The Saturday Magazine ..., Volume 1John William Parker, 1833 |
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... island equally striking and interesting . Situated in the region of perpetual cold , its whole surface shows most strongly the tremendous operation of those fires which burn for ever beneath our feet ; and , lying remote and solitary in ...
... island equally striking and interesting . Situated in the region of perpetual cold , its whole surface shows most strongly the tremendous operation of those fires which burn for ever beneath our feet ; and , lying remote and solitary in ...
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... island , separated from New Holland by a narrow strait , called , from its discoverer , Bass's Strait . The island is about 210 miles in length , and 150 in breadth , comprising about fifteen millions of acres , and having a population ...
... island , separated from New Holland by a narrow strait , called , from its discoverer , Bass's Strait . The island is about 210 miles in length , and 150 in breadth , comprising about fifteen millions of acres , and having a population ...
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... island , which is joined to the rest by a very narrow neck , and which , it was thought , might be rendered impass- able by the natives when once enclosed within it . This plan , however , failed ; and , down to the time of this account ...
... island , which is joined to the rest by a very narrow neck , and which , it was thought , might be rendered impass- able by the natives when once enclosed within it . This plan , however , failed ; and , down to the time of this account ...
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... islands of the Pacific Ocean , by their adventurous discoverers . In the Sandwich islands , says Kotzebue ... island in the Gulf of Mexico , at the bottom of the Bay of Campeachy . In great , indeed , was the hostility of the ...
... islands of the Pacific Ocean , by their adventurous discoverers . In the Sandwich islands , says Kotzebue ... island in the Gulf of Mexico , at the bottom of the Bay of Campeachy . In great , indeed , was the hostility of the ...
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... island , made his first journey from Bencoolen into the interior . In that journey he was accom- panied by a naturalist of great zeal and acquirements , the late Dr. JOSEPH ARNOLD , a member of the Lin- næan Society , from whose ...
... island , made his first journey from Bencoolen into the interior . In that journey he was accom- panied by a naturalist of great zeal and acquirements , the late Dr. JOSEPH ARNOLD , a member of the Lin- næan Society , from whose ...
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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.