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... ideas were well founded . The volume is dedicated by the editor to the King ; and then follow the memoirs of the author's life . We expected an account of the circumstances which prevented the Earl from publishing this voyage ; and also ...
... ideas were well founded . The volume is dedicated by the editor to the King ; and then follow the memoirs of the author's life . We expected an account of the circumstances which prevented the Earl from publishing this voyage ; and also ...
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... idea of such a design in its original formation . Lord Sandwich has supposed this cavern to be the Latumia Syracusana ' noticed by Cicero : but most other tra- vellers agree that the immense cavern which has been converted to a ...
... idea of such a design in its original formation . Lord Sandwich has supposed this cavern to be the Latumia Syracusana ' noticed by Cicero : but most other tra- vellers agree that the immense cavern which has been converted to a ...
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... ideas of a young man , they may be intitled . The facts however , we doubt not , will be received as authentic , considering the writer's means of ac- quiring information respecting an event which was then so recent . Departing from ...
... ideas of a young man , they may be intitled . The facts however , we doubt not , will be received as authentic , considering the writer's means of ac- quiring information respecting an event which was then so recent . Departing from ...
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... idea of it may be formed from the present volume : about three fourths of which are occupied with reports on the London docks , and on a canal of insulation round London . Of the author's projects , and of his long - winded composition ...
... idea of it may be formed from the present volume : about three fourths of which are occupied with reports on the London docks , and on a canal of insulation round London . Of the author's projects , and of his long - winded composition ...
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... idea of erecting works fully adequate to the end proposed in the first in- stance ; and I trust they will be found justified , by the capacity of a contrivance , to employ both its attendants and machinery to full ad- vantage , at all ...
... idea of erecting works fully adequate to the end proposed in the first in- stance ; and I trust they will be found justified , by the capacity of a contrivance , to employ both its attendants and machinery to full ad- vantage , at all ...
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Page 240 - And there are seven kings : Five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come ; and when he cometh he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
Page 419 - I bridle in my struggling Muse with pain, That longs to launch into a nobler strain.
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Page 283 - Of clamorous rooks thick-urge their weary flight, And seek the closing shelter of the grove; Assiduous, in his bower, the wailing owl Plies his sad song. The cormorant on high Wheels from the deep, and screams along the land. Loud shrieks the soaring hern ; and with wild wing The circling sea-fowl cleave the flaky clouds. Ocean, unequal...
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Page 52 - midst the boldest triumphs of her worth, Nature herself invites the reapers forth ; Dares the keen sickle from its twelvemonth's rest, And gives that ardour which in every breast, From infancy to age, alike appears, When the first sheaf its plumy top uprears.
Page 130 - They need no longer the petard to tear them. The ramparts are all filled with men and women, With peaceful men and women, that send onwards Kisses and welcomings upon the air, Which they make breezy with affectionate gestures.