Over the Ocean: Or Glimpses of Travel in Many LandsPaine & Burgess, 1846 - 372 pagini |
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Pagina 4
... green . There was a dispute — and a reference of it to the umpirage of a mutual friend , who declared its hue was black , and in proof of his declaration produced the animal , and lo ! ' twas white . They were all right , however , for ...
... green . There was a dispute — and a reference of it to the umpirage of a mutual friend , who declared its hue was black , and in proof of his declaration produced the animal , and lo ! ' twas white . They were all right , however , for ...
Pagina 5
... green fields of Anglesea , its copper works and wind - mill , we first set foot on English ground , and no sooner had we passed our baggage at the custom - house than we commenced sight seeing , and visited the public buildings , the ...
... green fields of Anglesea , its copper works and wind - mill , we first set foot on English ground , and no sooner had we passed our baggage at the custom - house than we commenced sight seeing , and visited the public buildings , the ...
Pagina 6
... green , universally of one shade differing from our American forests , in which you see every tint and variety of that color . Here what we call grass - green is hardly known . The trees are constantly trim- med , so that the branches ...
... green , universally of one shade differing from our American forests , in which you see every tint and variety of that color . Here what we call grass - green is hardly known . The trees are constantly trim- med , so that the branches ...
Pagina 7
... Green . " I could have cried as I gazed with the excess and variety of my emotions , for we were whirled past these ob- jects with such rapidity , that it was painful for the mind to grasp them as they were presented to the eye . I can ...
... Green . " I could have cried as I gazed with the excess and variety of my emotions , for we were whirled past these ob- jects with such rapidity , that it was painful for the mind to grasp them as they were presented to the eye . I can ...
Pagina 19
... green , that seem like our American forests . The foliage of the trees is of every shade of verdure , adding in my view much to the beauty of the landscape . We have arrived at Edinburgh , of which you may expect some account in my next ...
... green , that seem like our American forests . The foliage of the trees is of every shade of verdure , adding in my view much to the beauty of the landscape . We have arrived at Edinburgh , of which you may expect some account in my next ...
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Pagina 240 - ARCHES on arches! as it were that Rome, Collecting the chief trophies of her line, Would build up all her triumphs in one dome, Her Coliseum stands; the moonbeams shine As...
Pagina 267 - And shadows forth its glory. There is given Unto the things of earth, which Time hath bent, A spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruin'd battlement, For which the palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower.
Pagina 312 - A ray of heavenly light, gilding all forms Terrestrial in the vast and the minute; The unambiguous footsteps of the God, Who gives its lustre to an insect's wing, .. . " And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds.
Pagina 161 - Farewell, monsieur traveller : Look, you lisp, and wear strange suits; disable all the benefits of your own country ; be out of love with your nativity, and almost chide God for making you that countenance you are ; or I will scarce think you have swam in a gondola.
Pagina 164 - Out upon Time ! who for ever will leave But enough of the past for the future to grieve O'er that which hath been, and o'er that which must be : What we have seen, our sons shall see ; Remnants of things that have...
Pagina 229 - But thou, of temples old, or altars new, Standest alone — with nothing like to thee — Worthiest of God, the holy and the true. Since Zion's desolation, when that He Forsook His former city, what could be, Of earthly structures, in His honour piled, Of a sublimer aspect? Majesty, Power, Glory, Strength, and Beauty, all are aisled In this eternal ark of worship undefiled.
Pagina 230 - Enter: its grandeur overwhelms thee not; And why ? It is not lessened ; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot, Has grown colossal, and can only find A fit abode wherein appear enshrined Thy hopes of immortality; and thou Shalt one day, if found worthy, so defined, See thy God face to face, as thou dost now His holy of holies, nor be blasted by his brow.
Pagina 28 - ... livelier light, And mountains that like giants stand To sentinel enchanted land. High on the south, huge Benvenue Down...
Pagina 339 - There must be nothing like it in the heavens above nor in the earth beneath nor in the waters under the earth ; and in many cases there is not.
Pagina 324 - The sacred tapers' lights are gone, Grey moss has clad the altar stone, The holy image is o'erthrown, The bell has ceased to toll. The long ribb'd aisles are burst and shrunk, The holy shrines to ruin sunk, Departed is the pious monk, God's blessing on his soul ! Rediviva.