Impressions at home and abroad; or, A year of real lifeSmith, Elder and Company, 1837 |
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... following remarks , which , perhaps , are wrongly designated an apo- logy for my book , they being , in fact , meant as an excuse for my having written one of this nature . xii APOLOGY . Vigilantibus non dormientibus jura subveniunt . As.
... following remarks , which , perhaps , are wrongly designated an apo- logy for my book , they being , in fact , meant as an excuse for my having written one of this nature . xii APOLOGY . Vigilantibus non dormientibus jura subveniunt . As.
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... perhaps , mortal man had never trod before , or it may have been untenanted since the flood ; no being of human frame had dwelt amid this chaos of sub- lime creation , which till a few months back had been wrapt in the sleep of ages ...
... perhaps , mortal man had never trod before , or it may have been untenanted since the flood ; no being of human frame had dwelt amid this chaos of sub- lime creation , which till a few months back had been wrapt in the sleep of ages ...
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... Perhaps the fishes feed on the carcase of a shipwrecked seaman , who , tost by the raging ocean , found within the coral depths a watery grave . Long did he hope for succour from his comrades , but they heard him not ; the wild blast ...
... Perhaps the fishes feed on the carcase of a shipwrecked seaman , who , tost by the raging ocean , found within the coral depths a watery grave . Long did he hope for succour from his comrades , but they heard him not ; the wild blast ...
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... perhaps , as ourselves ; they reminded them of the days when they too were young , and recalled emotions at once of a soothing and en . livening nature . The cares and turmoils of the year had been passed over , smoothly perhaps , or ...
... perhaps , as ourselves ; they reminded them of the days when they too were young , and recalled emotions at once of a soothing and en . livening nature . The cares and turmoils of the year had been passed over , smoothly perhaps , or ...
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... perhaps , has sent your horse before you with the fore shoes loose , a rein cracked , or stirrup leather dosed , and is ready to take his oath , when you return to upbraid his neglect ( that is , if you do return ) , that nothing of the ...
... perhaps , has sent your horse before you with the fore shoes loose , a rein cracked , or stirrup leather dosed , and is ready to take his oath , when you return to upbraid his neglect ( that is , if you do return ) , that nothing of 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.