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CONTENTS OF VOL . V. Ancient Irish Church , The Assuerus Boyhood amid Strange Scenes Bush Wedding in Australia Columbus at San Salvador Consequence of Popularity Curiosities of Science Cure of La Vendée , The 1 Dream of an Iceberg , A ...
CONTENTS OF VOL . V. Ancient Irish Church , The Assuerus Boyhood amid Strange Scenes Bush Wedding in Australia Columbus at San Salvador Consequence of Popularity Curiosities of Science Cure of La Vendée , The 1 Dream of an Iceberg , A ...
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... ASSUERUS . I. THE MAGII . Ir is a summer midnight , thousands of years gone by ; and the clear Assyrian firmament domes over the solitude of the Babylonian plain , spangled with innumerable constellations , which , seeming to hang in ...
... ASSUERUS . I. THE MAGII . Ir is a summer midnight , thousands of years gone by ; and the clear Assyrian firmament domes over the solitude of the Babylonian plain , spangled with innumerable constellations , which , seeming to hang in ...
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... penetrated the mysteries of the stars with a clearer faculty than even the watchers of those plains , many secrets have I learned ; but from my own power , still more . Much as I have travelled 92 [ February , ASSUERUS .
... penetrated the mysteries of the stars with a clearer faculty than even the watchers of those plains , many secrets have I learned ; but from my own power , still more . Much as I have travelled 92 [ February , ASSUERUS .
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... of Belus , at Babylon , seems to have resembled a Chinese temple - a series of vast square earthworks and esplanades , lessening towards the summit . there , conspicuous appear the lesser , but still vast 1864. ] 93 ASSUERUS .
... of Belus , at Babylon , seems to have resembled a Chinese temple - a series of vast square earthworks and esplanades , lessening towards the summit . there , conspicuous appear the lesser , but still vast 1864. ] 93 ASSUERUS .
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... Assuerus occupied an eminence , which , sloping to the river eastward its sumptuous pleasure grounds and pavillioned courts , was encircled toward the west by numerous avenues of dark , gigantic cypress and cedar . On each side of the ...
... Assuerus occupied an eminence , which , sloping to the river eastward its sumptuous pleasure grounds and pavillioned courts , was encircled toward the west by numerous avenues of dark , gigantic cypress and cedar . On each side of the ...
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Page 339 - Britain ; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America, Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever.
Page 232 - THERE'S no dew left on the daisies and clover, There's, no rain left in heaven : I've said my " seven times" over and over, Seven times one are seven. I am old, so old, I can write a letter ; My birthday lessons are done ; The lambs play always, they know no better ; They are only one times one.
Page 393 - A maiden never bold ; Of spirit so still and quiet, that her motion Blush'd at herself...
Page 233 - They are only one times one. 0 moon ! in the night I have seen you sailing And shining so round and low ; You were bright! ah, bright! but your light is failing — You are nothing now but a bow. You moon, have you done something wrong in heaven That God has hidden your face ? 1 hope if you have you will soon be forgiven And shine again in your place.
Page 334 - Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Page 339 - Britain, as being inseparably united and annexed thereunto ; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force...
Page 334 - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Page 139 - Clergymen" as you call them, in case you agree for a surrender, they shall march away safely, with their goods and what belongs to them : but if they fall otherwise into my hands, I believe they know what to expect from me.
Page 234 - By Thy last silence in the judgment-hall, By long foreknowledge of the deadly tree, By darkness, by the wormwood and the gall, I pray Thee visit me. Come, lest this heart should, cold and cast away, Die ere the guest adored she entertain — Lest eyes which never saw Thine earthly day Should miss Thy heavenly reign.
Page 339 - And be it further enacted and declared, by the authority aforesaid, that the house of lords of Ireland have not nor of right ought to have any jurisdiction to judge of, affirm, or reverse any...