A classical and historical tour through France [&c.].1826 |
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... pass by with cold indifference . The general style of the ensuing narrative dis- plays , perhaps occasionally , as much the character of the individual as the pretensions of an author . viii PREFACE . -Written familiarly , and ...
... pass by with cold indifference . The general style of the ensuing narrative dis- plays , perhaps occasionally , as much the character of the individual as the pretensions of an author . viii PREFACE . -Written familiarly , and ...
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... pass under ; yet , for the purpose of passing through , any portion of it may be removed , and the whole may be taken to pieces in one hour ; a practice which , I believe , prevails in the winter , to avoid the concussions from the ...
... pass under ; yet , for the purpose of passing through , any portion of it may be removed , and the whole may be taken to pieces in one hour ; a practice which , I believe , prevails in the winter , to avoid the concussions from the ...
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... pass the Barrière de Neuilly , formed by two corresponding military stone lodges , porticoes on each side , and massy Doric columns . Through quadruple rows of elms , and at one and the same point , are seen the Champs Elysées ...
... pass the Barrière de Neuilly , formed by two corresponding military stone lodges , porticoes on each side , and massy Doric columns . Through quadruple rows of elms , and at one and the same point , are seen the Champs Elysées ...
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... pass by , and view with indiffer- ence , that monument of art and glory erected and dedicated by Napoleon to his triumphant armies , but which is yet more striking from the late reverses ? -a pillar on the model of that of Trajan at ...
... pass by , and view with indiffer- ence , that monument of art and glory erected and dedicated by Napoleon to his triumphant armies , but which is yet more striking from the late reverses ? -a pillar on the model of that of Trajan at ...
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... passing hour , then , nowhere , and I am bound to acknowledge it , will it be met with more frankly , or more politely bestowed , than in Paris . From the earliest records of time , England and France have ever been implacable rivals ...
... passing hour , then , nowhere , and I am bound to acknowledge it , will it be met with more frankly , or more politely bestowed , than in Paris . From the earliest records of time , England and France have ever been implacable rivals ...
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Page 246 - What are these, So wither'd, and so wild in their attire ; That look not like the inhabitants o
Page 263 - So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden, where delicious Paradise, Now nearer, crowns with her enclosure green, As with a rural mound, the champaign head Of a steep wilderness, whose hairy sides With thicket overgrown, grotesque and wild, Access denied...
Page 333 - Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Sou, and of the Holy Ghost...
Page 10 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears; soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold.
Page 317 - This was the most unkindest cut of all ; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab. Ingratitude, more strong than traitors...
Page 78 - A double dungeon wall and wave Have made — and like a living grave, Below the surface of the lake The dark vault lies wherein we lay; We heard it ripple night and day; Sounding o'er our heads it knocked.
Page 224 - La Notte che tu vedi in si dolci atti Dormir, fu da un Angelo scolpita In questo sasso, e perche dorme, ha vita : Destala, se nol credi, e parleratti.' To which Michelangelo replied : — ' Grato m' e 'I sonno, e piu 1' esser di sasso, Mentre che il danno e la vergogna dura ; Non veder, non sentir, m...
Page 264 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene; and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
Page 300 - Deeming it midnight : — Temples, baths, or halls ? Pronounce who can ; for all that Learning reap'd From her research hath been, that these are walls — Behold the Imperial Mount ! 'tis thus the mighty falls.
Page 332 - Lo! the heavens are open ; if you enter not now, when will you enter? For twelve pence you may redeem the soul of your father out of purgatory; and are you so ungrateful, that you will not rescue your parent from torment ? If you had but one coat, you ought to strip yourself instantly, and sell it, in order to purchase such benefits, &c.