Letters from Europe: Comprising the Journal of a Tour Through Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Italy, and Switzerland in the Years 1825, '26, and '27G. & C. Carvill, 1829 - Europe |
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... half orange and half citron , growing on the same stem . A profusion of Japan roses spread their gorgeous petals to the sun , and many a bud was just starting into life . The walks of the Garden are open to the public , and con- nected ...
... half orange and half citron , growing on the same stem . A profusion of Japan roses spread their gorgeous petals to the sun , and many a bud was just starting into life . The walks of the Garden are open to the public , and con- nected ...
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... half a dozen vessels were seen riding at anchor , their white flags streaming in the wind . In the offing , the islands of St. Marguerite and St. Honorat elevate their brown ledges above the sea . The former is strongly fortified ...
... half a dozen vessels were seen riding at anchor , their white flags streaming in the wind . In the offing , the islands of St. Marguerite and St. Honorat elevate their brown ledges above the sea . The former is strongly fortified ...
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... half way to their summits , where white country seats and farm - houses are seen peeping from plantations of olives . But the most striking and picturesque object is an insula- ted , precipitous rock , rearing its barren crags several ...
... half way to their summits , where white country seats and farm - houses are seen peeping from plantations of olives . But the most striking and picturesque object is an insula- ted , precipitous rock , rearing its barren crags several ...
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... half a day's ride of Genoa . Here therefore without much regret , we were compelled to quit the carriage , such as it was , and resort to the still more humble conveyance of riding upon ponies for a long journey of two days . A donkey ...
... half a day's ride of Genoa . Here therefore without much regret , we were compelled to quit the carriage , such as it was , and resort to the still more humble conveyance of riding upon ponies for a long journey of two days . A donkey ...
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... Half a dozen torrents were crossed , which open in deep gorges from the hills , and at certain seasons are swept by impetuous floods . The broad , rocky channels , strewed with the ruins of the mountains , prove that this district ...
... Half a dozen torrents were crossed , which open in deep gorges from the hills , and at certain seasons are swept by impetuous floods . The broad , rocky channels , strewed with the ruins of the mountains , prove that this district ...
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Page 376 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 2 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Page 308 - Blessed art thou, Simon Bar Jona, because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say to thee, that thou art Peter; and upon this rock will I build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Page 127 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore: his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 185 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Page 2 - In conformity to the act of Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned ;
Page 169 - While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand; 'When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; 'And when Rome falls — the World.
Page 151 - Byron has in three lines presented an exact image of this hill, which — " from out the plain Heaves, like a long swept wave about to break, And on the curl hangs pausing.
Page 435 - Aonio rediens deducam vertice Musas; primus Idumaeas referam tibi, Mantua, palmas et viridi in campo templum de marmore ponam propter aquam, tardis ingens ubi flexibus errat Mincius et tenera praetexit harundine ripas.
Page 422 - By turning the latter round to the right or to the left, as the case may be...