The Leisure Hour: An Illustrated Magazine for Home Reading, Volumen2W. Stevens, printer, 1853 |
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... Gisborne , one of these gentlemen , has since published , in the form of a journal and an official report , the result of their explorations . * By following the steps of these enterprising travellers , we shall be able to pick up many ...
... Gisborne , one of these gentlemen , has since published , in the form of a journal and an official report , the result of their explorations . * By following the steps of these enterprising travellers , we shall be able to pick up many ...
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... Gisborne , cutting a path through the woods with a matcheto ; Forde , compass in hand , directing the route . It took us nearly two hours to reach the first hill - top , which | was determined by barometric observations to be 220 feet ...
... Gisborne , cutting a path through the woods with a matcheto ; Forde , compass in hand , directing the route . It took us nearly two hours to reach the first hill - top , which | was determined by barometric observations to be 220 feet ...
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... Gisborne's description that the general character of the country is that of a flat plain , covered with valuable timber . The Savannah river has a depth of six fathoms at low water for a distance of seven miles from its mouth , while ...
... Gisborne's description that the general character of the country is that of a flat plain , covered with valuable timber . The Savannah river has a depth of six fathoms at low water for a distance of seven miles from its mouth , while ...
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... Gisborne's recent visit to the island of St. Thomas , he witnessed a remarkable instance of the depredations of this destructive insect , in the coaling wharf at the entrance of the harbour . This wharf was built about eight years ago ...
... Gisborne's recent visit to the island of St. Thomas , he witnessed a remarkable instance of the depredations of this destructive insect , in the coaling wharf at the entrance of the harbour . This wharf was built about eight years ago ...
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Página 189 - There is no death! What seems so is transition; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death.
Página 323 - A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
Página 75 - ... without remarking that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the...
Página 75 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Página 309 - The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours, I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth ! There, and prostrate there, I most unfeignedly recognize the Divine justice, and in some degree submit to it.
Página 309 - I impeach Warren Hastings of high crimes and misdemeanors. I impeach him in the name of the Commons' House of Parliament, whose trust he has betrayed.
Página 189 - In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife!
Página 189 - Heart within, and God o'erhead. Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time — Footprints that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Página 309 - I am alone. I have none to meet my enemies in the gate. Indeed, my lord, I greatly deceive myself, if, in this hard season, I would give a peck of refuse wheat for all that is called fame and honour in the world.
Página 309 - I live in an inverted order. They who ought to have succeeded me are gone before me. They who should have been to me as posterity are in the place of ancestors.