Impressions at home and abroad; or, A year of real lifeSmith, Elder and Company, 1837 |
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... centre of a clump of trees , the taper spire of the handsome church serves for a kind of land - mark , and the equally well - finished Catholic chapel stands to the right . After continuing by the broad street in front of the Church , I ...
... centre of a clump of trees , the taper spire of the handsome church serves for a kind of land - mark , and the equally well - finished Catholic chapel stands to the right . After continuing by the broad street in front of the Church , I ...
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... centre of a field , on the side of a hill , is a quarry , which we entered , and an aperture about two feet and a half square , covered by some grating to pre- vent intrusion , disclosed the passage into this ex- traordinary ...
... centre of a field , on the side of a hill , is a quarry , which we entered , and an aperture about two feet and a half square , covered by some grating to pre- vent intrusion , disclosed the passage into this ex- traordinary ...
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... centre , and thus got on without interruption . The Giant's Stairs are noble . I imagine towering cliffs , vast mounds , Pelion on Ossa , piled up on either side , and a vessel going between . The approach to Bristol may be considered ...
... centre , and thus got on without interruption . The Giant's Stairs are noble . I imagine towering cliffs , vast mounds , Pelion on Ossa , piled up on either side , and a vessel going between . The approach to Bristol may be considered ...
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... centre , so as to retard each other ; cabs , tax - caris , gigs , trucks , drays , carts , waggons , omnibuses , phaetons , britskas , to the noble coaches , add to the varying scene - and the horses ! they are a perfect study . I ...
... centre , so as to retard each other ; cabs , tax - caris , gigs , trucks , drays , carts , waggons , omnibuses , phaetons , britskas , to the noble coaches , add to the varying scene - and the horses ! they are a perfect study . I ...
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... centre or principal arch , are statues of Charles I. and II . , both in Roman toga . On the city side , corresponding , are those of Elizabeth and her successor , James I. It is the separation between the city and court . Near is the ...
... centre or principal arch , are statues of Charles I. and II . , both in Roman toga . On the city side , corresponding , are those of Elizabeth and her successor , James I. It is the separation between the city and court . Near is the ...
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Page 317 - Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with Nature's tear-drops, as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall grow In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low.
Page 21 - Clarens ! sweet Clarens, birthplace of deep Love ! Thine air is the young breath of passionate thought ; Thy trees take root in Love ; the snows above The very Glaciers have his colours caught, And sun-set into rose-hues sees them wrought By rays which sleep there lovingly...
Page 70 - And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud!
Page 3 - Diamonds on the brake are gleaming; And foresters have busy been To track the buck in thicket green; Now we come to chant our lay "Waken, lords and ladies gay.
Page xxiii - Then welcome business, welcome strife, Welcome the cares, the thorns of life, The visage wan, the pore-blind sight, The toil by day, the lamp by night, The tedious forms, the solemn prate, The pert dispute, the dull debate, The drowsy bench, the babbling hall, For thee, fair Justice, welcome all!
Page 233 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Page i - What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in every thing, and who, having eyes to see what time and chance are perpetually holding out to him as he journeyeth on his way, misses nothing he can fairly lay his hands on...
Page 215 - Where the car climbed the Capitol; far and wide Temple and tower went down, nor left a site : — Chaos of ruins! who shall trace the void, O'er the dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say,
Page 31 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below.
Page 47 - When in a wood of Crete they bay'd the bear With hounds of Sparta : never did I hear Such gallant chiding ; for, besides the groves, The skies, the fountains, every region near Seem'd all one mutual cry : I never heard So musical a discord, such sweet thunder.