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Page 343
... me in doubt whether they really are what I take them to be . " An image is before my eyes ; it stands still , but I cannot discern the form thereof . " The Tower is now discernible , and more vessels are AND THE THAMES TUNNEL . 343.
... me in doubt whether they really are what I take them to be . " An image is before my eyes ; it stands still , but I cannot discern the form thereof . " The Tower is now discernible , and more vessels are AND THE THAMES TUNNEL . 343.
Page 345
... a green comforter round his neck , are quite in cha- racter ; but not so the lamps of the coach , they are still lighted , and look strange in the grey of the morning . Yonder , under a gateway , stands AND THE THAMES TUNNEL . 345.
... a green comforter round his neck , are quite in cha- racter ; but not so the lamps of the coach , they are still lighted , and look strange in the grey of the morning . Yonder , under a gateway , stands AND THE THAMES TUNNEL . 345.
Page 347
... is now awaking ; cabs begin to move ; coaches , carts , and wagons increase , and the rumble of wheels , the jingling of chains and traces , the trampling of horses , the footfall of passengers , AND THE THAMES TUNNEL . 347.
... is now awaking ; cabs begin to move ; coaches , carts , and wagons increase , and the rumble of wheels , the jingling of chains and traces , the trampling of horses , the footfall of passengers , AND THE THAMES TUNNEL . 347.
Page 349
... sometimes moored in the Pool , presenting a forest of masts to the spec- tator's eye . Under what different aspects may the river be contemplated ! The Roman , the Dane , the Saxon , and the Norman , at AND THE THAMES TUNNEL . 349.
... sometimes moored in the Pool , presenting a forest of masts to the spec- tator's eye . Under what different aspects may the river be contemplated ! The Roman , the Dane , the Saxon , and the Norman , at AND THE THAMES TUNNEL . 349.
Page 351
... stood Traitor's Gate , on which , in the reign of the Tudors , thirty heads might have been counted of such as had been executed for high treason ! In the reign of Elizabeth , stately houses were erected AND THE THAMES TUNNEL . 351.
... stood Traitor's Gate , on which , in the reign of the Tudors , thirty heads might have been counted of such as had been executed for high treason ! In the reign of Elizabeth , stately houses were erected AND THE THAMES TUNNEL . 351.
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Page 139 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Page 208 - And now art thou cursed from the earth which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. When thou tillest the ground it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength : a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Page 75 - And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth." And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, "Loose him, and let him go.
Page 9 - For why? the Lord our God is good, His mercy is for ever sure ; His truth at all times firmly stood, And shall from age to age endure.
Page 249 - I, even I, am he that comforteth you : who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass ; 13 And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth...
Page 260 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 307 - Like sheep they are laid in the grave ; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning ; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave : for he shall receive me.
Page 61 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 9 - God; yet ought we most chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy Word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul.
Page 75 - And when he had thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth ! And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes : and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.