Time's TelescopeSherwood, Gilbert, and Piper., 1830 - Almanacs, English |
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Page 34
The cake was covered with a napkin , and the dish having been turned round two
or three times to prevent all idea of fraud or favor , the child distributed the
portions . The first drawn was that for the poor ' ; this was immediately given to the
...
The cake was covered with a napkin , and the dish having been turned round two
or three times to prevent all idea of fraud or favor , the child distributed the
portions . The first drawn was that for the poor ' ; this was immediately given to the
...
Page 96
These tables which are sometimes round and sometimes square , are for the use
of guests , either to take refreshments , or for pamphlets and newspapers .
Sometimes on each table there is a circle of handsome odoriferous plants , such
as ...
These tables which are sometimes round and sometimes square , are for the use
of guests , either to take refreshments , or for pamphlets and newspapers .
Sometimes on each table there is a circle of handsome odoriferous plants , such
as ...
Page 113
He , however , promised them that he would be their master , and told them to
follow him : he then ascended into his carriage , round which the Swiss ranged
themselves , and conducted him to his house , where he is guarded as sovereign
.
He , however , promised them that he would be their master , and told them to
follow him : he then ascended into his carriage , round which the Swiss ranged
themselves , and conducted him to his house , where he is guarded as sovereign
.
Page 125
tude , supplying materials for speculation , on the probable purposes for which
such a zone of light was ordained to circulate round the central orb . It is worthy of
remark , that this stupendous and singular system of Saturn , ( its orb , ring and ...
tude , supplying materials for speculation , on the probable purposes for which
such a zone of light was ordained to circulate round the central orb . It is worthy of
remark , that this stupendous and singular system of Saturn , ( its orb , ring and ...
Page 135
The women spin , and with the children , who sit round the hearth , listen
attentively to the conversation . If any one of the family can read , he consults the
almanack and its predictions , or relates some wonderful stories related by
charlatans ...
The women spin , and with the children , who sit round the hearth , listen
attentively to the conversation . If any one of the family can read , he consults the
almanack and its predictions , or relates some wonderful stories related by
charlatans ...
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Page 323 - Come to the bridal chamber, death ! Come to the mother when she feels For the first time her firstborn's breath ; — Come when the blessed seals Which close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities wail its stroke...
Page 306 - A man of a polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures that the vulgar are not capable of receiving. He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. He meets with a secret refreshment in a description, and often feels a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in the possession.
Page 323 - Joy of her young years, Thinks of thy fate and checks her tears. And she, the mother of thy boys. Though in her eye and faded cheek Is read the grief she will not speak, The memory of her buried Joys, And even she who gave thee birth, Will by their pilgrim-circled hearth Talk of thy doom without a sigh: For thou art freedom's now and fame's, One of the few, the immortal names, That were not born to die.
Page 208 - God, the life and light Of all this wondrous world we, see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from thee; Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine! When day, with farewell beam, delays Among the opening clouds of even, And we can almost think we gaze Through golden vistas into heaven, Those hues, that make the sun's decline So soft, so radiant, Lord! are thine.
Page 54 - Anon his heart revives: her vespers done, Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees; Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one; Loosens her fragrant bodice; by degrees Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees: Half-hidden, like a mermaid in seaweed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees, In fancy, fair St.
Page 186 - Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
Page 60 - In the first sense, sir, the charge is too trifling to be confuted, and deserves only to be mentioned that it may be despised.
Page 60 - ... have subsided. The wretch who, after having seen the consequences of a thousand errors, continues still to blunder, and whose age has only added obstinacy to stupidity, is surely the object either of abhorrence or contempt, and deserves not that his gray hairs should secure him from insult.
Page 53 - St Agnes' Eve — Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold ; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold : Numb were the Beadsman's fingers, while he told His rosary, and while his frosted breath, Like pious incense from a censer old, Seem'd taking flight for heaven, without a death, Past the sweet Virgin's picture, while his prayer he saith...
Page 73 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride. His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God !