The Portfolio of Entertaining & Instructive Varieties in History, Literature, Fine Arts, Etc. ..., المجلد 6Duncombe., 1826 |
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الصفحة 11
... light elegance , betwixt the style of the Chinese and Hindoostanees . The markets plentifully supplied , and the great men living in a style of Asiatic luxury . There were no beggars , nor any person to be seen but who was comfortably ...
... light elegance , betwixt the style of the Chinese and Hindoostanees . The markets plentifully supplied , and the great men living in a style of Asiatic luxury . There were no beggars , nor any person to be seen but who was comfortably ...
الصفحة 19
... light of day review , Should many a tender tale be told , For many a tender tale is due . Langhorne . The castle of Abulmendera stands at the mouth of the Canopic branch of the ri- ver Nile ; it is large , and rudely formed of ancient ...
... light of day review , Should many a tender tale be told , For many a tender tale is due . Langhorne . The castle of Abulmendera stands at the mouth of the Canopic branch of the ri- ver Nile ; it is large , and rudely formed of ancient ...
الصفحة 21
... light , that must make any man of feeling regret such a generous , humane , and noble mind should ever have suffered itself to be led " Wild from wisdoms way " by an infuriated multitude and specious ideas of unbridled freedom which man ...
... light , that must make any man of feeling regret such a generous , humane , and noble mind should ever have suffered itself to be led " Wild from wisdoms way " by an infuriated multitude and specious ideas of unbridled freedom which man ...
الصفحة 31
... light , the cone of the flame ascending a foot and a half from the sur- face of the earth . It is not discoloured like that of sulphureous bodies , neither has it any offensive smell , nor do the fumes in their ascent betray any ...
... light , the cone of the flame ascending a foot and a half from the sur- face of the earth . It is not discoloured like that of sulphureous bodies , neither has it any offensive smell , nor do the fumes in their ascent betray any ...
الصفحة 35
... light . Every steam - packet should have a bel- frey , twelve feet high , in her bow , with two lights in it , to guard against one being blown out , and a regular watch- man should stand on each side , as in a ship of war : these rules ...
... light . Every steam - packet should have a bel- frey , twelve feet high , in her bow , with two lights in it , to guard against one being blown out , and a regular watch- man should stand on each side , as in a ship of war : these rules ...
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الصفحة 230 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
الصفحة 349 - It were all one, That I should love a bright particular star, And think to wed it, he is so above me : In his bright radiance and collateral light Must I be comforted, not in his sphere.
الصفحة 419 - Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days. The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.
الصفحة 126 - It is, methinks, a low and degrading idea of that sex, which was created to refine the joys, and soften the cares of humanity, by the most agreeable participation, to consider them merely as objects of sight. This is abridging them of their natural extent of power, to put them upon a level with their pictures at Kneller's.
الصفحة 69 - Majesty's commands in these premises may be duly regarded and observed, his further pleasure is, that the names of all such ecclesiastical persons as shall continue the present supine and slothful way of preaching, be, from time to time, signified to me, by the Vice-Chancellor for the time being, on pain of his Majesty's displeasure. l MONMOUTH."
الصفحة 69 - University, and therefore continues even before himself; his majesty bath commanded me to signify to you his pleasure, that the said practice, which took its beginning from the disorders of the late times, be wholly laid aside ; and that the said preachers deliver their sermons, both in Latin and English, by memory without...
الصفحة 148 - To be deserted by my fleet, in the face of an enemy, is a disgrace which, I believe, never before happened to a British admiral ; nor could I have supposed it possible. My greatest comfort under God is that I have been supported by the officers, seamen, and...
الصفحة 68 - Wholly unacquainted with the world in which they are so fond of meddling and inexperienced in all its affairs, on which they pronounce with so much confidence, they have nothing of politics but the passions they excite.
الصفحة 365 - She did so. In the mean time Abraham took a hammer, broke the idols in pieces, all excepting the largest, in whose hands he placed the instrument of destruction.
الصفحة 69 - You could not think of playing the orator, of studying your emphasis, cadence, and gesture : you would be yourself ; and the interesting nature of your subject impressing your heart, would furnish you with the most natural tone of voice, the most proper language, the most engaging features, and the most suitable and graceful gestures. What you would thus be in the parlour, be in the pulpit, and you will not fail to please, to affect, and to profit.