New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 138Henry Colburn, 1866 |
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Pagina 9
... hours " in circumference . There are one or more pyramids , also sphinxes , parts of grand buildings , as well as many marble tables full of hieroglyphics , and for the history of Africa certainly very valuable . There is one ...
... hours " in circumference . There are one or more pyramids , also sphinxes , parts of grand buildings , as well as many marble tables full of hieroglyphics , and for the history of Africa certainly very valuable . There is one ...
Pagina 12
... hour the river leading from the Ocean to the Manica Gold Mines - which are the great mines of the country - the river Sabia ; and the large district adjoining Sofala , lying between the rivers Sabia and Sofala , has been ever since ...
... hour the river leading from the Ocean to the Manica Gold Mines - which are the great mines of the country - the river Sabia ; and the large district adjoining Sofala , lying between the rivers Sabia and Sofala , has been ever since ...
Pagina 23
... hours , at least . You or papa must fill up the whist - party . Hector , of course , will stow himself away in some corner with Minna . Ask the attorney - general , that agreeable bachelor who is Linda's declared suitor , and manage to ...
... hours , at least . You or papa must fill up the whist - party . Hector , of course , will stow himself away in some corner with Minna . Ask the attorney - general , that agreeable bachelor who is Linda's declared suitor , and manage to ...
Pagina 26
... hours . Hector severed poor Adela from Mentilla , and delivered her over , an unwilling victim , to Don Alonzo Alvaez , who gladly arranged a small bench for her and himself . " Linda , " said Hector , " make room for Colonel Mentilla ...
... hours . Hector severed poor Adela from Mentilla , and delivered her over , an unwilling victim , to Don Alonzo Alvaez , who gladly arranged a small bench for her and himself . " Linda , " said Hector , " make room for Colonel Mentilla ...
Pagina 27
... hour , When fairies leave their elfin bower To gambol on the dewy green , By mortal eyes alone unseen ; When sea - nymphs from their coral cells Ascend , in cars of motley shells , To wanton ' midst the waves above , And hail the sacred ...
... hour , When fairies leave their elfin bower To gambol on the dewy green , By mortal eyes alone unseen ; When sea - nymphs from their coral cells Ascend , in cars of motley shells , To wanton ' midst the waves above , And hail the sacred ...
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Adela admiration Alvaez ancient answered appearance arms asked aunt beauty Bella Broadfield Buckra Cairo called character Christine Church Clair Colonel Mentilla countess CXXXVIII daughter dear Dimsdale Don Alonzo dragoman dromedaries earl Evangeline exclaimed eyes face father fear feeling felt Floyd Gerace girl give gold Greek hand head heard heart Hector Herat honour Hospodars India Kandahar knew Lady Clarissa Lady Grace Lahore Linda Locri looked Lord Eustace marriage marry matter Merrivale mind Minna Miss Snigs Moldavia morning mother Mount Sinai mountain Multan nature never once Ophir party passed Peshawur Polypip poor possession present prince Punjab Red Sea remarked river Romania round ruins Russia scarcely sister smile Sofala soon soul stood tell things thought tion town truth Walachia whilst wish woman words young ladies
Populaire passages
Pagina 279 - And she may still exist in undiminished vigour when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's.
Pagina 485 - And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire : and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Pagina 51 - Iliacos intra muros peccatur et extra. rursus, quid virtus et quid sapientia possit, utile proposuit nobis exemplar Ulixen, qui domitor Troiae multorum providus urbes et mores hominum inspexit, latumque per aequor, 20 dum sibi, dum sociis reditum parat, aspera multa pertulit, adversis rerum inmersabilis undis.
Pagina 279 - ... and leave a desert in its room. What cities as great as this have once triumphed in existence, had their victories as great, joy as just and as unbounded, and with short-sighted presumption promised themselves immortality. Posterity can hardly trace the situation of some. The sorrowful traveller wanders over the awful ruins of others ; and as he beholds he learns wisdom, and feels the transience of every sublunary possession. Here...
Pagina 462 - The father of the gods his glory shrouds, Involved in tempests, and a night of clouds; And, from the middle darkness flashing out, By fits he deals his fiery bolts about.
Pagina 155 - A •ervant's strict regard for truth," said he, " must be weakened by such a practice. A philosopher may know that it is merely a form of denial ; but few servants are such nice distinguishers.
Pagina 165 - Some droll repartee passed, and much laughter was excited ; and if any individual lost his temper so far as to transgress the bounds of decorum, he was effectually checked by the master of the feast, who exerted a sort of paternal authority over this irritable tribe. The most learned philosopher of the whole collection, who had been expelled the university for atheism...
Pagina 279 - Is it possible that, in two or three hundred years, a few lean and half-naked fishermen may divide with owls and foxes the ruins of the greatest European cities — may wash their nets amidst the relics of her gigantic docks, and build their huts out of the capitals of her stately cathedrals ? If the principles of Mr.
Pagina 165 - In general, I do not draw well with literary men; not that I dislike them, but I never know what to say to them after I have praised their last publication.
Pagina 170 - I shun authors, and would never have been one myself, if it obliged me to keep such bad company. They are always in earnest, and think their profession serious, and dwell upon trifles, and reverence learning. I laugh at all those things, and write only to laugh at them and divert myself.