The Child at Home, Tom 1Clarke and Wilson, 1842 |
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... miles of the border , when they were overtaken by Percy , who attacked the camp by night with great fury , but having made the assault on the quarter belonging to the common men , it gave time to the Scotch to equip themselves , when ...
... miles of the border , when they were overtaken by Percy , who attacked the camp by night with great fury , but having made the assault on the quarter belonging to the common men , it gave time to the Scotch to equip themselves , when ...
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... miles . Dr. Halley's comet is another remarkable one , and derived its name from his having predicted its return . It had been observed with accuracy in 1607 and 1682 ; and a comet had been noticed in 1305 , 1456 , and 1531. Halley ...
... miles . Dr. Halley's comet is another remarkable one , and derived its name from his having predicted its return . It had been observed with accuracy in 1607 and 1682 ; and a comet had been noticed in 1305 , 1456 , and 1531. Halley ...
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... miles nearer to us than the nearest of the stars . The sun is surrounded by eleven bodies , called planets ; which revolve , or go round him , as their centre in a greater or less period of time , according to their greater or less ...
... miles nearer to us than the nearest of the stars . The sun is surrounded by eleven bodies , called planets ; which revolve , or go round him , as their centre in a greater or less period of time , according to their greater or less ...
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... miles to fetch any- thing from the nearest village , which was full seven miles distant , through a sad miry way that at all times made it heavy walking , and after rain was almost impassible . But he had no horse or carriage of his own ...
... miles to fetch any- thing from the nearest village , which was full seven miles distant , through a sad miry way that at all times made it heavy walking , and after rain was almost impassible . But he had no horse or carriage of his own ...
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... mile is as good as four , I have heard my father say , in those parts . My mother , who in the early part of her life had lived in a more civilized spot , and had been used to constant church - going , would often lament her situation ...
... mile is as good as four , I have heard my father say , in those parts . My mother , who in the early part of her life had lived in a more civilized spot , and had been used to constant church - going , would often lament her situation ...
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Strona 112 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come again to my father's house in peace ; then shall the Lord be my God : and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house : and of all that thou shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Strona 6 - Is it far away, in some region old, Where the rivers wander o'er sands of gold — Where the burning rays of the ruby shine, And the diamond lights up the secret mine, And the pearl gleams forth from the coral strand — Is it there, sweet mother, that better land ? " " Not there, not there, my child...
Strona 64 - Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles ; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way : thus Esau despised his birthright.
Strona 65 - And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
Strona 109 - IT is the first mild day of March : Each minute sweeter than before The redbreast sings from the tall larch That stands beside our door. There is a blessing in the air, Which seems a sense, of joy to yield To the bare trees, and mountains bare, And grass in the green Held.
Strona 6 - I HEAR thee speak of the better land, Thou call'st its children a happy band ; Mother! oh, where is that radiant shore? Shall we not seek it, and weep no more? Is it where the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies glance through the myrtle boughs ?" — " Not there, not there, my child...
Strona 41 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Strona 62 - A rose's brief, bright life of joy, Such unto him was given ; Go — thou must play alone, my boy ! Thy brother is in heaven.
Strona 52 - Priestman, you style this a dull conversation, and endeavour to divert my mind from dwelling upon death, but I entertain very different sentiments. Death has no terrors for me : it is an event I always look to with cheerfulness, if not with pleasure ; and be assured, the subject is more grateful to me than any other.
Strona 49 - I wake ; Bright legions swarm unseen, and sing, unheard By mortal ear, the glorious Architect, In this his universal temple hung With lustres, with innumerable lights, That shed religion on the soul ; at once, The temple, and the preacher ! O how loud It calls devotion ! genuine growth of night ! Devotion ! daughter of astronomy ! An undevout astronomer is mad.