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... length passed away , when the search after the philosopher's stone , or the universal solvent , terminated a life of incredible toil and hope- less expectation , in poverty and contempt . But there are still many , who neglect the ...
... length passed away , when the search after the philosopher's stone , or the universal solvent , terminated a life of incredible toil and hope- less expectation , in poverty and contempt . But there are still many , who neglect the ...
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... length a priest of Canopus , one of the Egyptian gods , found out the means to de- stroy the great reputation which fire had acquired . He caused to be formed an idol of a very porous earth , with which pots were commonly made to purify ...
... length a priest of Canopus , one of the Egyptian gods , found out the means to de- stroy the great reputation which fire had acquired . He caused to be formed an idol of a very porous earth , with which pots were commonly made to purify ...
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... length , and above thirty - two in circum- ference near the middle , and is estimated to weigh nearly sixty - six tons . The vibration is only in one direction , and that nearly at right angles to the length . A force of a very few ...
... length , and above thirty - two in circum- ference near the middle , and is estimated to weigh nearly sixty - six tons . The vibration is only in one direction , and that nearly at right angles to the length . A force of a very few ...
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... length he was forced to bribe him to it , by promising him a place in Para- dise . The beast carried him to Jerusalem in the twinkling of an eye . The departed saints saluted them , and they proceeded to the Oratory in the Temple ...
... length he was forced to bribe him to it , by promising him a place in Para- dise . The beast carried him to Jerusalem in the twinkling of an eye . The departed saints saluted them , and they proceeded to the Oratory in the Temple ...
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... reduced him to great po- verty , and he appears to have suffered much in con- sequence . His mind was already shaken , and his privations and solitary reflections seem at length to have entirely 36 SKETCHES OF IMPOSTURE ,
... reduced him to great po- verty , and he appears to have suffered much in con- sequence . His mind was already shaken , and his privations and solitary reflections seem at length to have entirely 36 SKETCHES OF IMPOSTURE ,
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Page 299 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 288 - ... but could not, by the nicest scrutiny, discover the least symptom of life in him. We reasoned a long time about this odd appearance, as well as we could, and...
Page 211 - The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand, "Twixt poplars straight, the osier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone.
Page 350 - So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
Page 296 - Look, where he comes ! Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.
Page 121 - ... (For they will come out after us,) till we have drawn them from the city: for they will say. They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them.
Page 288 - ... examined his Arm, Heart, and Breath, but could not by the nicest Scrutiny discover the least Symptom of Life in him. We reasoned a long Time about this odd Appearance as well as we could, and...
Page 281 - This correction made his description more striking than it had been without it, since Lord Nelson generally had his empty sleeve attached to the breast of his coat, but it was the right arm that he had lost. Without saying that I suspected the boy had made a mistake, I asked the magician whether the objects appeared in the ink as if actually before the eyes, or as if in a glass, which makes the right appear left. He answered that they appeared as in a mirror. This rendered the boy's description...
Page 288 - Skrine held a clean looking-glass to his mouth. I found his pulse sink gradually, till at last I could not feel any, by the most exact and nice touch.
Page 199 - Travels in the Interior of Africa, from the Cape of Good Hope to Morocco, from the Years 1781 to 1797; through Caffraria, the Kingdoms of Mataman, Angola, Massi, Monoemugi, Muschatio, &c.