Sydney and Melbourne: With Remarks on the Present State and Future Prospects of New South Wales, and Practical Advice to Emigrants of Various Classes: to which is Added a Summary of the Route Home by India, Egypt, &c

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Smith, Elder & Company, 1845 - 237 σελίδες
 

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Σελίδα 5 - Their Superiority in the ART of LANDSCAPE PAINTING to all the Ancient Masters, proved by examples of the True, the Beautiful, and the Intellectual, from the Works of Modern Artists, especially from those of JM Turner, Esq., RA By a GRADUATE of OXFORD.
Σελίδα 29 - Since nought so stockish, hard and full of rage, But music for the time doth change his nature. The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night And his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted.
Σελίδα 12 - Sec. GS Naturalist to the Expedition. Comprising highly-finished representations of the most novel and interesting objects in Natural History, collected during the voyage of the Beagle, with descriptive Letterpress, and a general Sketch of the Zoology of the Southern Part of South America. Figures are given of many species of animals hitherto unknown or but imperfectly described, together with an account of their habits, ranges, and places of habitation. The collections were chiefly made in the provinces...
Σελίδα 20 - THE PASTOR OF DRONFELLS. IV. THE LABOURER AND HIS WIFE. V. THE COUNTRY TOWN. VI. LIVE AND LET LIVE ; OR, THE MANCHESTER WEAVERS. VII. THE SOLDIER. VIII. THE LEASIDE FARM.
Σελίδα 17 - Universally and cordially do we recommend this delightful volume. We believe no person could read this work and not be the better for its pious and touching lessons. It is a page taken from the book of life, and eloquent with all the instruction of an excellent pattern : it is a commentary on the affectionate warning, ' Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth.
Σελίδα 210 - One adequate support For the calamities of mortal life Exists — one only; an assured belief That the procession of our fate, howe'er Sad or disturbed, is ordered by a Being Of infinite benevolence and power; Whose everlasting purposes embrace All accidents, converting them to good.
Σελίδα 11 - Africa," in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836, with Letterpress Descriptions, and a Summary of African Zoology. By ANDREW SMITH, MD, Surgeon to the Forces, and Director of the Expedition.
Σελίδα 23 - AND Will. Made easy to Foreigners, with instances of their Misuse on the part of the Natives of England. ALSO SCOTTICISMS, Designed to correct Improprieties of Speech and Writing. By JAMES BEATTIE, LL.D.
Σελίδα 18 - We never in all our experience met with a more interesting work, and one breathing more fully and firmly the very essence of Christian philanthropy and national patriotism, and that too in the most simple and unambitious language, as if the writer were not aware of his power of influencing all the belter feelings of the human heart." — LITERARY CHRONICLE. "This volume reminds us forcibly of that most delightful of all biographies, 'The Doctor,' to which indeed it is little if at all inferior.
Σελίδα 8 - THE INVALID'S GUIDE TO MADEIRA; With a Description of Teneriffe, Lisbon, Cintra, and Mafra, and a Vocabulary of the Portuguese and English Languages. By WILLIAM WHITE COOPER, MRCS, Surgeon to the Hon. Artillery Company. " There has recently been published a small work by Mr. Cooper, which may be consulted with advantage.

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