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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... seems inaccessible and impregnable both by land and sea . the age of Louis XII . to the present time , millions have been appropriated , in constructing moles , fortresses , batte- ries , citadels , arsenals , walls , and military ...
... seems inaccessible and impregnable both by land and sea . the age of Louis XII . to the present time , millions have been appropriated , in constructing moles , fortresses , batte- ries , citadels , arsenals , walls , and military ...
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... seem wholly impracticable . Batteries were planted in the fastnesses of the mountains , above the reach of annoyance from the harbour , and a cannonade opened upon the town , which compelled the allied invaders to retreat . A great ...
... seem wholly impracticable . Batteries were planted in the fastnesses of the mountains , above the reach of annoyance from the harbour , and a cannonade opened upon the town , which compelled the allied invaders to retreat . A great ...
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... seem , at the town of Le Luc , standing at the junction of two great roads , and containing three thousand inhabitants , there is not a single hotel , where a person can rest with comfort . Reduced to the alternative of taking lodgings ...
... seem , at the town of Le Luc , standing at the junction of two great roads , and containing three thousand inhabitants , there is not a single hotel , where a person can rest with comfort . Reduced to the alternative of taking lodgings ...
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... seems to view the giant sentinels , planted along the north- ern frontier of Italy , in an individual rather than a collective capacity , and familiarly speaks of encountering this or that one of the group in her endless adventures ...
... seems to view the giant sentinels , planted along the north- ern frontier of Italy , in an individual rather than a collective capacity , and familiarly speaks of encountering this or that one of the group in her endless adventures ...
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... seems to be founded in the supposition , that sneezing is an indication of bad health , calling for the sympathy and good wishes of others . It probably originated with the Roman augurs , who placed sternutation among the Dira , whence ...
... seems to be founded in the supposition , that sneezing is an indication of bad health , calling for the sympathy and good wishes of others . It probably originated with the Roman augurs , who placed sternutation among the Dira , whence ...
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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.
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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...