The Cabinet: Or, Monthly Report of Polite Literature, المجلد 2 |
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الصفحة 11
Though I am far from admitting the evidence of men , confessedly knowing almost nothing of either branches , to be of the least avail when opposed to the decided testimony of the natives of ' Abyssinia , of Nubia , and Barbara ...
Though I am far from admitting the evidence of men , confessedly knowing almost nothing of either branches , to be of the least avail when opposed to the decided testimony of the natives of ' Abyssinia , of Nubia , and Barbara ...
الصفحة 12
... at least , of the general belief of these fountains being far to the eastward . In fact , Ptolemy , the geographer , whose authority is chiefly relied on by Pinkerton and Co. and whose statements shall be afterwards commented upon ...
... at least , of the general belief of these fountains being far to the eastward . In fact , Ptolemy , the geographer , whose authority is chiefly relied on by Pinkerton and Co. and whose statements shall be afterwards commented upon ...
الصفحة 13
They could not , of course , have the least idea of the Bahar el Abiad or White River being that river , seeing its source is far to the westward of Egypt , and it does not appear that it flows from any lake or marsh whatever .
They could not , of course , have the least idea of the Bahar el Abiad or White River being that river , seeing its source is far to the westward of Egypt , and it does not appear that it flows from any lake or marsh whatever .
الصفحة 25
Mr. Landseer , according to the current terms of the day , has engraved historical subjects , and portraits ; at least his name is prefixed to plates of this character , with the addition of sculpsit . Dare Mr. Landseer tell the world ...
Mr. Landseer , according to the current terms of the day , has engraved historical subjects , and portraits ; at least his name is prefixed to plates of this character , with the addition of sculpsit . Dare Mr. Landseer tell the world ...
الصفحة 27
... they were of the very lowest order of this heterogeneous assemblage , might be disputed , but that they bore a conspicuous part in what disgraced the collection , must be admitted by every man possessing the least knowledge of art .
... they were of the very lowest order of this heterogeneous assemblage , might be disputed , but that they bore a conspicuous part in what disgraced the collection , must be admitted by every man possessing the least knowledge of art .
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الصفحة 155 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
الصفحة 25 - The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.
الصفحة 43 - To be the true Church militant; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery, And prove their doctrine orthodox, By apostolic blows and knocks; Call fire, and sword, and desolation, A godly, thorough reformation. Which always must be carried on, And still be doing, never done; As if religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended...
الصفحة 66 - ... around him : he thought only of his subject : his genius warmed and kindled as he went on. He darted fire into his audience. Torrents of impetuous and irresistible eloquence swept along their feelings and conviction.
الصفحة 99 - Every body knows that ants come out of their holes in the day-time, and expose to the sun the corn which they keep under ground in the night : those who have seen ant-hillocks, have easily perceived those small heaps of corn about their nests. What surprised me at first was, that my ants never brought out their corn, but in the night when the moon did shine...
الصفحة 39 - They both complimented me, in the highest terms, on my essay, which, they said, was a book they always kept by them; and the king said he had one copy of it at Kew, and another in town, and immediately went and took it down from a shelf. I found it was the second edition. 'I never stole a book but one,' said his Majesty, ' and that was yours (speaking to me) ; I stole it from the queen, to give it to Lord Hertford to read.
الصفحة 98 - ... and from the walls, which, together with the earth formerly imbibed with water, made a kind of a dry and barren soil. That place lying to the south, and out of the...
الصفحة 58 - Essay, which they said was a book they always kept by them : and the King said he had one copy of it at Kew, and another in town, and immediately went and took it down from a shelf. I found it was the second edition. ' I never stole a book but once,' said his Majesty, ' and that was yours,' (speaking to me) : ' I stole it from the Queen, to give it to Lord Hertford to read.
الصفحة 61 - Pilkington having inquired of her where she gained this prodigious knowledge, she modestly replied, that when she could spare time from her needlework, to which she was closely kept by her mother, she had received some little instruction from the minister of the parish.
الصفحة 99 - I did not know it by experience, is, that those ants knew, some days after, that they had nothing to fear, and began to lay out their corn in the sun. However, I perceived...