The Life of Sir Robert Christison, Bart. ..., 1. cilt

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W. Blackwood and sons, 1885 - 428 sayfa
 

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Sayfa 27 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene, Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Sayfa 27 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies : The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Sayfa 429 - It is the production of a man who boasts of thirty 'all England' cups, whose Roses are always looked for anxiously at flower-shows, who took the lion's share in originating the first Rose-show pur et simple, whose assistance as judge or amicus curia is always courted at such exhibitions. Such a man 'ought to have something to say worth hearing to those who love the Rose,
Sayfa 410 - A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay...
Sayfa 83 - Chrutison, seems to refer to the outbreak on board Lord Howe's fleet in 1782 : — " The whole fleet was in excellent health and spirits when a cutter arrived from the Admiralty, and the signal was given for an officer from each ship. The officer was accordingly sent with a boat's crew from every vessel, and returned with orders, carrying with them also the influenza. In the lieutenant's ship, from whom Dr. Gregory received the account, he was one of two who alone escaped it ; the other ships fared...

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