Literary Gem, Volume 1J. Van Court, 1854 |
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... scene of shooting meteors . Thousands of bodies and falling stars succeeded each other during four hours . Their direction was very regular from north to south . From the beginning of the phenomenon there was not a space in the ...
... scene of shooting meteors . Thousands of bodies and falling stars succeeded each other during four hours . Their direction was very regular from north to south . From the beginning of the phenomenon there was not a space in the ...
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... scene . These darted forth at intervals along the arch of the sky , describing an arc of 30 ° or 40 ° in a few seconds . Luminous trains marked their path , which remained in view for a number of minutes , and in some cases for half an ...
... scene . These darted forth at intervals along the arch of the sky , describing an arc of 30 ° or 40 ° in a few seconds . Luminous trains marked their path , which remained in view for a number of minutes , and in some cases for half an ...
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... scene - the agent , a couple of his subalterns , and the physician . The guests ranged themselves round the table . Edward's place was between the baron and his wife . The chaplain said a short grace , when the baroness , with an uneasy ...
... scene - the agent , a couple of his subalterns , and the physician . The guests ranged themselves round the table . Edward's place was between the baron and his wife . The chaplain said a short grace , when the baroness , with an uneasy ...
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... scene of noisy festivity which , far from being desirable , appeared to him actually distaste- ful in his present frame of mind . Yet he was troubled by the thought of intruding too long on the hospitality of his new friend , and he ...
... scene of noisy festivity which , far from being desirable , appeared to him actually distaste- ful in his present frame of mind . Yet he was troubled by the thought of intruding too long on the hospitality of his new friend , and he ...
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... scene , however , was the people ! From the rustic inn at the foot of the mountain , to the inn at the top , where is a celebrated pilgrimage church — and all along the road thence to Ammergau , as far as the eye could reach , was one ...
... scene , however , was the people ! From the rustic inn at the foot of the mountain , to the inn at the top , where is a celebrated pilgrimage church — and all along the road thence to Ammergau , as far as the eye could reach , was one ...
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Page 421 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : thou takest away- their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created : and thou renewest the face of the earth.
Page 324 - THOU art, O God, the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from thee; Where'er we turn, thy glories shine. And all things fair and bright are thine!
Page 131 - The stars of midnight shall be dear To her; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face.
Page 419 - But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
Page 171 - My life is dreary, He cometh not," she said; She said, "I am aweary, aweary, I would that I were dead!
Page 262 - School, has been very kind to us, and we have no other friend ; but, thank God, I am very calm and composed, and able to do the best that remains to do. Write as religious a letter as possible, but no mention of what is gone and done with. With me "the former things are passed away," and I have something more to do than to feel.
Page 419 - And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people : And set two men, sons of Belial, * before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
Page 324 - God, the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from thee; Where'er we turn, thy glories shine. And all things fair and bright are thine! When day, with farewell beam, delays Among the opening clouds of even, And we can almost think we gaze Through golden vistas into heaven, Those hues, that make the sun's decline So soft, so radiant, Lord!
Page 324 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good.
Page 131 - She shall be sportive as the fawn That wild with glee across the lawn Or up the mountain springs ; And hers shall be the breathing balm, And hers the silence and the calm Of mute, insensate things.