Letters from Europe, the journal of a tour through Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Italy, and Switzerland, in 1825, '26, and '27, Tom 1 |
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... direction of the sun , with the silken sails of Cleopatra . We have seen thousands of them bounding over the billows , reminding us of Pope's couplet : " Learn of the little Nautilus to sail , Spread the thin oar , and catch the rising ...
... direction of the sun , with the silken sails of Cleopatra . We have seen thousands of them bounding over the billows , reminding us of Pope's couplet : " Learn of the little Nautilus to sail , Spread the thin oar , and catch the rising ...
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... direction ; and as we rode almost the whole distance upon the outside , we had a good view of the interior and agricultural part of the country . Both in point of soil and cultivation , Ireland has much surpassed my expectations . The ...
... direction ; and as we rode almost the whole distance upon the outside , we had a good view of the interior and agricultural part of the country . Both in point of soil and cultivation , Ireland has much surpassed my expectations . The ...
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... direction from the bridge of the Liffey , is a spacious and splendid avenue , lined with ranges of lofty structures , and adorned with a stately monument in memory of Lord Nelson . The post - office is one of the largest and most ...
... direction from the bridge of the Liffey , is a spacious and splendid avenue , lined with ranges of lofty structures , and adorned with a stately monument in memory of Lord Nelson . The post - office is one of the largest and most ...
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... direction , up and down the Channel , verdant promontories are seen projecting into the sea , until their dim summits fade into water and sky . By sunset the last speck of land had disappeared . Strange as it may seem , it afforded us ...
... direction , up and down the Channel , verdant promontories are seen projecting into the sea , until their dim summits fade into water and sky . By sunset the last speck of land had disappeared . Strange as it may seem , it afforded us ...
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... direction of the wind , the hand shift- ing with every gust . An accurate registry is kept of all the arrivals , and of vessels below , communicated by signals . Here also the state of the market may be learned from a record of the ...
... direction of the wind , the hand shift- ing with every gust . An accurate registry is kept of all the arrivals , and of vessels below , communicated by signals . Here also the state of the market may be learned from a record of the ...
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Abbey afforded Ambleside amusement antique appearance arches architecture arrived Arthur's Seat banks battle of Culloden beautiful boat bridge buildings Calton Hill Castle celebrated charming church cliffs coach Crag curiosity declivity descending distance Duke edifice Edinburgh eminence England erected extending favourable Furness Fell garden Gothic Great-Britain green half hall handsome height Highland hills hour hundred feet interesting Inverness Irish sea Keswick kind ladies lake LETTER Liverpool Loch Loch Linnhe Loch Lochy Loch Lomond lofty manufacture Marseilles ment miles monument Moray Firth morning mountains neat New-York night o'clock objects occupied ornaments Paris passed passengers picturesque poet present residence ride rising river road rocks romantic round ruins Rydal Water scene scenery Scotland seat seen shore side situated Skiddaw splendid stands stone stream streets summit taste tion tower town trees Ullswater vale village walk walls whole winds woods
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Strona 10 - All scatter'd in the bottom of the sea. Some lay in dead men's skulls; and, in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept (As 'twere in scorn of eyes,) reflecting gems, That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep, And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by.
Strona 143 - O, father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity...
Strona 370 - Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Strona 153 - Hucknall is the following inscription: — IN THE VAULT BENEATH, WHERE MANY OF HIS ANCESTORS AND HIS MOTHER ARE BURIED, LIE THE REMAINS OF GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON, LORD BYRON, OF ROCHDALE, IN THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER, THE AUTHOR OF "CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE.
Strona 518 - O'er dust ! a charity their dogs enjoy. What could I do? what succour? what resource? With pious sacrilege, a grave I stole ; With impious piety, that grave I wrong'd ; Short in my duty ; coward in my grief! More like her murderer, than friend, I crept, With soft-suspended step, and, muffled deep In midnight darkness, whisper'd my last sigh. I whisper'd what should echo through their realms ; Nor writ her name, whose tomb should pierce the skies.
Strona 249 - No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, ' No storied urn nor animated bust ;' This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust.
Strona 272 - Others embarked on board a ship on the coast of Buchan, and were conveyed to Norway, from whence they travelled to Sweden. In the month of May, the duke of Cumberland advanced with the army into the Highlands, as far as Fort Augustus, where he encamped; and sent off detachments on all hands, to hunt down the fugitives, and lay waste the country with fire and sword.
Strona 422 - Ninora-Tal. which is about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth when full, but less than half of that width in the dry season.
Strona 271 - But the third said ; All haile Makbeth that heereafter shalt be king of Scotland. ' Then Banquho ; What manner of women (saith he) are you, that seeme so little favourable unto me, whereas to my fellow heere besides high offices, ye assigne also the kingdome, appointing foorth nothing for me at all ? Yes...
Strona 271 - ... when suddenly in the middest of a laund, there met them three women in strange and wild apparel, resembling creatures of elder world, whom when they attentively beheld, wondering much at the sight, the first of them spake and said : — ' All hail Makbeth, thane of Glammis...