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... to sketch its outlines , and perhaps enter slightly into its details . As a man who gazes upon a beautiful cathedral for a short time only will not be able to describe A every particular defect and excellency of the ar- chitectural design.
... to sketch its outlines , and perhaps enter slightly into its details . As a man who gazes upon a beautiful cathedral for a short time only will not be able to describe A every particular defect and excellency of the ar- chitectural design.
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... St. Antony's Ferrara 446 St. Justina's Prison of Tasso 446 The Comaro The beautiful Eleanora 446 The Pisani Ride into Venice Gondolas XXXIV . 452 Shell Fish . 452 Islands . An Englishman in a Dilemma 478 Storm on the Channel 22 CONTENTS .
... St. Antony's Ferrara 446 St. Justina's Prison of Tasso 446 The Comaro The beautiful Eleanora 446 The Pisani Ride into Venice Gondolas XXXIV . 452 Shell Fish . 452 Islands . An Englishman in a Dilemma 478 Storm on the Channel 22 CONTENTS .
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... beautiful park , and is a costly and elegant Gothic structure . Though so far removed from the mass of habitations and the crowded streets , it is always well filled with an aristocratic audience . On the evening in question , it was ...
... beautiful park , and is a costly and elegant Gothic structure . Though so far removed from the mass of habitations and the crowded streets , it is always well filled with an aristocratic audience . On the evening in question , it was ...
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... beautiful city . I had pic- tured out a town of wretched appearance ; long , low , narrow streets , filled with beggars and thieves , and lined on each side by the miserable habitations of half - paid laborers . But I was agreeably ...
... beautiful city . I had pic- tured out a town of wretched appearance ; long , low , narrow streets , filled with beggars and thieves , and lined on each side by the miserable habitations of half - paid laborers . But I was agreeably ...
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... beautiful view , and all brought by the hand of charity within the reach of the poorest la- borer , who has not a shilling which he can call his own ; to the Exchange , one of the largest rooms in Eng- land , where several hundreds of ...
... beautiful view , and all brought by the hand of charity within the reach of the poorest la- borer , who has not a shilling which he can call his own ; to the Exchange , one of the largest rooms in Eng- land , where several hundreds of ...
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Europa: Or, Scenes and Society in England, France, Italy, and Switzerland Daniel Clarke Eddy No preview available - 2023 |
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Page 358 - Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees which grew along the broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the stars Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watchdog bay'd beyond the Tiber ; and More near from out the Caesars...
Page 38 - But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Page 474 - Jura, whose capt heights appear Precipitously steep ; and drawing near, There breathes a living fragrance from the shore, Of flowers yet fresh with childhood ; on the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar, Or chirps the grasshopper one good-night carol more...
Page 474 - Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake," With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters for a purer spring. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a Sister's voice reproved, That I with stern delights should e'er have been so moved.
Page 452 - The waveless plain of Lombardy, Bounded by the vaporous air, Islanded by cities fair; Underneath Day's azure eyes Ocean's nursling, Venice, lies, A peopled labyrinth of walls, Amphitrite's destined halls, Which her hoary sire now paves With his blue and beaming waves.
Page 327 - ... dispersed the rest of the company, and obliged him to rise. He raised himself up, with the assistance of two of his servants, and instantly fell down dead — suffocated, as I conjecture, by some gross and noxious vapor, having always had weak lungs, and being frequently subject to a difficulty of breathing.
Page 358 - twere anew, the gaps of centuries; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old! — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.
Page 358 - Gladiator's bloody Circus stands, A noble wreck in ruinous perfection ! While Caesar's chambers, and the Augustan halls, Grovel on earth in indistinct decay.
Page 76 - All you that in the condemned hold do lie, Prepare you, for to-morrow you shall die ; Watch all, and pray, the hour is drawing near That you before the Almighty must appear ; Examine well yourselves, in time repent, That you may not to eternal flames be sent. And when St. Sepulchre's bell to-morrow tolls, The Lord above have mercy on your souls. Past twelve o'clock...
Page 326 - But my uncle, in order to soothe the apprehensions of his friend, assured him it was only the burning of the villages which the country people had abandoned to the flames. After this, he retired to rest ; and it is most certain he was so little discomposed as to fall into a deep sleep ; for, being pretty fat, and breathing hard, those who attended without actually heard him snore.