Methodist Magazine and Review, Volumen62W. Briggs., 1905 |
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... hundred miles from the fort . There was noth- ing to do but return . On February 3rd Hearne again set out with snow ... hundreds of savages ; but they plundered his ammunition and pur- loined his astronomical instruments . and again ...
... hundred miles from the fort . There was noth- ing to do but return . On February 3rd Hearne again set out with snow ... hundreds of savages ; but they plundered his ammunition and pur- loined his astronomical instruments . and again ...
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... hundred guns plorer's exultation . On July 17th , he stood on the shores of the Arctic Ocean - the first white man to reach it overland in America . Hearne for- mally took possession of the whole region for the Hudson's Bay Company ...
... hundred guns plorer's exultation . On July 17th , he stood on the shores of the Arctic Ocean - the first white man to reach it overland in America . Hearne for- mally took possession of the whole region for the Hudson's Bay Company ...
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... hundred years had baffled all search overland , and led the world's greatest explorers on a chase of a will - o ' - the - wisp . What Cartier and La Salle and Verendrye failed to do , Mackenzie had accom- plished . " But his position ...
... hundred years had baffled all search overland , and led the world's greatest explorers on a chase of a will - o ' - the - wisp . What Cartier and La Salle and Verendrye failed to do , Mackenzie had accom- plished . " But his position ...
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... hundred and ninety - three . " The return journey was , if possible , more difficult still . A half a continent of wilderness and mountains must be penetrated , but through pluck and perseverance the impossible was the one - hundredth ...
... hundred and ninety - three . " The return journey was , if possible , more difficult still . A half a continent of wilderness and mountains must be penetrated , but through pluck and perseverance the impossible was the one - hundredth ...
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... hundred years old , the hamlet is very small for its age . The quaint fishing village nestles amid the cliffs along the shore and climbs the rugged heights , pre- senting wonderfully picturesque con- fusion of rock and cabin , and , in ...
... hundred years old , the hamlet is very small for its age . The quaint fishing village nestles amid the cliffs along the shore and climbs the rugged heights , pre- senting wonderfully picturesque con- fusion of rock and cabin , and , in ...
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Página 165 - In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house, with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop, or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest.
Página 409 - I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night : ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Página 423 - ... so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit.
Página 409 - For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
Página 424 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Página 166 - Place, the elevated residence of the then Mr Jeffrey. I proposed that we should set up a Review ; this was acceded to with acclamation. I was appointed editor, and remained long enough in Edinburgh to edit the first number of the Edinburgh Review. The motto I proposed for the Review was, Tenui musam meditamur avena — " We cultivate literature upon a little oatmeal.
Página 538 - ... by a certain number of steps from a certain point, or at least so as that either his right or his left foot (I am not certain which) should constantly make the first actual movement when he came close to the door or passage. Thus I conjecture : for I have, upon innumerable occasions, observed him suddenly stop, and then seem to count his steps with a deep earnestness; and when he had neglected or gone wrong in this sort of magical movement...
Página 534 - Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, — Shakespeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, — Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. He has no second. He has distanced all his competitors so decidedly that it is not worth while to place them. Eclipse is first, and the rest nowhere.
Página 165 - Is it wonder, then, that every semi-delirious sectary who pours forth his animated nonsense with the genuine look and voice of passion should gesticulate away the congregation of the most profound and learned divine of the Established Church, and in two Sundays preach him bare to the very sexton...
Página 560 - Glory to God in highest heaven, Who unto man His Son hath given ! While angels sing with pious mirth A glad New Year to all the earth.