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... . To my traveling companions I owe much of the pleasure and success of my undertaking : they are thanked . To God belongs the praise for a safe return it is acknowledged . CONTENTS . INTRODUCTORY - THE VOYAGE . PAGE 29 30 8 PREFACE .
... . To my traveling companions I owe much of the pleasure and success of my undertaking : they are thanked . To God belongs the praise for a safe return it is acknowledged . CONTENTS . INTRODUCTORY - THE VOYAGE . PAGE 29 30 8 PREFACE .
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... pleasures and perils in the south of Eu- rope . His description of old , hoary Vesuvius , which had smoked and blazed , bellowed and thundered , there for ages ; of Rome , the city of seven hills ; of massive piles , and grand old ruins ...
... pleasures and perils in the south of Eu- rope . His description of old , hoary Vesuvius , which had smoked and blazed , bellowed and thundered , there for ages ; of Rome , the city of seven hills ; of massive piles , and grand old ruins ...
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... pleasure . Unlike Birkenhead , Chester bears the marks of age ; old Roman remains appear on every side ; and the an- tiquarian will find a hundred objects of study and con- templation . All around Liverpool are quiet , pleasant villages ...
... pleasure . Unlike Birkenhead , Chester bears the marks of age ; old Roman remains appear on every side ; and the an- tiquarian will find a hundred objects of study and con- templation . All around Liverpool are quiet , pleasant villages ...
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... pleasure de- rived by the laborer from his toils , all far exceed , in our system , the same particulars in the English system . I noticed that the several rooms into which I entered were very poorly ventilated . One large mill , with ...
... pleasure de- rived by the laborer from his toils , all far exceed , in our system , the same particulars in the English system . I noticed that the several rooms into which I entered were very poorly ventilated . One large mill , with ...
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... pleasure produced by the contemplation of his benev- olence was mingled with the sad evidences that this school was but the result of the want of a proper system of general education , and deep , grinding pov- erty , which compelled the ...
... pleasure produced by the contemplation of his benev- olence was mingled with the sad evidences that this school was but the result of the want of a proper system of general education , and deep , grinding pov- erty , which compelled the ...
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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.