Chambers's Pocket Miscellany, 第 4 巻W. and R. Chambers, 1854 |
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... appeared to have been once in the noble lord's possession , they concluded instantly that it had been stolen , and stating their assurance to the sheriff , he immediately granted his warrant to seize the picture . Though this was done ...
... appeared to have been once in the noble lord's possession , they concluded instantly that it had been stolen , and stating their assurance to the sheriff , he immediately granted his warrant to seize the picture . Though this was done ...
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... appearance of the shark playing about a vessel în anticipation of his prey , suggests feelings of horror . With rows of teeth erect , open jaws , goggling eyes , large and bristly fins agitated like the mane of a lion , his whole aspect ...
... appearance of the shark playing about a vessel în anticipation of his prey , suggests feelings of horror . With rows of teeth erect , open jaws , goggling eyes , large and bristly fins agitated like the mane of a lion , his whole aspect ...
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... appeared , and sprang forwards directly at them . A person from the ship called out to warn them of their danger , on which they all immediately swam to the vessel , and arrived in perfect safety , except one poor fellow , who was cut ...
... appeared , and sprang forwards directly at them . A person from the ship called out to warn them of their danger , on which they all immediately swam to the vessel , and arrived in perfect safety , except one poor fellow , who was cut ...
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... appearance of a large and strange - looking fish , swimming close to the bank , and almost in the midst of the boats . I hastened to the spot to ascertain the matter , when I perceived a huge monster of a shark sailing along - now near ...
... appearance of a large and strange - looking fish , swimming close to the bank , and almost in the midst of the boats . I hastened to the spot to ascertain the matter , when I perceived a huge monster of a shark sailing along - now near ...
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... appearance , again immediately swam towards him ; and while the animal was apparently in the act of lifting himself over the lower part of the native's body , that he might seize upon his prey , the man , making a strong effort , threw ...
... appearance , again immediately swam towards him ; and while the animal was apparently in the act of lifting himself over the lower part of the native's body , that he might seize upon his prey , the man , making a strong effort , threw ...
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8 ページ - the ship along; And, from the partners of that cruel trade Which spoils unhappy Guinea of her sons, Demands his share of prey, demands themselves. The stormy fates descend, one death involves Tyrants and slaves ; when straight, their mangled limbs Crashing at once, he dyes the purple seas With gore, and riots in the vengeful meal.
24 ページ - feat in the game, and children shouted and dogs barked from the mere contagion of joy, while, moreover, the sun sent his last rich rays through the trees above the village, whence the ' sweet mellow crush of the wood-pigeon's note, Made music that sweetened the calm;
61 ページ - how it could exalt the low and amplify the little. To this ambition, perhaps, we owe the frogs of Homer; the gnat and the bees of Virgil; the butterfly of Spenser; the shadow of Wowerus; and the quincunx of Browne. ' Cardinal de Richelieu, amongst all his great occupations, found a recreation in violent exercises; and he was once discovered jumping with his
34 ページ - the seat of war to untutored Indians alone, whose whole stock of military knowledge has only, till within two centuries, amounted to drawing the bow, and whose only breast-work, even at present, is the thicket, I know not. I have given as exact an account as possible of this singular appearance, and
14 ページ - he had saved his life, jumped overboard, as is their common practice in such cases, to frighten the creature away by splashing in the water ; and Don Pablo was taken into the boat more dead than alive.' The beautiful Bay of Havannah, Island of Cuba, is known to be frequented by sharks,
56 ページ - his weapon. At the delivery of the swords, which was performed by Sir John Heidon, it pleased the Lord Bruce to choose my own, and then, past expectation, he told him that a little of my blood would not serve his turn; and, therefore,
83 ページ - he would have fallen 1800 feet. Twice this failed, and then he had recourse to a large stone with a lead-line, which swung diagonally, and seemed to be a feasible plan. Several times he made beautiful heaves, but the provoking line would not catch, and away went the stone far down below; till at length
61 ページ - or Folly; which, authorised by the pun, he dedicated to Sir Thomas More. ' It seems, Johnson observes in his Life of Sir Thomas Browne, to have been in all ages the pride of art to shew how it could exalt the low and amplify the little. To this ambition, perhaps, we owe the
72 ページ - warranted her to conceive she was a prophetess. As her prophecies in the troubled times of Charles I. were usually against the government, she was at length brought by them into the Court of High Commission. The prophetess was not a little mad, and fancied the spirit of Daniel was in her, from an anagram she had formed of her name, Eleanor
75 ページ - man. Europeans are often reminded of the resemblance of this scenery to that of the extensive parks of noblemen, which they have been accustomed to admire in the Old World; the lawn, the avenue, the grove, the copse, which are there produced by