The Saturday Magazine ..., Volume 1John William Parker, 1833 |
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... colours ; -sometimes the purest and most brilliant blue ; at others , a bright sea - green : but in the further ascent , all distinction of colour is lost ; and the jets , broken into a thousand parts , appear as white as snow . Some of ...
... colours ; -sometimes the purest and most brilliant blue ; at others , a bright sea - green : but in the further ascent , all distinction of colour is lost ; and the jets , broken into a thousand parts , appear as white as snow . Some of ...
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... colour ; or speak of the fresh feeling of enjoyment both in body and soul which he experiences whose feet brush away the heavy dews from the meadows . " SUNSET AT SEA . " The sun went down to the horizon , and our second day of trial ...
... colour ; or speak of the fresh feeling of enjoyment both in body and soul which he experiences whose feet brush away the heavy dews from the meadows . " SUNSET AT SEA . " The sun went down to the horizon , and our second day of trial ...
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... colour , approaching to ebony ; and there is scarcely a house in Dolgelle that does not contain an engraving of this venerable tree , framed with the wood . At Nannau there are several relics ; amongst others , a frame containing an ...
... colour , approaching to ebony ; and there is scarcely a house in Dolgelle that does not contain an engraving of this venerable tree , framed with the wood . At Nannau there are several relics ; amongst others , a frame containing an ...
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... colours of black , brown , and yellow ; the lower portions of the figures being closely swathed in cloth wrappers . " The great festival of the Chariot is held for the per- formance of an annual excursion with which the idols are ...
... colours of black , brown , and yellow ; the lower portions of the figures being closely swathed in cloth wrappers . " The great festival of the Chariot is held for the per- formance of an annual excursion with which the idols are ...
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... colour . entered Baffin's Bay , sailed westward along the nor- I have named these magnificent cascades ' Wilberforce thern coast till his progress was stopped at Melville Falls , ' as a tribute of my respect to that distinguished Island ...
... colour . entered Baffin's Bay , sailed westward along the nor- I have named these magnificent cascades ' Wilberforce thern coast till his progress was stopped at Melville Falls , ' as a tribute of my respect to that distinguished Island ...
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Page 144 - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ...
Page 102 - Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this : But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven ; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them ; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know : and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified : Then was the part...
Page 30 - And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Page 245 - And the Lord said unto Moses, stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen...
Page 150 - How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will ; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill...
Page 59 - TRIUMPHAL arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art : Still seem, as to my childhood's sight, A midway station given For happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven.
Page 124 - They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body ; and, if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature.
Page 206 - THE stately homes of England, How beautiful they stand ! Amidst their tall ancestral trees. O'er all the pleasant land. The deer across their greensward bound Through shade and sunny gleam, ; And the swan glides past them, with the sound Of some rejoicing stream.
Page 208 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.