The Monthly Repository and Library of Entertaining Knowledge, Volumen4Francis S. Wiggins, 1834 |
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... miles in circumference , which , from the beau- ty and luxuriance of its shores and the picturesqueness of its scattered islands , is perhaps unrivalled even in the Mediterranean . The view of the city from the head of the bay , when ...
... miles in circumference , which , from the beau- ty and luxuriance of its shores and the picturesqueness of its scattered islands , is perhaps unrivalled even in the Mediterranean . The view of the city from the head of the bay , when ...
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... miles and a half ; its breadth is very unequal ; at the west end ( which , as in London , is now the fashionable part ) it is so much contracted between the hills of Vomero and Belvedere and the sea , as only to allow of one or two ...
... miles and a half ; its breadth is very unequal ; at the west end ( which , as in London , is now the fashionable part ) it is so much contracted between the hills of Vomero and Belvedere and the sea , as only to allow of one or two ...
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... miles . The ground it occupies is of course very uneven , which is the cause of some internal inconvenience and of ... mile , is the principal street in Naples , and , at least , one of the most populous , busy , and noisy streets in the ...
... miles . The ground it occupies is of course very uneven , which is the cause of some internal inconvenience and of ... mile , is the principal street in Naples , and , at least , one of the most populous , busy , and noisy streets in the ...
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... miles . In the construction of the houses , lava and volcanic debris are worked up with tufa . Blocks of la- va meet you every where . They are thrown into the sea to form piers and jettees , and the finer sorts furnish materials to ...
... miles . In the construction of the houses , lava and volcanic debris are worked up with tufa . Blocks of la- va meet you every where . They are thrown into the sea to form piers and jettees , and the finer sorts furnish materials to ...
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... miles in a second of time . By this means the inconvenience that would result from a slower progress of light is obviated , and the kindly effects of this inestimable and indispensable blessing are conveyed to us in an instant . The ...
... miles in a second of time . By this means the inconvenience that would result from a slower progress of light is obviated , and the kindly effects of this inestimable and indispensable blessing are conveyed to us in an instant . The ...
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Página 30 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...
Página 407 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin; and yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Página 34 - They joined in desiring him to speak his mind, and gathering round him, he proceeded as follows; "Friends," says he, and neighbours, "the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the Government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly; and from these taxes the commissioners cannot...
Página 333 - To be a brother to the insensible rock And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain Turns with his share and treads upon : the oak Shall send his roots abroad and pierce thy mould.
Página 257 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Página 72 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Página 407 - To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man; To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; And to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
Página 370 - No endless night, yet not eternal day; The saddest birds a season find to sing, The roughest storm a calm may soon allay: Thus, with succeeding turns, God tempereth all, That man may hope to rise, yet fear to fall.
Página 333 - Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods, rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and poured round all Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Página 334 - The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom.