The Saturday Magazine, Volumes 16-17John William Parker, 1840 |
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... head , 177 Temple of Neptune at Corinth , re- mains of . 121 Theseus , 128 Pandrosus , at Athens , re- mains of , 209 Tewkesbury , abbey church at , 73 Theseus , temple of , 128 Timber , floating , in Lombardy , 9 Top of the pyramid of ...
... head , 177 Temple of Neptune at Corinth , re- mains of . 121 Theseus , 128 Pandrosus , at Athens , re- mains of , 209 Tewkesbury , abbey church at , 73 Theseus , temple of , 128 Timber , floating , in Lombardy , 9 Top of the pyramid of ...
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... head of this paper , are usually denominated the CHRONOLOGICAL AND COMMON NOTES of the Almanac or Calendar . THE CALENDAR is an adjustment of time , accord- ing to rule , for the use of society . The term " Calendar " is derived from an ...
... head of this paper , are usually denominated the CHRONOLOGICAL AND COMMON NOTES of the Almanac or Calendar . THE CALENDAR is an adjustment of time , accord- ing to rule , for the use of society . The term " Calendar " is derived from an ...
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... head must be erect ; the eyes directed straight forward towards a point of equal height with themselves ; and such is the rigour of military discipline , that no part of the body , not even the eyes , is allowed to move unless in ...
... head must be erect ; the eyes directed straight forward towards a point of equal height with themselves ; and such is the rigour of military discipline , that no part of the body , not even the eyes , is allowed to move unless in ...
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... head so perfectly , under the direc- tion of Nones , in coloured wax , that many who saw it mistook it for the real head . Zumbo secretly made another copy , which he took to France , and gave himself out to be the inventor of the art ...
... head so perfectly , under the direc- tion of Nones , in coloured wax , that many who saw it mistook it for the real head . Zumbo secretly made another copy , which he took to France , and gave himself out to be the inventor of the art ...
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... head was five guineas , which price increased with his repu- tation , until it rose at last to fifty guineas . When a visitor attended for a likeness , he submitted to him a portfolio of prints and sketches , in order that the sitter ...
... head was five guineas , which price increased with his repu- tation , until it rose at last to fifty guineas . When a visitor attended for a likeness , he submitted to him a portfolio of prints and sketches , in order that the sitter ...
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Page 52 - Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Page 132 - You haste away so soon; As yet the early-rising Sun Has not attain'd his noon. Stay, stay Until the hasting day Has run But to the even-song; And, having pray'd together, we Will go with you along. We have short time to stay, as you, We have as short a Spring ; As quick a growth to meet decay As you, or any thing. We die, As your hours do, and dry Away Like to the Summer's rain ; Or as the pearls of morning's dew, Ne'er to be found again.
Page 6 - I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphim : each one had six wings ; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said: — " Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts : the whole earth is full of His glory.
Page 119 - He that can apprehend and consider vice with all her baits and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain, and yet distinguish, and yet prefer that which is truly better, he is the true wayfaring Christian.
Page 122 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 59 - And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Page 172 - Here the gray smooth trunks Of ash, or lime, or beech, distinctly shine, Within the twilight of their distant shades ; There, lost behind a rising ground, the wood Seems sunk, and shorten'd to its topmost boughs. No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar...
Page 46 - PANSIES, Lilies, Kingcups, Daisies, Let them live upon their praises ; Long as there's a sun that sets Primroses will have their glory ; Long as there are Violets, They will have a place in story : There's a flower that shall be mine, Tis the little Celandine.
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Page 59 - And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.