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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... style as was observed in the lower of London . Along the aisles formed by fluted columns of spears and muskets , are statues clad in ancient mail , bearing shields which are embossed with various historical devices . In the centre of ...
... style as was observed in the lower of London . Along the aisles formed by fluted columns of spears and muskets , are statues clad in ancient mail , bearing shields which are embossed with various historical devices . In the centre of ...
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... style . Handsome carpets cover the floors , and the wares of Birmingham impart cheerfulness to the hearth . The whole of this day was busily occupied in rambling over the town , which is a dull place and contains but few works of art ...
... style . Handsome carpets cover the floors , and the wares of Birmingham impart cheerfulness to the hearth . The whole of this day was busily occupied in rambling over the town , which is a dull place and contains but few works of art ...
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... style of magnificence which nothing can surpass , consisting of long terraces , often hewn from the solid rock , and hanging upon the crags thousands of feet above the sea . Had he remained upon the throne a few years longer , the whole ...
... style of magnificence which nothing can surpass , consisting of long terraces , often hewn from the solid rock , and hanging upon the crags thousands of feet above the sea . Had he remained upon the throne a few years longer , the whole ...
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... style with carpets and other fire - side comforts ; and it is without exception the best , as well as one of the cheapest hotels we have found upon the conti- nent . By an odd coincidence , the waiter appointed to at- tend us had passed ...
... style with carpets and other fire - side comforts ; and it is without exception the best , as well as one of the cheapest hotels we have found upon the conti- nent . By an odd coincidence , the waiter appointed to at- tend us had passed ...
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... style of magnificence as the Strada Balbi , with which they are connected , opening a wide and superb passage through nearly the whole extent of the city , bordered on both sides by long façades of palaces , three or four stories high ...
... style of magnificence as the Strada Balbi , with which they are connected , opening a wide and superb passage through nearly the whole extent of the city , bordered on both sides by long façades of palaces , three or four stories high ...
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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...