Sketches of Travel: Or, Twelve Months in EuropeJ. B. Adams, 1878 - 398 pagini |
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... four or five acres in extent , not over a mile off ; and we could just dis- cern several others , not probably as large , in the dis- tance . Whereupon was produced this impromptu ODE TO AN ICEBERG . Cold , silent sentinel of the vasty ...
... four or five acres in extent , not over a mile off ; and we could just dis- cern several others , not probably as large , in the dis- tance . Whereupon was produced this impromptu ODE TO AN ICEBERG . Cold , silent sentinel of the vasty ...
Pagina 12
... four miles long and two broad . On the side of one of the mountains is O'Sullivan's cascade , which has a fall of seventy feet , and opposite to this is Innisfallen Island , immortalized by Moore : " Sweet Innisfallen , fare thee well ...
... four miles long and two broad . On the side of one of the mountains is O'Sullivan's cascade , which has a fall of seventy feet , and opposite to this is Innisfallen Island , immortalized by Moore : " Sweet Innisfallen , fare thee well ...
Pagina 20
... four miles from Loch Katrine , to keep it clean . The first steamer in Europe , we are told , was launched here in 1812. This is the native place of James Watts , who first demonstrated the power of steam , and in St. George's Square ...
... four miles from Loch Katrine , to keep it clean . The first steamer in Europe , we are told , was launched here in 1812. This is the native place of James Watts , who first demonstrated the power of steam , and in St. George's Square ...
Pagina 22
... four seven - by - nine squares of glass , and the front window is but double that size , while the fire - place is large and high enough to hold an eighth of a cord of wood . The other room of the original cottage was also shown to us ...
... four seven - by - nine squares of glass , and the front window is but double that size , while the fire - place is large and high enough to hold an eighth of a cord of wood . The other room of the original cottage was also shown to us ...
Pagina 42
... four towers . Here the keeper resides with his family . The detached portions are every where covered with ivy . Originally there was " a pool , containing one hundred and eleven acres , well stocked with fish , " and its waters could ...
... four towers . Here the keeper resides with his family . The detached portions are every where covered with ivy . Originally there was " a pool , containing one hundred and eleven acres , well stocked with fish , " and its waters could ...
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Pagina 81 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill ; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment : But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment...
Pagina 317 - 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...
Pagina 230 - There is a glorious city in the sea; The sea is in the broad, the narrow streets, Ebbing and flowing; and the salt seaweed Clings to the marble of her palaces.
Pagina 197 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below, LXIII.
Pagina 22 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the Universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Pagina 31 - Tam had got planted unco right, Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely; And at his elbow, Souter Johnny, His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony ; Tam lo'ed him like a very brither; They had been fou for weeks thegither. The night drave on wi...
Pagina 346 - And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli...
Pagina 69 - With many a fall shall linger near. The swallow oft beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest. Around my ivied porch shall spring Each fragrant flower that drinks the dew ; And Lucy at her wheel shall sing In russet gown and apron blue. The village church among the trees, Where first our marriage-vows were given, With merry peals shall swell the breeze, And point with taper spire to heaven.
Pagina 300 - Or, turning to the Vatican, go see Laocoon's torture dignifying pain — A father's love and mortal's agony With an immortal's patience blending : — vain The struggle ; vain, against the coiling strain And gripe, and deepening of the dragon's grasp, The old man's clench ; the long envenom'd chain Rivets the living links, — the enormous asp Enforces pang on pang, and stifles gasp on gasp.
Pagina 53 - Chiefs, graced with scars, and prodigal of blood ; Stern patriots, who for sacred freedom stood ; Just men, by whom impartial laws were given ; And saints, who taught, and led, the way to heaven.