Littell's Living Age, Band 30Living Age Company, Incorporated, 1851 |
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... labor the platform on which Kilanea is situated , at a height of about 4000 feet above the sea , was at- tained . At this point Mauna Loa rose up in all its proportions . The whole dome appeared of a bronze color , and its uninterrupted ...
... labor the platform on which Kilanea is situated , at a height of about 4000 feet above the sea , was at- tained . At this point Mauna Loa rose up in all its proportions . The whole dome appeared of a bronze color , and its uninterrupted ...
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... labor and anxiety for the receipt of half the profits . " Dum dolet - while the sore pinches , then , " say the mediciners , " is II . W. C. will thank some one to inform him what the time to ask a fee . " But gentlefolks , mourning ...
... labor and anxiety for the receipt of half the profits . " Dum dolet - while the sore pinches , then , " say the mediciners , " is II . W. C. will thank some one to inform him what the time to ask a fee . " But gentlefolks , mourning ...
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... labor , the open sea was entered an ocean lake , as it were , of vast extent , surrounded by ice . Here , in thirty - two days , a full cargo was captured , and the sea explored for a distance , in a direct line , of 300 miles - the ...
... labor , the open sea was entered an ocean lake , as it were , of vast extent , surrounded by ice . Here , in thirty - two days , a full cargo was captured , and the sea explored for a distance , in a direct line , of 300 miles - the ...
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... labor at the time when such a construction was achieved ! The government engineer calculates that , taking the length of the bank at six miles , its height at sixty feet , and its breadth at two hundred at the base , tapering to twenty ...
... labor at the time when such a construction was achieved ! The government engineer calculates that , taking the length of the bank at six miles , its height at sixty feet , and its breadth at two hundred at the base , tapering to twenty ...
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... labor , as though there were a heroism ( who says there is not ? ) in facing it manfully . At the commencement of the third year I missed one of the cornets - à - piston ; and knew within a month after , by the appearance of a ligature ...
... labor , as though there were a heroism ( who says there is not ? ) in facing it manfully . At the commencement of the third year I missed one of the cornets - à - piston ; and knew within a month after , by the appearance of a ligature ...
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Seite 276 - ... voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Seite 35 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Seite 185 - Yet nature is made better by no mean, But nature makes that mean: so, o'er that art, Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes. You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race: this is an art Which does mend nature, — change it rather; but The art itself is nature.
Seite 131 - I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord of all, And faintly trust the larger hope.
Seite 334 - mid cloisters dim, And saw nought lovely but the sky and stars. But thou, my babe ! shalt wander like a breeze By lakes and sandy shores, beneath the crags Of ancient mountain, and beneath the clouds Which image in their bulk both lakes and shores And mountain crags...
Seite 171 - Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends ! Hath he not always treasures, always friends, The good great man ? Three treasures, love, and light, And calm thoughts regular as infant's breath : And three firm friends, more sure than day and night, Himself, his Maker, and the angel Death.
Seite 25 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Seite 276 - And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And, if I give thee honor due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew...
Seite 89 - The tremendous sea itself, when I could find sufficient pause to look at it, in the agitation of the blinding wind, the flying stones and sand, and the awful noise, confounded me. As the high watery walls came rolling in, and, at their highest, tumbled into surf, they looked as if the least would engulf the town.
Seite 334 - Thou faery voyager ! that dost float In such clear water, that thy boat May rather seem To brood on air than on an earthly stream ; Suspended in a stream as clear as sky, Where earth and heaven do make one imagery; 0 blessed vision ! happy child ! Thou art so exquisitely wild, 1 think of thee with many fears For what may be thy lot in future years.