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... mind , from the very title - page , is among the billows of the Atlantic and the islands of the Caribs ; and he does ... minds , we feel how necessary it was to tell , and how grateful it is to know , all that can now be known of the ...
... mind , from the very title - page , is among the billows of the Atlantic and the islands of the Caribs ; and he does ... minds , we feel how necessary it was to tell , and how grateful it is to know , all that can now be known of the ...
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... mind . The coast here described as so po- pulous and animated , rejoicing in the visit of the discoverers , is the same that extends westward of the city of Trinidad , along the gulf of Xagua . All is now silent and deserted ...
... mind . The coast here described as so po- pulous and animated , rejoicing in the visit of the discoverers , is the same that extends westward of the city of Trinidad , along the gulf of Xagua . All is now silent and deserted ...
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... mind could he have known that he had indeed discovered a new continent , equal to the whole of the old world in magnitude , and separated by two vast oceans from all the earth hitherto known by civilized man ! And how would his magnani ...
... mind could he have known that he had indeed discovered a new continent , equal to the whole of the old world in magnitude , and separated by two vast oceans from all the earth hitherto known by civilized man ! And how would his magnani ...
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... mind bends to the law of necessity , and is accustomed to accommodate itself to the restraints im- posed upon it . But the artificial distinctions which would thus isolate one class or order of men from another , and enable a single ...
... mind bends to the law of necessity , and is accustomed to accommodate itself to the restraints im- posed upon it . But the artificial distinctions which would thus isolate one class or order of men from another , and enable a single ...
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... mind very forcibly , that the character and situation of the natives of these great countries are exceedingly little known , and in many instances grossly misrepresented , not only by the English public in general , but by a great ...
... mind very forcibly , that the character and situation of the natives of these great countries are exceedingly little known , and in many instances grossly misrepresented , not only by the English public in general , but by a great ...
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Side 193 - 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.
Side 15 - London's Encyclopaedia of Agriculture: comprising the Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Productions of Agriculture. With 1,100 Woodcuts. 8vo. 31s. 6d. London's Encyclopaedia of Gardening : comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape Gardening.
Side 282 - Are we a piece of machinery, which, like the /Eolian harp, passive, takes the impression of the passing accident ; or do these workings argue something within us above the trodden clod ? I own myself partial to such proofs of those awful and important realities : a God that made all things, man's immaterial and immortal nature, and a world of weal or wo beyond death and the grave.
Side 289 - A wish (I mind its power), A wish, that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast, — That I, for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan or book could make, Or sing a sang at least.
Side 9 - The breeze had been fresh all day, with more sea than usual, and they had made great progress. At sunset they had stood again to the west, and were ploughing the waves at a rapid rate, the Pinta keeping the lead, from her superior sailing. The greatest animation prevailed throughout the ships ; not an eye was closed that night. As the evening darkened, Columbus took his station on the top of the castle or cabin on the high poop of his vessel.
Side 178 - What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarcely be folly in that of a great kingdom.
Side 61 - LANZI'S History of Painting In Italy, from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the i8th Century.
Side 297 - ... their time and country, he expressed himself with perfect firmness, but without the least intrusive forwardness ; and when he differed in opinion, he did not hesitate to express it firmly, yet at the same time with modesty. I do not remember any part of his conversation distinctly enough to be quoted ; nor did I ever see him again, except in the street, where he did not recognise me, as I could not expect he should. He was much caressed in Edinburgh : but (considering what literary emoluments...
Side 297 - I never saw a man in company with his superiors in station or information more perfectly free from either the reality or the affectation of embarrassment. I was told, but did not observe it, that his address to females was extremely deferential, and always with a turn either to the pathetic or humorous, which engaged their attention particularly. I have heard the late Duchess of Gordon remark this. — I do not know anything I can add to these recollections of forty years since...
Side 282 - I have some favourite flowers in spring, among which are the mountain-daisy, the hare-bell, the fox-glove, the wild-brier rose, the budding birch, and the hoary hawthorn, that I view and hang over with particular delight.