La Belle Assemblée, כרך 18J. Bell, 1818 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 70
עמוד 3
... Nature endowed her Prince Regent and a numerous list of per- with an uncommon share of intellect ; and sons of distinction . Mr Elliston engaged such was her nicety of ear to music , in her for a few nights at Birmingham , where which ...
... Nature endowed her Prince Regent and a numerous list of per- with an uncommon share of intellect ; and sons of distinction . Mr Elliston engaged such was her nicety of ear to music , in her for a few nights at Birmingham , where which ...
עמוד 6
... nature had impressed itself on the genius of that child ; and relieving the pa- rent of his ( to him ) useless son , and the son from the unaspiring father , he assisted La Caille in his pursuit , and the event com- pletely justified ...
... nature had impressed itself on the genius of that child ; and relieving the pa- rent of his ( to him ) useless son , and the son from the unaspiring father , he assisted La Caille in his pursuit , and the event com- pletely justified ...
עמוד 8
... nature , amongst the most stupen- dous belonging to this class ; and as I commenced my history of land quadrupeds with the horse , so , amongst the amphibious , I shall first introduce to your notice THE HIPPOPOTAMUS , OR RIVER HORSE ...
... nature , amongst the most stupen- dous belonging to this class ; and as I commenced my history of land quadrupeds with the horse , so , amongst the amphibious , I shall first introduce to your notice THE HIPPOPOTAMUS , OR RIVER HORSE ...
עמוד 9
... nature has gifted him with a power of deceiving and catching his victims by a peculiar sagacity , and also in the colour of his body , which resembles an old trunk of a tree ; and by floating on the surface , and concealing his head and ...
... nature has gifted him with a power of deceiving and catching his victims by a peculiar sagacity , and also in the colour of his body , which resembles an old trunk of a tree ; and by floating on the surface , and concealing his head and ...
עמוד 19
... nature has it in her power to bestow , and that education can refine , she formed a determination of re- nouncing that society to which she was an ornament , to go and live a retired life on an estate that had been settled on her by her ...
... nature has it in her power to bestow , and that education can refine , she formed a determination of re- nouncing that society to which she was an ornament , to go and live a retired life on an estate that had been settled on her by her ...
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 58 - The growth of coral appears to cease when the worm is no longer exposed to the washing of the sea. Thus a reef rises in the form of a cauliflower, till its top has gained the level of the highest tides, above which the worm has no power to advance, and the reef of course no longer extends itself upwards. The...
עמוד 112 - Now nature is not at variance with art, nor art with nature ; they being both servants of his providence. Art is the perfection of nature. Were the world now as it was the sixth day, there were yet a chaos. Nature hath made one world, and art another. In brief, all things are artificial ; for nature is the art of God...
עמוד 233 - Mecklenburg with desolation. I know, Sire, that it seems unbecoming my sex, in this age of vicious refinement, to feel for one's country, to lament the horrors of war, or wish for the return of peace. I know you may think it more properly my province to study the...
עמוד 178 - There is a mystic thread of life So dearly wreathed with mine alone, That destiny's relentless knife At once must sever both or none. There is a form on which these eyes Have often gazed with fond delight ; By day that form their joy supplies, And dreams restore it through the night. There is...
עמוד 56 - Come, my friends, we will drink together. It is now forty years since I worked like you, at this Press, as a journeyman Printer.
עמוד 58 - The examination of a coral reef, during the different stages of one tide, is particularly interesting. When the tide has left it for some time, it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and...
עמוד 319 - I returned home almost in desperation. When I opened the door of my study, where Lavater alone could have found a library, the first object which presented itself was an immense folio of a brief, twenty golden guineas wrapped up beside it, and the name of Old Bob Lyons marked upon the back of it. I paid my landlady — bought a good dinner — gave Bob Lyons a share of it — and that dinner was the date of my prosperity.
עמוד 58 - ... invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time, the whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common...