The Illustrated London Reading BookPrinted and published at the office of The Illustrated London News, 1851 - English language - 264 pages |
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... bodies are bulky , they cannot consequently rise to any great height without difficulty ; but when once they gain a certain distance they fly easily , and some of them with rapidity . The number of feathers in the tail is always twelve ...
... bodies are bulky , they cannot consequently rise to any great height without difficulty ; but when once they gain a certain distance they fly easily , and some of them with rapidity . The number of feathers in the tail is always twelve ...
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... bodies of pilgrims for the Rath Justra , or Car Festival , which takes place in May or June . This is the principal festival , and the number of devo- tees varies from about 80,000 to 150,000 . No European , Mussulman , or low cast ...
... bodies of pilgrims for the Rath Justra , or Car Festival , which takes place in May or June . This is the principal festival , and the number of devo- tees varies from about 80,000 to 150,000 . No European , Mussulman , or low cast ...
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... body of its victim by means of two long sharp - pointed teeth or fangs , which grow one on each side of the fore- part of the upper jaw . The construc- tion of these teeth is very singular ; they are hollow for a portion of their length ...
... body of its victim by means of two long sharp - pointed teeth or fangs , which grow one on each side of the fore- part of the upper jaw . The construc- tion of these teeth is very singular ; they are hollow for a portion of their length ...
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... body , so that it may be secured for the recognition of friends ; and such is the effect of the cold , that the dead features gene- rally preserve their firmness for the space of two years . One of these noble creatures was decorated ...
... body , so that it may be secured for the recognition of friends ; and such is the effect of the cold , that the dead features gene- rally preserve their firmness for the space of two years . One of these noble creatures was decorated ...
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... body was laid out in the usual manner before burial , in an upper chamber of the house where she lived . The apostle Peter , to whom this pious woman had been well known , was then at Lydda , not far from Joppa , and the disciples sent ...
... body was laid out in the usual manner before burial , in an upper chamber of the house where she lived . The apostle Peter , to whom this pious woman had been well known , was then at Lydda , not far from Joppa , and the disciples sent ...
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Page 145 - Now strike the golden lyre again : A louder yet, and yet a louder strain ! Break his bands of sleep asunder And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark ! the horrid sound Has raised up his head : As awaked from the dead And amazed he stares around. Revenge, revenge...
Page 205 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God.
Page 186 - ... for expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one: but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Page 186 - Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them: for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them and above them, won by observation.
Page 190 - See through this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth! Above, how high progressive life may go ! Around, how wide ! how deep extend below ! Vast chain of being! which from God began; Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from infinite to thee; From thee to nothing...
Page 172 - By the festal cities' blaze, Whilst the wine-cup shines in light ; And yet amidst that joy and uproar Let us think of them that sleep, Full many a fathom deep, By thy wild and stormy steep, Elsinore...
Page 109 - You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet ; Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone? Of two such lessons, why forget The nobler and the manlier one?
Page 228 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse: which I, observing, Took once a pliant hour, and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart That. I would all my pilgrimage dilate...
Page 186 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy...
Page 203 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...