A view of society and manners in ItalyStirling & Slade, 1820 - English literature |
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... reason we chose to sleep on the latter rather than in the former ; and actually travelled five days and nights , with- out stopping any longer than was necessary to change horses . This method of travelling , however agreeable and im ...
... reason we chose to sleep on the latter rather than in the former ; and actually travelled five days and nights , with- out stopping any longer than was necessary to change horses . This method of travelling , however agreeable and im ...
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... reason we thought it advisable to remain at Vienna eight days after their departure , to avoid the inconveniences which might arise from a defi- ciency of post - horses on such an unfrequented road . Having taken our measures with so ...
... reason we thought it advisable to remain at Vienna eight days after their departure , to avoid the inconveniences which might arise from a defi- ciency of post - horses on such an unfrequented road . Having taken our measures with so ...
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... reason to repent her hospi- tality . The poor woman's gratitude made her talk loudly of the duke of Hamilton's generosity ; which coming to the ears of the postmaster , induced him to make an effort to get the chaises dragged on to ...
... reason to repent her hospi- tality . The poor woman's gratitude made her talk loudly of the duke of Hamilton's generosity ; which coming to the ears of the postmaster , induced him to make an effort to get the chaises dragged on to ...
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... reason to expect . Their highnesses arrived in the evening ; and as they did not propose to leave Goritia till next morning , the archduke had the politeness to give orders that the duke of Hamilton should have what horses he wanted ...
... reason to expect . Their highnesses arrived in the evening ; and as they did not propose to leave Goritia till next morning , the archduke had the politeness to give orders that the duke of Hamilton should have what horses he wanted ...
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... reason to imagine , that this aversion of theirs , joined to the great influence they have in all Christian countries , has prevented Ma- hometanism from making any progress in Europe . The Turkish men , on the other hand , ' continued ...
... reason to imagine , that this aversion of theirs , joined to the great influence they have in all Christian countries , has prevented Ma- hometanism from making any progress in Europe . The Turkish men , on the other hand , ' continued ...
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Page 245 - Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly," death itself awakes ? Can'st thou, O partial sleep ! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Page 116 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full.
Page 369 - But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves, Long-sounding aisles and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence, and a dread repose : Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades every flower, and darkens every green ; Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Page 245 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the shipboy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge ; And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deaf ning clamours in the slippery clouds...
Page 245 - How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eye-lids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody?
Page 116 - Cooper's Hill, My eye, descending from the Hill, surveys Where Thames among the wanton valleys strays ; Thames ! the most loved of all the Ocean's sons, By his old sire, to his embraces runs, Hasting to pay his tribute to the sea, Like mortal life to meet eternity. Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber and their gravel gold, His genuine and less guilty wealth t...
Page 361 - That part of the island we had landed on was a narrow ridge, not above musket-shot across, bounded on one side by the sea, and on the other by a creek, extending upwards of a mile inland, and nearly communicating with the sea at its head.
Page 116 - Brings home to us, and makes both Indies ours ; Finds wealth where 'tis, bestows it where it wants, Cities in deserts, woods in cities, plants ; So that to us no thing, no place, is strange, While his fair bosom is...
Page 108 - As one who, long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoin'd, from each thing met conceives delight ; The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Page 433 - Nay, do not think I flatter ; For what advancement may I hope from thee, That no revenue hast but thy good spirits, To feed and clothe thee ? Why should the poor be flatter'd ? No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning.