The Mirror of literature, amusement, and instruction [ed. by T. Byerley]. [Continued as] The MirrorThomas Byerley 1823 |
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... feet , and revolving twice in a minute , the space stepped over by each man is 2193 feet , or 731 yards per hour . To provide regular and suitable em- ployment for prisoners sentenced to hard labour , has been attended with considerable ...
... feet , and revolving twice in a minute , the space stepped over by each man is 2193 feet , or 731 yards per hour . To provide regular and suitable em- ployment for prisoners sentenced to hard labour , has been attended with considerable ...
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... feet and lower joints with a sort of boots , to prevent the ill effects of fatigue , while the peasant who conducts them goes bare - footed ! Had it not been for some Egyptian goddesses who fell in love with a bull , and the clan of ...
... feet and lower joints with a sort of boots , to prevent the ill effects of fatigue , while the peasant who conducts them goes bare - footed ! Had it not been for some Egyptian goddesses who fell in love with a bull , and the clan of ...
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... feet by 20 , and 14 feet high , divided into two stories ; the upper , in modern times , serving for a dwelling - house , the lower for a warehouse . It was in the ninth pier of the bridge . Under the stair- case was found the tomb of ...
... feet by 20 , and 14 feet high , divided into two stories ; the upper , in modern times , serving for a dwelling - house , the lower for a warehouse . It was in the ninth pier of the bridge . Under the stair- case was found the tomb of ...
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... feet long ; that it had a head , hair , arms , and body , down to the middle , like a human being ; that the arms were short in proportion to the body , which appeared to be about the thick- ness of that of a young lad , and taper- ing ...
... feet long ; that it had a head , hair , arms , and body , down to the middle , like a human being ; that the arms were short in proportion to the body , which appeared to be about the thick- ness of that of a young lad , and taper- ing ...
الصفحة 37
... feet upon it , but as described . It continued above water for a few minutes , and then dis- appeared . The Minister of Campbel- town , and the Chamberlain of Mull , attest his examination , and declare that they know no reason why his ...
... feet upon it , but as described . It continued above water for a few minutes , and then dis- appeared . The Minister of Campbel- town , and the Chamberlain of Mull , attest his examination , and declare that they know no reason why his ...
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الصفحة 83 - She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat, like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
الصفحة 253 - But yesterday, the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world : now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
الصفحة 267 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
الصفحة 321 - Yes ! where is he, the champion and the child Of all that's great or little, wise or wild ? Whose game was empires, and whose stakes were thrones ? Whose table earth — whose dice were human bones ? Behold the grand result in yon lone isle, And, as thy nature urges, weep or smile.
الصفحة 369 - And count the silent moments as they pass : The winged moments, whose unstaying speed No art can stop, or in their course arrest; Whose flight shall shortly count me with the dead, And lay me down in peace with them that rest.
الصفحة 144 - This night as ye use, Who shall for the present delight here ; Be a king by the lot, And who shall not Be Twelfe-day queene for the night here.
الصفحة 170 - Far, far aloof th' affrighted ravens sail ; The famish'd eagle screams, and passes by. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries — No more I weep. They do not sleep. On yonder cliffs, a...
الصفحة 326 - I feel Him in the gentle showers, The soft south wind, the breath of flowers, The sunshine and the shade. And yet (ungrateful that I am !) I've turned in sullen mood From all these things, whereof He said, When the great whole was finished, That they were
الصفحة 369 - Farewell, ye blooming fields ! ye cheerful plains ! Enough for me the churchyard's lonely mound, Where Melancholy with still Silence reigns, And the rank grass waves o'er the cheerless ground.
الصفحة 369 - Now Spring returns ; but not to me returns The vernal joy my better years have known ; Dim in my breast life's dying taper burns, And all the joys of life with health are flown.