A view of society and manners in ItalyStirling & Slade, 1820 - English literature |
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... side of the street . There we were told , that all the victuals in the house were already devoured - three or four guests were in every spare room - the family going to bed - and they could not possibly receive any more company . We had ...
... side of the street . There we were told , that all the victuals in the house were already devoured - three or four guests were in every spare room - the family going to bed - and they could not possibly receive any more company . We had ...
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... side of the great cannal . They had been just quitted by his royal highness the duke of Gloucester , who is at present at Padua . Thus at length we are arrived in Italy- Per varios casus , et tot discrimina rerum . LETTER II . Venice ...
... side of the great cannal . They had been just quitted by his royal highness the duke of Gloucester , who is at present at Padua . Thus at length we are arrived in Italy- Per varios casus , et tot discrimina rerum . LETTER II . Venice ...
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... sides the cylinder now appears a large sheet of glass , which being once more introduced into the furnace , is brought out a clear , finished plate . This manufactory formerly served all Europe with looking - glasses ; the quantity made ...
... sides the cylinder now appears a large sheet of glass , which being once more introduced into the furnace , is brought out a clear , finished plate . This manufactory formerly served all Europe with looking - glasses ; the quantity made ...
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... side , which direct vessels , of a certain burden , to avoid the shallows , and keep in deeper water . These shallows are a better defence to the city than the strongest fortifications . On the ap- proach of an enemy's fleet , the ...
... side , which direct vessels , of a certain burden , to avoid the shallows , and keep in deeper water . These shallows are a better defence to the city than the strongest fortifications . On the ap- proach of an enemy's fleet , the ...
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... side with magnificent palaces , churches , and spires ; but this fine prospect is almost the only one in Venice ; for , except the Grand Canal , and the Canal Regio , all the others are nar- row and mean ; some of them have no keys ...
... side with magnificent palaces , churches , and spires ; but this fine prospect is almost the only one in Venice ; for , except the Grand Canal , and the Canal Regio , all the others are nar- row and mean ; some of them have no keys ...
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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.