Letters from Europe: Comprising the Journal of a Tour Through Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Italy, and Switzerland, in the Years 1825,' 26,and '27, Volume 2C. &. H. Carvil, 1829 - Europe |
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... looks to the south , and always enjoys the genial influ- ence of the sun . In the rear , the enclosure becomes so steep as to rise in terraces one above another , all filled with plants , and adding much to the picturesque beauty of the ...
... looks to the south , and always enjoys the genial influ- ence of the sun . In the rear , the enclosure becomes so steep as to rise in terraces one above another , all filled with plants , and adding much to the picturesque beauty of the ...
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... looks the antique stone houses and tiled roofs of Draguignan , as well as a wide extent of the surrounding country . Even this town , though nature has spontaneously embellished its environs with plants and flowers , boasts of its ...
... looks the antique stone houses and tiled roofs of Draguignan , as well as a wide extent of the surrounding country . Even this town , though nature has spontaneously embellished its environs with plants and flowers , boasts of its ...
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... look as if they had been rocked by an earthquake . An attentive landlord showed us into his best apartments , which had evidently seen more prosperous days , and were an em- blem both of the town itself and of the fortunes of the impe ...
... look as if they had been rocked by an earthquake . An attentive landlord showed us into his best apartments , which had evidently seen more prosperous days , and were an em- blem both of the town itself and of the fortunes of the impe ...
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... look down into a frightful chasm , formed by an amphitheatre of perpendicular cliffs . At Ventimiglia , a considerable town occupying a steep and almost inaccessible promontory , about 40 miles from Nice , the road passable with ...
... look down into a frightful chasm , formed by an amphitheatre of perpendicular cliffs . At Ventimiglia , a considerable town occupying a steep and almost inaccessible promontory , about 40 miles from Nice , the road passable with ...
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... looks did not indicate , that she was at all conscious of any impropriety , in planting a foot in each stirrup . From the brow of Monte Diana , a lofty promontory round which the path winds , some miles beyond Oneglia , we had a first ...
... looks did not indicate , that she was at all conscious of any impropriety , in planting a foot in each stirrup . From the brow of Monte Diana , a lofty promontory round which the path winds , some miles beyond Oneglia , we had a first ...
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Page 121 - 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 2 - In conformity to the act of Congress of the United States. entitled, " an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned." And also to an act, entitled, " an act, supplementary to an act, entitled, an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
Page 280 - 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 125 - His legions, angel forms, who lay entranced, Thick as autumnal leaves that strew the brooks In Vallombrosa, where the Etrurian shades, High overarched, embower...
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 179 - 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.
Page 346 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, 30 And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned.
Page 163 - While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand; 'When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; 'And when Rome falls — the World.
Page 145 - 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 390 - By turning the latter round to the right or to the left, as the case may be...