The Saturday Magazine ..., Volume 1John William Parker, 1833 |
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... ment , or the coarse sort of paper which they called papyrus : and those who wished to read them , had to unrol the volume till they came to the place which they wanted . No wonder then that in those days books were but few , and ...
... ment , or the coarse sort of paper which they called papyrus : and those who wished to read them , had to unrol the volume till they came to the place which they wanted . No wonder then that in those days books were but few , and ...
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... ment . Whereas nothing can be more worthy of man , as a thinking and moral creature , destined to advance through successive steps to a higher and purer order of being , than the diligent exercise and quickening of his mind , and the ...
... ment . Whereas nothing can be more worthy of man , as a thinking and moral creature , destined to advance through successive steps to a higher and purer order of being , than the diligent exercise and quickening of his mind , and the ...
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... ment ; and , to assure himself on the point , softly peeped through a crevice in the door , and saw with delight that the workman was diligently performing his task , and quickly withdrew . But Vishvakaram had perceived him , and ...
... ment ; and , to assure himself on the point , softly peeped through a crevice in the door , and saw with delight that the workman was diligently performing his task , and quickly withdrew . But Vishvakaram had perceived him , and ...
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... ment in India . Under the Mahomedan and Mahratta rule , which preceded our's , it was customary for the supreme authority of the state to receive the revenues of of his offence , to construct numerous temples ; and he | the whole ...
... ment in India . Under the Mahomedan and Mahratta rule , which preceded our's , it was customary for the supreme authority of the state to receive the revenues of of his offence , to construct numerous temples ; and he | the whole ...
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... ment the remembrance of his danger never left his mind . A precipice seemed perpetually to open before him ; and , even when in his chamber , he dreaded to look over the side of his chair , lest he should see the gulph yawning for him ...
... ment the remembrance of his danger never left his mind . A precipice seemed perpetually to open before him ; and , even when in his chamber , he dreaded to look over the side of his chair , lest he should see the gulph yawning for him ...
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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.