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... stone , and to execute all the roughest labours , while their steps are always weighed down by a chain of iron . Of all the slaves , these are the most unhappy . They have no bed to rest on , no clothes to wear , no food to support them ...
... stone , and to execute all the roughest labours , while their steps are always weighed down by a chain of iron . Of all the slaves , these are the most unhappy . They have no bed to rest on , no clothes to wear , no food to support them ...
Strona 42
... stone . The Italian language gives the name of intristito , saddened , to a tree or a field which , never seeing the sun . produces no fruit , and is clothed with no flowers ; the same name may be applied to a man whose mind is coldly ...
... stone . The Italian language gives the name of intristito , saddened , to a tree or a field which , never seeing the sun . produces no fruit , and is clothed with no flowers ; the same name may be applied to a man whose mind is coldly ...
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... stone - cutters . Considering the quantity of sculptured remains that had fallen from their original positions , and which were spread about the ruins in great profusion , I did not hesitate to appropriate such parts of them as seemed ...
... stone - cutters . Considering the quantity of sculptured remains that had fallen from their original positions , and which were spread about the ruins in great profusion , I did not hesitate to appropriate such parts of them as seemed ...
Strona 61
a vein running across the upper part of the stone , the head - dress of one of the figures was broken off in the operation . The Persians do not know the use of the saw in stone - cutting ; therefore my dissections were performed in a ...
a vein running across the upper part of the stone , the head - dress of one of the figures was broken off in the operation . The Persians do not know the use of the saw in stone - cutting ; therefore my dissections were performed in a ...
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... rest ; that they strayed into his yard ; and that they happened to be loaded with effects in precious stones , " and other articles of great value ; which , 62 AMEEN - AD - DOWLAH . Ameen-ad-Dowlah, the Vizier of Persia,
... rest ; that they strayed into his yard ; and that they happened to be loaded with effects in precious stones , " and other articles of great value ; which , 62 AMEEN - AD - DOWLAH . Ameen-ad-Dowlah, the Vizier of Persia,
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Strona 266 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States...
Strona 23 - How many are the days of the years of thy life? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have been the days of the years of my life...
Strona 245 - Frugality may be termed the daughter of prudence, the sister of temperance, and the parent of liberty. He that is extravagant will quickly become poor, and po'verty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption...
Strona 153 - And opened on a narrow green, Where weeping birch and willow round With their long fibres swept the ground; Here, for retreat in dangerous hour, Some chief had framed a rustic bower.
Strona 326 - For time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, And with his arms outstretch'd, as he would fly, Grasps in the comer : welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing.
Strona 269 - The Congress shall have Power 1 To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States...
Strona 141 - In short, every summer one lives in a state of mutiny and murmur, and I have found the reason: it is because we will affect to have a summer, and we have no title to any such thing. Our poets learnt their trade of the Romans, and so adopted the terms of their masters. They talk of shady groves, purling streams, and cooling breezes, and we get sore throats and agues with attempting to realize these visions.
Strona 269 - To borrow Money on the credit of the United States ; 3 To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes...
Strona 316 - ... sudden fits of inadvertency will surprise vigilance, slight avocations will seduce attention, and casual eclipses of the mind will darken learning; and that the writer shall often in vain trace his memory at the moment of need for that which yesterday he knew with intuitive readiness, and which will come uncalled into his thoughts tomorrow.
Strona 302 - And yet it fills me with wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best; whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once...