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...s of the heroic characters, bold explorers and dauntless spirits who have made ocean history and established christian supremacy over the most savage lands of the earth. Reciting astonishing incidents and perilous undertakings among wild beasts and savage people in heroic efforts for a reclamation of all lands to civilization, and recording a description of the riot of mur...

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...The Rolling Stone of History. -- Surprising revelations -- Ancient Cities that are now no more -- Effects of Cataclysms upon the human race -- The rise and fall of nations -- Cave dwellers who became masters of the world -- The first boats -- Building a strong nation -- The earliest navigators -- Evolution of t...

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... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of M... ..."The Living World," "Russia and Siberia," etc. A RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made by Europeans to the W... ...ing Stone of History. -- Surprising revelations -- Ancient Cities that are now no more -- Effects of Cataclysms upon the human race -- The rise and fa... ...earliest navigators -- Evolution of the ship -- Discoveries of the ancients -- Islands of the long ago -- Changes in the earth's surface -- Commerce o... ...The Buccaneers seek to acquire landed possessions. -- The typical Buccaneer -- Mansvelt chosen commander of the cut-throat band -- Ambitions of Mansve... ...short history of the life of this great voyager -- His efforts to colonize the Falkland Islands -- Afterwards is commanded to transfer them to the Spa... ...its frightful ravages. The only remedy lies in a substitution of wholesome but no less attractive literature, or in a sanitation which will give immun... ... unity, the need of discipline and of a commander. Ballots were taken, and one Mansvelt, a Dutchman, was almost unanimously elected their commander-in... ...ROM CAVENDISH. Being driven out to sea by a storm, he discovered and named the Falkland Islands, though history has denied to him the honor of this di...

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...There have been some significant changes in this edition. A new Geography section has replaced the former Land and Water sections. Entries in the new section include area (total and land), comparative area, land boundaries, coastline, maritime claims, boundary disputes, climate, terrain, land use, environment, and special notes...

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...ia 27 Botswana 28 Brazil 30 British Indian Ocean Territory 31 British Virgin Islands 32 Brunei 33 Bulgaria 34 Burkina 36 Burma 37 Burundi 38 Cambodia ... ...ublic 67 Ecuador 69 Egypt 70 El Salvador 72 Equatorial Guinea 74 Ethiopia 75 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 76 Faroe Islands 77 Fiji 78 Finland 79_... ...ant changes in this edition. A new Geography section has replaced the former Land and Water sections. Entries in the new section include area (total a... ... Land and Water sections. Entries in the new section include area (total and land), comparative area, land boundaries, coastline, maritime claims, bou... ...epartment of State is included; the absence of this entry or "none"indicates no boundaries are in dispute. Additional information may follow that is b... ...levision introduced in 1980; 31,200 telephones (0.2 per 100 popl.); 5 AM and no FM stations, 1 TV station, 1 earth satellite station Defense Forces Br... ...) Boundary disputes: Uruguay; short section with Chile is indefinite; claims Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) which are adminis- tered by UK; territo... ...bia opened in November 1986 Ports: 1 major (Mlna' Sulman), 1 minor (Mlna' al ManSmah), 1 petroleum, oil, and lubricant terminal (Sitrah) Pipelines: cr... ...arty (DAP), Lim Kit Siang; Sabah Berjaya Party, Datuk Haji Mohamad Noor Haji Mansodr; Bersatu Sabah (PBS), Joseph Pairin Kitingan; United Sabah Nation...

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.............................................................. 169 THERE ARE NO ANSWERS ................................................................... ................................................ 312 6 GOD Animals have no rights .................................................................... ...ieve in a special god, but some Buddhist sects do and some, such as ‗Pure Land‘ Buddhism believe in a hereafter like the monotheistic religions. Whi... ...e. Consequently many poor Muslims are ready to die to enter the promised land. If someone will merely tell them to strap on a bomb for the love of ... ...ng the South American coasts, Africa, Australia and to other mainlands and islands. This gave him far more geologic and comparative evidence than any... ...and the government was sending their welfare checks to them in the Canary islands. The Dutch welfare system was not fair from his point of view.‖ ... ...gh accidental death, through death in a war, through martyrdom, and on to manslaughter, capital punishment and two or three degrees of murder, endin... ...elivery of drugs, criminal child abuse, assault with a deadly weapon, and manslaughter. A Florida case, Johnson v. State (111b), demonstrates the co... ...n. I was first made aware of it in old Bombay where Indian prostitutes on Falkland Road were known as the ‗women in cages‘. From pre- teenagers to se...

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...Excerpt: If you look at a map of the World, you will see, in the left-hand upper corner of the Eastern Hemisphere, two Islands lying in the sea. They are England and Scotland, and Ireland. England and Scotland form the greater part of these Islands. Ireland is the next in size. The little neighboring islands, which are so small upon the Map a...

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...u will see, in the left hand upper corner of the Eastern Hemi sphere, two Islands lying in the sea. They are England and Scotland, and Ireland. Engla... ...land, and Ireland. England and Scotland form the greater part of these Is lands. Ireland is the next in size. The little neighbouring islands, which ... ...t of these Is lands. Ireland is the next in size. The little neighbouring islands, which are so small upon the Map as to be mere dots, are chiefly li... ...s, sailing to and from all parts of the world. It was very lonely. The Is lands lay solitary, in the great expanse of water. The foaming waves dashed... ...d the bleak winds blew over their forests; but the winds and waves brought no adventurers to land upon the Islands, and the savage Islanders knew noth... ... greater part of it was very Charles Dickens 9 misty and cold. There were no roads, no bridges, no streets, no houses that you would think de servin... ... laid the Charles Dickens 15 Roman possessions waste; they forced the Ro mans out of London, then a poor little town, but a trading place; they hang... ...of his men, that he died within a week), at Newbury (in which battle Lord Falkland , one of the best noblemen on the King’s side, was killed), at Lei... ...rd Cobham 344 Lord Darnley 324 Lord Essex 420 Lord Falconberg 399 Lord Falkland 376 Lord Grey of Werk 424 A Child’s Histroy of England 442 Lord...

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...sidered, were the history of these. T oo clearly it is a topic we shall do no justice to in this place! One comfort is, that Great Men, taken up in an... ...all the rest. That is his religion; or, it may be, his mere scepticism and no-religion: the manner it is in which he feels himself to be spiritually r... ...glio of Paganism,—more like a cloud-field than a distant continent of firm land and facts! It is no longer a reality, yet it was one. We ought to unde... ...,—burst up, the geologists say, by fire from the bottom of the sea; a wild land of barrenness and lava; swallowed many months of every year in black t... ...wift subtle Demon, of the brood of the Jotuns. The savages of the Ladrones Islands too (say some Spanish voyag- ers) thought Fire, which they never ha... ...eteen years of age. Alexis and he had been to see the old Luther people at Mansfeldt; were got back again near Erfurt, when a thunder- storm came on; ... ...y; and he looked so strange, among the elegant Eu- phemisms, dainty little Falklands, didactic Chillingworths, diplomatic Clarendons! Consider him. An...

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...Excerpt: The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable inci dent, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. Not to mention rumours which agitated the maritime population and excited the public mind, even in the interior of continents, seafaring men were particularly excited. Merchants, common sailors, capt...

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...emarkable inci dent, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. Not to men- tion rumours which agitated the marit... ...arts of the sea round the Aleutian, Kulammak, and 5 Jules Verne Umgullich islands, have never exceeded the length of sixty yards, if they attain that... ...ever to revive, when new facts were brought before the public. It was then no longer a scien- tific problem to be solved, but a real danger seriously ... ...replied the engineer. “Go ahead,” cried Commander Farragut. CHAPTER IV NED LAND CAPTAIN FARRAGUT was a good seaman, worthy of the frigate he commanded... ...no means of de- struction; and, what was better still she had on board Ned Land, the prince of harpooners. Ned Land was a Canadian, with an uncommon q... ...hat it was better to remain in deep water, and keep clear of continents or islands, which the beast itself seemed to shun (perhaps because there was n... ... the Caliph Omar, it was defi- nitely destroyed in 761 or 762 by Caliph Al-Mansor, who wished to prevent the arrival of provisions to Mohammed- ben-Ab... ...ity. To- 246 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea wards evening it approached the Falkland group, the rough summits of which I recognised the following day. ... ...oon took their places in the pantry on board. When the last heights of the Falklands had disappeared from the horizon, the Nautilus sank to between tw...

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... through: Now, murmuring hoarse, and frequent seen Through bush and briar, no longer green, An angry brook, it sweeps the glade, Brawls over rock and ... ...nd foaming brown, with doubled speed, Hurries its waters to the T weed. No longer Autumn’s glowing red Upon our forest hills is shed; No more, bene... ... power, A watchman on the lonely tower, Thy thrilling trump had roused the land, When fraud or danger were at hand; By thee, as by the beacon-light, O... ... its jar; Beneath each banner proud to stand, Looked up the noblest of the land, Till through the British world were known The names of Pitt and Fox a... ...kind familiar face, That brightened at our evening fire! From the thatched mansion’s grey-haired sire, Wise without learning, plain and good, And spru... ...nd, broad between them rolled, The gallant Frith the eye might note, Whose islands on its bosom float, Like emeralds chased in gold. Fitz Eustace’ ... ... me remind of peaceful game, When blither was their cheer, Thrilling in Falkland woods the air, 116 Marmion In signal none his steed should spare,...

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...hers showed that they were as bad in their way. The “ Shilling “ issue was no worse than the costly illustrated one of 1853, which had its own assortm... ...llustrated one of 1853, which had its own assortment of slips of the type. No two editions that I could obtain agreed exactly in their readings. I tri... ...d, In all her length far winding lay, With promontory, creek, and bay, And islands that, empurpled bright, Floated amid the livelier light, And mounta... ...ivelier light, And mountains that like giants stand T o sentinel enchanted land. High on the south, huge Benvenue Down to the lake in masses threw Cra... ...r mountain air, Till on this lake’s romantic strand I found a fey in fairy land!’— XXIII. ‘I well believe,’ the maid replied, As her light skiff appro... ...omen now, and menials old.’ 19 Sir Walter Scott XXIX. The mistress of the mansion came, Mature of age, a graceful dame, Whose easy step and stately p... ...h to your oars for the ever-green Pine! O that the rosebud that graces yon islands Were wreathed in a garland around him to twine! O that some... ...them the victory in every conflict. At length, the king, while residing at Falkland, contrived to escape by night out of his own court and palace, and... ..., to have affirmed that a number of swords that hung up in the hall of the mansion-house, leaped of them- selves out of the scabbard at the instant he...

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..., and likewise the exact form of the heroism of young Casabianca, of which no two accounts agree. But it was not possible to give up such stories as t... ... short readings to the intelligent, though uneducated classes. 5 Yo n g e NO NO NO NO NOVEMBER 17, 1864. VEMBER 17, 1864. VEMBER 17, 1864. VEMBER 17,... ...he king- dom, David, Duke of Rothesay, had been thrown into the dungeon of Falkland Castle by his barbarous uncle, the Duke of Albany, there to be sta... ... daughter of a blind old man, Antigone, to 14 A Book of Golden Deeds what land are we come, Or to what city? Who the inhabit- ants Who with a slender... ...that David, outlawed, yet loyal at the heart, sent his aged parents to the land of Moab for refuge, and himself took up his abode in the caves of the ... ... sometimes fol- lowed up by the siege of the city of the defeated. The Ro- mans did not always obtain the victory, but there was a staunchness about t... ...ary regula- tion, as the Latins were so like, in every respect, to the Ro- mans, that there would have been fatal confusion had there been any minglin... ...e had shown great petulance at receiving orders from the King through Lord Falkland. At eight o’clock, on the morning of the 23rd of October, King Cha... ..., and every kind of ammunition such as might well be needed in the Channel islands the year before Lord Nelson had freed England from the chance of fi...

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...Excerpt: You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings. I arrived here yesterday, and my first task is to assure my dear sister of my welfare and increasing confidence...

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...ville, England St. Petersburgh, Dec. 11th, 17 You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you h... ... and frost are banished; and, sailing over a calm sea, we may be wafted to a land surpassing in wonders and in beauty every region hitherto discovered... ...of a part of the world never before visited, and may Frankenstein 3 tread a land never before imprinted by the foot of man. These are my enticements,... ...nce between walking the deck and remaining seated motionless for hours, when no exercise prevents the blood from actually freezing in your veins. I ha... ...ged in a little gossip concerning the good people of Geneva. The pretty Miss Mansfield has already received the congratulatory vis its on her approa... ...ould cause a gloomy and mournful appearance were it not for the most verdant islands that believe the eye by their gay appear ance; I have seen this ... ...liberty. The memory of that unfortunate king and his companions, the amiable Falkland, the insolent Goring, his queen, and son, gave a peculiar inter... ...witzerland with you; I crept along the shores of the Rhine, among its willow islands and over the summits of its hills. I have dwelt many months in t...

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...nly one of many proofs that, not- withstanding his waspish temper, and his no small share of malice as well as vanity, there was a warm heart in our p... ... its principles and laws,—not so much in creation, as in criticism. He was no Homer or Shakspeare; but he might have been nearly as acute a judge of p... ...’d the limits fit, And wisely curb’d proud man’s pretending wit. As on the land while here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains... ...Oh, had I rather unadmired remain’d In some lone isle, or distant northern land; Where the gilt chariot never marks the way, Where none learn ombre, n... ...urrent strays, As thine, which visits Windsor’s famed abodes, To grace the mansion of our earthly gods: 45 ‘Still bears the name:’ the river Loddon. ... ...dant alders crown’d; 340 Cole, whose dark streams his flowery islands lave; And chalky Wey, that rolls a milky wave; The blue, transparen... ... 420 Its site uncertain, if in earth or air; With rapid motion turn’d the mansion round; With ceaseless noise the ringing walls resound; Not less in ... ...the good alone unhappy call, For ills or accidents that chance to all. See Falkland dies, the virtuous and the just! See godlike T urenne prostrate on...

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...aise By Charlotte M. Yonge PREF PREF PREF PREF PREFA A A A ACE CE CE CE CE NO ONE CAN BE MORE AWARE than the author that the con- struction of this ta... ... confusion that really reigned over the tangled thread of events. There is no portion of history better illustrated by memoirs of the actors therein t... ... other nobles who only had seats in the Parliament in whose province their lands might lie. T o these St. Louis, in his anxiety to repress lawless- ne... ...at, with the Duke of Enghien cursing and swearing and tearing his hair. My landlord had a visit from the mayor to say that he must prepare to have som... ... white collar fastened by two silken tassels (such as I remem- ber my Lord Falkland used to wear). It became him better than the gay coats of some of ... ...pe of success—the idea of Eustace going to face the winds of spring in the islands of Scotland was shocking enough. ‘The hyperborean Orcades,’ as the ...

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...d more gifted raven at a village public house, which he prevailed upon the landlord to part with for a consideration, and sent up to me. The first act... ... in splin ters, the greater part of a wooden staircase of six steps and a landing—but after some three years he too was taken ill, and died before th... ... back with a sepulchral cry of ‘Cuckoo!’ Since then I have been ravenless. No account of the Gordon Riots having been to my knowledge introduced into ... ...That what we falsely call a religious cry is easily raised by men who have no religion, and who in their daily practice set at nought the commonest pr... ...on; it was at the time when press warrants were issued, on the alarm about Falkland Islands. The woman’s husband was pressed, their goods seized for s... ...s at the time when press warrants were issued, on the alarm about Falkland Islands. The woman’s husband was pressed, their goods seized for some debts... ...ich, like the twin dragons of some fairy tale, guarded the entrance to the mansion. In the chimneys of the disused rooms, swallows had built their nes... ...erved), and a decent room of which there seems to be no lack in this great mansion,’ said the stranger, again running his eyes over the exterior. ‘Y o... ...ht of (I ran away on the same day, father), he made a voyage to one of the islands, where a school friend of his had settled; and, finding him, wasn’t...

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...? DEPARTURE, 1 -- CHAPTER II ? FIRST IMPRESSIONS???SAIL HO!??, 3 -- CHAPTER III ? SHIP?S DUTIES?TROPICS, 6 -- CHAPTER IV ? A ROGUE?TROUBLE ON BOARD???LAND -- HO!???POMPERO?CAPE HORN, 9 -- CHAPTER V ? CAPE HORN?A VISIT, 13 -- CHAPTER VI ? LOSS OF A MAN?SUPERSTITION, 18 -- CHAPTER VII ? JUAN FERNANDEZ?THE PACIFIC, 21 -- CHAPTER VIII ? ??TARRING DOWN???DAILY LIFE???GOING AFT?...

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...CHAPTER III — SHIP’S DUTIES—TROPICS CHAPTER IV — A ROGUE—TROUBLE ON BOARD—’’LAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 HO!’’—POMPERO—CAPE HORN . . . . . . . .... ...XXII — ICE AGAIN—A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON—CAPE . . . . . . . . . . 167 HORN—’’LAND HO!’’—HEADING FOR HOME CHAPTER XXXIII — CRACKING ON—PROGRESS HOME... ...weakness of the eyes, which had obliged me to give up my pursuits, and which no medical aid seemed likely to cure. The change from the tight dres... ...and while I supposed myself to be looking as salt as Neptune himself, I was, no doubt, known for a landsman by every one on board as soon as I hove i... ...y, Nov. 4th. At day break saw land upon our larboard quarter. There were two islands, of different size but of the same shape; rather high, beginnin... ...ue color, and in a few hours we sank them in the northeast. These were the Falkland Islands. We had run between them and the main land of Patagonia... ... and in a few hours we sank them in the northeast. These were the Falkland Islands. We had run between them and the main land of Patagonia. At suns... ...e near breathing of whales. It was on the night that we passed between the Falkland Islands and Staten Land. We had the watch from twelve to four, a...

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............... 315 5 Emerson Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson HISTORY There is no great and no small To the Soul that maketh all: And where it cometh, all... ...sperities of men;—because there law was enacted, the sea was searched, the land was found, or the blow was struck, for us, as we ourselves in that pla... ...ill utter oracles, as never to those who do not respect themselves. I have no expectation that any man will read history aright who thinks that what w... ...them. I believe in Eternity. I can find Greece, Asia, Italy, Spain and the Islands, —the genius and creative principle of each and of all eras, in my ... ..., Dark Ages, the Revival of Letters, the Reformation, the discovery of new lands, the open- ing of new sciences and new regions in man. He shall be th... ...e great range of affinity. I am far from believing the timid maxim of Lord Falkland (“that for ceremony there must go two to it; since a bold fellow w... ... the meaning of their hanging-gardens, villas, garden- 276 Essays houses, islands, parks and preserves, to back their faulty personality with these s...

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...lumes on the ‘Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs;’ on the ‘Volcanic Islands visited during the Voyage of the Beagle;’ and on the ‘Geology of So... ...ng in 1826 to 1830, — to survey the shores of Chile, Peru, and of some is- lands in the Pacific—and to carry a chain of chronometrical measurements ro... ... the World. On the 6th of January we reached Teneriffe, but were prevented landing, by fears of our bringing the chol- era: the next morning we saw th... ...tting him on the head, said, with much candour, he thought his colour made no great difference. We then re- turned, as fast as the ponies would go, to... ...sue of plants. In five little packets which I sent him, he has ascertained no less than sixty-seven different organic forms! The infusoria, with the e... ... by rain-bearing winds, has a strongly marked exception in the case of the Falkland Islands. These islands, situated in the same latitude with Tierra ... ...fted from that country, and frequently thrown on the shores of the Western Falkland. Hence perhaps it is, that there are many plants in common to the ... ... as a Gaucho said, while sharpening his knife on the back of one, “Son tan mansos” (they are so quiet). Of reptiles there are many kinds: one snake (a... ... command of Commandant Miranda. A large portion of these men were Indians (mansos, or tame), belonging to the tribe of the Cacique Bernantio. They pas...

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...eral laws.’ W. Whewell: Bridgewater Treatise. ‘To conclude, therefore, let no man out of a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, thi... ...eation — Means of dispersal, by changes of climate and of the level of the land, and by occasional means — Dispersal during the Glacial period co-exte... ...ed Distribution of fresh-water productions — On the inhabitants of oceanic islands — Absence of Batra- chians and of terrestrial Mammals — On the rela... ...hians and of terrestrial Mammals — On the rela- tion of the inhabitants of islands to those of the near- est mainland —On colonisation from the neares... ...s; and I must trust to the reader reposing some confidence in my accuracy. No doubt errors will have crept in, though I hope I have always been cautio... ...medary and camel, the various breeds of sheep fitted either for cultivated land or mountain pasture, with the wool of one breed good for one purpose, ... ...old climate of Faroe in the north 132 On the Origin of Species and of the Falklands in the south, and on many is- lands in the torrid zones. Hence I ... ...nd many is- lands situated at a much less distance are equally barren. The Falkland Islands, which are inhabited by a wolf-like fox, come nearest to a...

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...cordandMerrimackRivers I sailed up a river with a pleasant wind, New lands, new people, and new thoughts to find; Many fair reaches and headl... ...re to be feared; But when I remember where I have been, And the fair landscapes that I have seen, ^Thou^ seemest the only permanent shore, ... ...resource. It is worth the while to make a voyage up this stream, if you go no farther than Sudbury, only to see how much coun try there is in the rea... ...lls wheeling overhead, muskrats swimming for dear life, wet and cold, with no fire to warm them by that you know of; their labored homes rising here a... ... Spread o’er the country’s wide expanse, And fed with “Mosses from the Manse.” Here was our Hawthorne in the dale, And here the shepherd told ... ... preserve the memory of its freshness to mid day. As we passed the various islands, or what were islands in the spring, row ing with our backs down s... ...ns to get to the seaboard, and see the world; and would possibly visit the Falkland Isles, and the China seas, before they again saw the waters of the... ...enetrating beams, Ruler of fire breathing horses, has it.” The shifting islands! who would not be willing that his house should be undermined by su... ...men and women. In the hues of October sunsets, we see the portals to other mansions than those which we occupy, not far off geo graphically,— “The...

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...; and from that fact, combined with some shadow of a tradition, Malone has inferred that he was born on the 23d. There is doubtless, on the one hand, no absolute necessity deducible from law or custom, as either operated in those times, which obliges us to adopt such a conclusion; for children might be baptized, and were baptized, at various distances from their birth: yet...

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...inferred that he was born on the 23d. There is doubtless, on the one hand, no absolute necessity deducible from law or custom, as either operated in t... ...the 23d of April. 2 Secondly, because it is a reasonable presumption, that no parents, living in a simple community, tenderly alive to the pieties of ... ...nty years, after running a bright career in the capital city of his native land, and challenging notice from the throne, had retired with an ample for... ... and diction of Caliban by one of Charles’s confidential counsellors, Lord Falkland, that the king’s admiration of Shakspeare had impressed a determin... ...ill more in the final testimonies of his preference when founding a family mansion,) such a man’s history, and the personal recollections 17 Thomas d... ...r were even more im- portant than the general fact. First of all, the very mansion founded by Shakspeare be- came the military headquarters for the qu... ...een a benefactress to her husband’s family, beyond the prom- ises of fairy land or the dreams of romance; for it is certain that to her chiefly this f... ...Somers on the Bermudas, (which were in consequence denominated the Somers’ Islands,) did not occur until the year 1609. In the opening of the fourth a... ...one is still the nearest successor of the other, just as Connaught and the islands in Clew Bay are next neighbors to America, although three thousand ...

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... the Odys- sey. He is indeed so closely concealed that the reader suspects no art at all. Boswell’s perfor- mance looks easy enough—merely the more or... ...in Johnson’s absence, when Boswell was bold enough to match his skill with no other than Garrick himself in an imitation of Johnson. Though Garrick wa... ...where Mr. Levet frequently vis- ited; and having mentioned his wish to his land- lady, she introduced him to Mr. Levet, who readily obtained Johnson’s... ...cordingly sailed. But the weather was so tem- pestuous that they could not land. Reynolds and he were at this time the guests of Dr. Mudge, the celebr... ...ed by a description, as it afterwards was, in his Jour- ney to the Western Islands. After we had again talked of my setting out for Holland, he said, ... ...h some Collectanea, obligingly furnished to me by the Rev. Dr. Maxwell, of Falkland, in Ire- land, sometime assistant preacher at the Temple, and for ... ...had told him so. He would have prosecuted you for scandal.’ Boswell. ‘Lord Mansfield is not a mere lawyer. Johnson. ‘No, Sir. I never was in Lord Mans... ...wyer. Johnson. ‘No, Sir. I never was in Lord Mansfield’s company; but Lord Mansfield was distinguished at the University. Lord Mansfield, when he firs... ...f peace which he had so beautifully recommended in his pamphlet respecting Falkland’s Islands, that I was sorry to see him appear in so unfavourable a...

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...h . . . . . 382 To a Lady offended by a Sportive Observation that Women have no Souls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 Reason for Love’s Blindness ... ...s deep, too venturous youth, Why does thy breast with fondest wishes glow? No tender parent there thy cares shall sooth, No much-lov’d Friend shall... ...mis’d joy thou’lt see to Sorrow turn Exil’d from Bliss, and from thy native land. Hast thou foreseen the Storm’s impending rage, When to the Clouds... ...ider yet thy influence spread, Nor e’er recline thy weary head, Till every land from pole to pole - 12 - Destruction of the Bastile Coleridge: Poem... ...wood, And cots, and hamlets, and faint city-spire; The Channel there, the Islands and white sails, Dim coasts, and cloud-like hills, and shoreless... ... the Sea, once more, Ere by the frost foreclosed, to repossess His fleshly mansion, that had staid the while In the dark tent within a cow’ring gro... ... made they, and uproar, As when the mad Tornado bellows through The guilty islands of the western main, What time departing from their native shore... ...l-bedew’d: Then downwards slope, oft pausing, from the mount, To some lone mansion, in some woody dale, Where smiling with blue eye, Domestic Bliss... ...e sees far off a swinging bough! ‘‘’Tis He! ’Tis my betrothØd Knight! Lord Falkland, it is Thou!’’ She springs, she clasps him round the neck, She...