Over the Ocean: Or Glimpses of Travel in Many LandsPaine & Burgess, 1846 - 372 pagini |
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Pagina 12
... height of a steeple , ever straight , either round or square , pouring forth clouds of smoke or steam . We remained at Manchester long enough , as we found there was no access to the manufacturies with- out waiting longer than we cared ...
... height of a steeple , ever straight , either round or square , pouring forth clouds of smoke or steam . We remained at Manchester long enough , as we found there was no access to the manufacturies with- out waiting longer than we cared ...
Pagina 34
... height . There is one of which you see the whole length , with thirty - eight distinct joints or parts , fitting into each other , the one concave , the other convex . These columns vary in shape from triangular to nonagon or nine ...
... height . There is one of which you see the whole length , with thirty - eight distinct joints or parts , fitting into each other , the one concave , the other convex . These columns vary in shape from triangular to nonagon or nine ...
Pagina 35
... height of the arch being ninety feet , and the length , or ra- ther depth of the cave , being six hundred and sixty - six feet . The entrance is extremely dangerous - the waves run very high , and dashing against the sides of the cave ...
... height of the arch being ninety feet , and the length , or ra- ther depth of the cave , being six hundred and sixty - six feet . The entrance is extremely dangerous - the waves run very high , and dashing against the sides of the cave ...
Pagina 36
... height , called " Carrick - a - ride . " Between these two cliffs extends a ladder of ropes , with a plank two feet wide upon them ; and across this narrow bridge the fishermen run with their baskets of salmon on their backs , which are ...
... height , called " Carrick - a - ride . " Between these two cliffs extends a ladder of ropes , with a plank two feet wide upon them ; and across this narrow bridge the fishermen run with their baskets of salmon on their backs , which are ...
Pagina 67
... height of forty - two feet over a projecting ledge " a la Niagara , " so that from the extreme end you may see behind the sheet falling over . Its waters , I think , are the most beautiful color of any that I have ever seen , of a clear ...
... height of forty - two feet over a projecting ledge " a la Niagara , " so that from the extreme end you may see behind the sheet falling over . Its waters , I think , are the most beautiful color of any that I have ever seen , of a clear ...
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Over the Ocean: Or Glimpses of Travel in Many Lands Sarah Haight Nu există previzualizare disponibilă - 2016 |
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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.