navy department , and the maritime war became , like the struggle on the land at a later day , a series of splendid and victorious conflicts , but little con- nected ...
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Página 188 - Ah, poor man, Rip Van Winkle was his name, but it's twenty years since he went away from home with his gun, and never has been heard of since,— his dog came home without him; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl.
Página 188 - ... dreading the tyranny of Dame Van Winkle. Whenever her name was mentioned, however, he shook his head, shrugged his shoulders, and cast up his eyes ; which might pass either for an expression of resignation to his fate or joy at his deliverance. He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived at Mr. Doolittle's hotel.
Página 187 - The name of the child, the air of the mother, the tone of her voice, all awakened a train of recollections in his mind. "What is your name, my good woman?
Página 182 - WHOEVER has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill mountains. They are a dismembered branch of the great Appalachian family, and are seen away to the west of the river, swelling up to a noble height, and lording it over the surrounding country. Every change of season, every change of weather, indeed, every hour of the day, produces some change in the magical hues and shapes of these mountains, and they are regarded by all the good wives, far and near, as perfect barometers. When...
Página 186 - The very village was altered; it was larger and more populous. There were rows of houses which he had never seen before, and those which had been his familiar haunts had disappeared.
Página 86 - Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And long where thou art lying Will tears the cold turf steep. When hearts, whose truth was proven Like thine, are laid in earth, There should a wreath be woven, To tell the world their worth...
Página 185 - His companion now emptied the contents of the keg into large flagons and made signs to him to wait upon the company. He obeyed with fear and trembling. They quaffed the liquor in profound silence and then returned to their game.
Página 187 - Rip was equally at a loss to comprehend the question ; when a knowing, self-important old gentleman, in a sharp cocked hat, made his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and left with his elbows as he passed, and planting himself before Van Winkle, with one arm akimbo, the other resting on his cane, his keen eyes and sharp hat penetrating, as it were, into his very soul, demanded in an austere tone, " what brought him to the election with a gun on his shoulder, and a mob at hia heels,...
Página 197 - O'er untravelled seas to roam, — Yet lives the blood of England in our veins ! And shall we not proclaim That blood of honest fame, Which no tyranny can tame By its chains...
Página 291 - Eftsoones they heard a most melodious sound, Of all that mote delight a daintie eare, Such as attonce might not on living ground, Save in this Paradise, be heard elsewhere : Right hard it was for wight which did it heare, To read what manner musicke that mote bee ; For all that pleasing is to living eare Was there consorted in one harmonee ; Birdes, voices, instruments, windes, waters, all agree ; The joyous birdes, shrouded in chearefull shade, Their notes unto the voice attempred sweet ; Th...