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... narrow aperture objects were visible . " By placing a projecting shade over the eye , the hand con- vexly shaped beneath it , and leaning the body forward at an angle of forty - five degrees , Milburn was able to read ; seeing , however ...
... narrow aperture objects were visible . " By placing a projecting shade over the eye , the hand con- vexly shaped beneath it , and leaning the body forward at an angle of forty - five degrees , Milburn was able to read ; seeing , however ...
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... clouds which soon overspread the whole heavens , and the hoarse muttering of distant thunder foretold a coming storm . Thick darkness shrouded A NARROW ESCAPE . 15 the earth , and greatly 14 THE RIFLE , AXE , AND SADDLE - BAGS .
... clouds which soon overspread the whole heavens , and the hoarse muttering of distant thunder foretold a coming storm . Thick darkness shrouded A NARROW ESCAPE . 15 the earth , and greatly 14 THE RIFLE , AXE , AND SADDLE - BAGS .
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William Henry Milburn, Thomas Binney. A NARROW ESCAPE . 15 the earth , and greatly embarrassed the spies with the dread that in their contemplated night escape , they might lose their way , and accidentally fall into the hands of their ...
William Henry Milburn, Thomas Binney. A NARROW ESCAPE . 15 the earth , and greatly embarrassed the spies with the dread that in their contemplated night escape , they might lose their way , and accidentally fall into the hands of their ...
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... narrow pass on the mountain side , a wall of rock on one hand , a precipice on the other , the four rowdies were discovered with shirt - sleeves rolled up , their hands clubbing their weapons . " Four against two ; let's go back ...
... narrow pass on the mountain side , a wall of rock on one hand , a precipice on the other , the four rowdies were discovered with shirt - sleeves rolled up , their hands clubbing their weapons . " Four against two ; let's go back ...
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... , which were discharged in abscesses . The father's heart softened to tenderness toward the afflicted child , and notwithstanding he was only a poor NICHOLAS SAUNDERSON . 59 excise - officer , with narrow 58 SONGS IN THE NIGHT .
... , which were discharged in abscesses . The father's heart softened to tenderness toward the afflicted child , and notwithstanding he was only a poor NICHOLAS SAUNDERSON . 59 excise - officer , with narrow 58 SONGS IN THE NIGHT .
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The Rifle, Axe, and Saddle-Bags, and Other Lectures William Henry 1923-1903 [From Milburn No preview available - 2016 |
RIFLE AXE & SADDLE-BAGS & OTHE William Henry 1923-1903 Milburn,John 1814-1870 McClintock No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 77 - Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous Dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men.
Page 81 - MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Page 73 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Page 77 - I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors.
Page 100 - Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement, From garret to basement, She stood, with amazement, Houseless by night. The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver; But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river: Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery Swift to be hurl'd — Anywhere, anywhere Out of the world...
Page 77 - We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we raise against the living labors of public men, how we spill that seasoned life of man, preserved and stored up in books; since we see a kind of homicide may be thus committed, sometimes a martyrdom...
Page 53 - Eternal coeternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate! Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Page 79 - CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask? The conscience, friend, to...
Page 81 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt. Dispraise or blame, nothing but well and fair. And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Page 74 - Next, (for hear me out now, readers,) that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered ; I betook me among those lofty fables and romances,* which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from hence had in renown over all Christendom.