The Recreations of Christopher North, Zväzok 2William Blackwood & sons, 1842 |
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Strana 11
... stars of heaven . The silent stars ! oft did he take delight To measure the altitude of some tall crag , That is the eagle's birthplace , " & c . So it was with us . Give us but a base and a quadrant —and when a student in Jemmy ...
... stars of heaven . The silent stars ! oft did he take delight To measure the altitude of some tall crag , That is the eagle's birthplace , " & c . So it was with us . Give us but a base and a quadrant —and when a student in Jemmy ...
Strana 31
... stars that was on the wing of life — he must be a rare astronomer . " High from the summit of a craggy cliff Hung o'er the deep , such as amazing frown On utmost Kilda's shore , whose lonely race Resign the setting sun to Indian worlds ...
... stars that was on the wing of life — he must be a rare astronomer . " High from the summit of a craggy cliff Hung o'er the deep , such as amazing frown On utmost Kilda's shore , whose lonely race Resign the setting sun to Indian worlds ...
Strana 32
... Star " but dare to look at us , and we will tear the " meteor standard to the winds unfurled " from his cloudy hands . There you stand - and were you to rear your summits much higher into heaven you would alarm the hidden stars . Yet we ...
... Star " but dare to look at us , and we will tear the " meteor standard to the winds unfurled " from his cloudy hands . There you stand - and were you to rear your summits much higher into heaven you would alarm the hidden stars . Yet we ...
Strana 40
... stars . Many a cave we know of - cool by day , and warm by night - how they happen to be so , we cannot tell- where no man but ourselves ever slept , or ever will sleep ; and sometimes , on startling a doe at evening in a thicket , we ...
... stars . Many a cave we know of - cool by day , and warm by night - how they happen to be so , we cannot tell- where no man but ourselves ever slept , or ever will sleep ; and sometimes , on startling a doe at evening in a thicket , we ...
Strana 47
... stars . The dawn is softly - slowly - stealing upon day ; for the uprisen sun , though here the edge of his disc as yet be invisible , is diffusing abroad " the sweet hour of prime , " and all the eastern region is tinged with crimson ...
... stars . The dawn is softly - slowly - stealing upon day ; for the uprisen sun , though here the edge of his disc as yet be invisible , is diffusing abroad " the sweet hour of prime , " and all the eastern region is tinged with crimson ...
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Strana 134 - Live you ? or are you aught That man may question ? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying Upon her skinny lips. — You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so.
Strana 59 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Strana 379 - When they had heard the king they departed; and lo the star, which they saw in the east, went before them till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
Strana 350 - So still an image of tranquillity, So calm and still, and looked so beautiful Amid the uneasy thoughts which filled my mind...
Strana 27 - Bear me to the heart of France Is the longing of the shield — Tell thy name, thou trembling field! Field of death, where'er thou be, Groan thou with our victory! Happy day, and mighty hour, When our shepherd, in his power, Mailed and horsed with lance and sword, To his ancestors restored, Like a re-appearing star, Like a glory from afar, First shall head the flock of war!
Strana 377 - Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale, Yet will I fear none ill ; For thou art with me ; and thy rod And staff me comfort still.
Strana 347 - She was a woman of a steady mind, Tender and deep in her excess of love, Not speaking much, pleased rather with the joy Of her own thoughts : by some especial care Her temper had been framed, as if to make A being — who by adding love to peace Might live on earth a life of happiness.
Strana 197 - That, in the merry months o' spring, Delighted me to hear thee sing, What comes o
Strana 332 - Lastly, whatsoever in religion is holy and sublime, in virtue amiable or grave, whatsoever hath passion or admiration in all the changes of that which is called fortune from without, or the wily subtleties and refluxes of man's thoughts from within ; all these things with a solid and treatable smoothness to paint out and describe.
Strana 332 - ... to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility, to allay the perturbations of the mind, and set the affections in right tune; to celebrate in glorious and lofty hymns the throne and equipage of God's almightiness, and what he works, and what he suffers to be wrought with high providence in his church...