A sketch of a tour in Switzerland, in a series of letters |
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... suppose , in Switzerland , and emi- nently calculated to strike the beholder with awe . It is more than four miles in extent ; and the rocks , which in some parts are at least 1600 feet high , are in some places not more than ten yards ...
... suppose , in Switzerland , and emi- nently calculated to strike the beholder with awe . It is more than four miles in extent ; and the rocks , which in some parts are at least 1600 feet high , are in some places not more than ten yards ...
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... suppose so , and then removing the mole , they fill the village with water . This washes the streets , which are improved by the ablution , but leaves , I fear , the houses and stables but little benefited . By the way , whence is it ...
... suppose so , and then removing the mole , they fill the village with water . This washes the streets , which are improved by the ablution , but leaves , I fear , the houses and stables but little benefited . By the way , whence is it ...
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... suppose , is used in winter for the cattle . Those who cannot afford to employ horses or oxen to cart the hay , carry it themselves in im- mense baskets fastened to their shoulders . This appeared to me to involve great labour , and ...
... suppose , is used in winter for the cattle . Those who cannot afford to employ horses or oxen to cart the hay , carry it themselves in im- mense baskets fastened to their shoulders . This appeared to me to involve great labour , and ...
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... suppose , behold them for the first time without experiencing a feeling of disappointment . Many of them , however , are capable of overwhelm- ing forests , houses and villages . Tons of ice are thus ground to powder . May you and I ...
... suppose , behold them for the first time without experiencing a feeling of disappointment . Many of them , however , are capable of overwhelm- ing forests , houses and villages . Tons of ice are thus ground to powder . May you and I ...
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... suppose , some one hundred persons , ex- clusive of guides , have ascended . Those of them who were of unsound mind came down as they went up . In 1820 three guides were swept off by an avalanche and lost . Several females have reached ...
... suppose , some one hundred persons , ex- clusive of guides , have ascended . Those of them who were of unsound mind came down as they went up . In 1820 three guides were swept off by an avalanche and lost . Several females have reached ...
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Página 89 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Página 33 - The impetuous song, and say from whom you rage. His praise, ye brooks, attune, ye trembling rills ; And let me catch it as I muse along. Ye headlong torrents, rapid and profound ; Ye softer floods, that lead the humid maze Along the vale ; and thou, majestic main, A secret world of wonders in thyself, Sound his stupendous praise whose greater voice Or bids you roar, or bids your roarings fall.
Página 47 - He hath made every thing beautiful in his time : also he hath set the world in their heart; so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Página 101 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Página 37 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Página 9 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim, religious light. There let the pealing organ blow To the full-voiced quire below, In service high and anthems clear, As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all heaven before mine eyes.
Página 69 - They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.