The Little World of London: Or, Pictures in Little of London LifeA. Hall, Virtue and Company, 1857 - 408 pagina's |
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... perhaps abutting on the river , or ending in some wilderness of building - ground , one comes occasionally upon a wandering company of acrobats , conjurors , or jugglers , or all three united . They are dressed from head to foot in a ...
... perhaps abutting on the river , or ending in some wilderness of building - ground , one comes occasionally upon a wandering company of acrobats , conjurors , or jugglers , or all three united . They are dressed from head to foot in a ...
Pagina 10
... perhaps the whole day in the contemplation of this gratuitous gallery , which , having the charm of novelty , recommends itself to them more than do the rooms of the National Collection or the long chambers of the British Museum ...
... perhaps the whole day in the contemplation of this gratuitous gallery , which , having the charm of novelty , recommends itself to them more than do the rooms of the National Collection or the long chambers of the British Museum ...
Pagina 13
... perhaps . But I see a good deal of human life and human nature , and other nature too , without being a philosopher ; and there is many a story I could tell that is well worth the telling , if I knew how to tell a story to purpose . I ...
... perhaps . But I see a good deal of human life and human nature , and other nature too , without being a philosopher ; and there is many a story I could tell that is well worth the telling , if I knew how to tell a story to purpose . I ...
Pagina 32
... perhaps we speculate for a moment on their fate , and ask how many of them has the past week , or the past year , consigned to an oblivion of which the present moment is so suggestive a type . But we feel instinctively that such a ...
... perhaps we speculate for a moment on their fate , and ask how many of them has the past week , or the past year , consigned to an oblivion of which the present moment is so suggestive a type . But we feel instinctively that such a ...
Pagina 39
... perhaps a century's growth , whose leaves rustle pleasantly in hot summer - time , and whose leafless boughs in the winter are the parliament of the sparrows of the ward , which are observed to sit there in deafening convocation daily ...
... perhaps a century's growth , whose leaves rustle pleasantly in hot summer - time , and whose leafless boughs in the winter are the parliament of the sparrows of the ward , which are observed to sit there in deafening convocation daily ...
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Pagina 349 - Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill; Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!
Pagina 407 - NOT in the solitude Alone may man commune with Heaven, or see, Only in savage wood And sunny vale, the present Deity ; Or only hear his voice Where the winds whisper and the waves rejoice. Even here do I behold Thy steps, Almighty ! — here, amidst the crowd Through the great city rolled, With everlasting murmur deep and loud — Choking the ways that wind 'Mongst the proud piles, the work of human kind.
Pagina 15 - METEYARD'S (ELIZA) DOCTOR'S LITTLE DAUGHTER. The Story of a Child's Life amidst the Woods and Hills. With numerous Illustrations by HARVEY. Foolscap, cloth, gilt edges, 7s.
Pagina 19 - Word from the Greek, Latin, Saxon, German, Teutonic, Dutch, French, Spanish, and other Languages ; with their present Acceptation and Pronunciation.
Pagina 379 - Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse: And now they change ; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues •*> With a new colour as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, — till — 'tis gone — and all is gray.
Pagina 9 - BARTLETT (WH),— FOOTSTEPS OF OUR LORD AND HIS APOSTLES, in Syria, Greece, and Italy. A succession of Visits to the Scenes of New Testament Narrative. With Twenty-three Steel Engravings, and several Woodcuts. Third Edition, super-royal 8vo. cloth, gilt edges, 124.; morocco elegant, 21s. • FORTY DAYS IN THE DESERT...
Pagina 9 - Forty Days in the Desert on the Track of the ISRAELITES: or, a Journey from Cairo to Mount Sinai and Petra.
Pagina 17 - OUR FATHER ; A MANUAL OF FAMILY PRAYERS for General and Special Occasions, with Short Prayers for Spare Minutes, and Passages for Reflection.
Pagina 24 - THE CELT, THE ROMAN, AND THE SAXON; a History of the Early Inhabitants of Britain down to the Conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. Illustrated by the Ancient Remains brought to light by Recent Research. By Thomas Wright, MA, FSA, &c., &c.
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