The Monthly critical gazette, Volumen1Knight and Lacey, 1824 |
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... effect produced by these sculptured miracles has not , certainly , been commensurate with what might naturally be expected from the astounding sublimity of the cause . The circle of interest , indeed , widens daily ; and Captain ...
... effect produced by these sculptured miracles has not , certainly , been commensurate with what might naturally be expected from the astounding sublimity of the cause . The circle of interest , indeed , widens daily ; and Captain ...
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... effect . Not a Bedouin was to be seen . What most gratified me was , the sight of the Turkish soldiery : there was a large body in garrison here ; a division of that army which had been sent from Egypt against the Hedjaz , two or three ...
... effect . Not a Bedouin was to be seen . What most gratified me was , the sight of the Turkish soldiery : there was a large body in garrison here ; a division of that army which had been sent from Egypt against the Hedjaz , two or three ...
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... effect of the late changes , no doubt can be entertained . " It has often , " says our author , " been imagined , in other countries , that many of the South Americans were indifferent to the independence of their country ; and that a ...
... effect of the late changes , no doubt can be entertained . " It has often , " says our author , " been imagined , in other countries , that many of the South Americans were indifferent to the independence of their country ; and that a ...
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... effect , in a little time , would be , to render the industrious classes of the community the mere Helots of the rich ! But a fixed rate of interest tends to secure property from that extent of fluctuation and uncertainty in value , to ...
... effect , in a little time , would be , to render the industrious classes of the community the mere Helots of the rich ! But a fixed rate of interest tends to secure property from that extent of fluctuation and uncertainty in value , to ...
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... effect on the consumer , have also upon trade and commerce an influence , far greater than is generally imagined . The highly remunerating prices of agricultural produce attracted the attention of capitalists to a pursuit , which is in ...
... effect on the consumer , have also upon trade and commerce an influence , far greater than is generally imagined . The highly remunerating prices of agricultural produce attracted the attention of capitalists to a pursuit , which is in ...
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Página 64 - Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
Página 390 - I went for a draught of the river water ; and, being filled with one of my rolls, gave the other two to a woman and her child that came down the river in the boat with us, and were waiting to go farther.
Página 391 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but, if he sees you at a billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day ; demands it, before he can receive it, in a lump.
Página 390 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
Página 296 - THERE are three things, young gentleman," said Nelson to one of his Midshipmen, "which you are constantly to bear in mind. First, you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own respecting their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king ; and, thirdly, you must hate a Frenchman as you do the devil.
Página 395 - All the idols or images were examined and put in order, and a grand dance was supposed not only to be an agreeable entertainment for the Great Being, but it was believed that it might, with the addition of a sacrifice, contribute to appease him, if he was angry with them.
Página 457 - Look on its broken arch, its ruined wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul : Yes, this was once Ambition's airy hall, The dome of Thought, the palace of the Soul : Behold through each lack-lustre, eyeless hole, The gay recess of Wisdom and of Wit And Passion's host, that never brooked control: Can all, saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement refit?
Página 341 - But these are poor and narrow views of its importance. It has increased indefinitely the mass of human comforts and enjoyments, and rendered cheap and accessible all over the world the materials of wealth and prosperity.
Página 390 - I walked towards the top of the street gazing about till near Market Street, where I met a boy with bread. I had often made a meal of dry bread, and inquiring where he had bought it, I went immediately to the baker's, he directed me to. I asked for biscuits, meaning such as we had at Boston; that sort, it seems, was not made in Philadelphia. I then asked for a threepenny loaf, and was told they had none.
Página 296 - Suckling, and he valued it like a relic. Nisbet, who was close to him, placed him at the bottom of the boat, and laid his hat over the shattered arm, lest the sight of the blood, which gushed out in great abundance, should increase his faintness. He then examined the wound, and taking some silk handkerchiefs from his neck, bound them tightly above the lacerated vessels.