First Impressions of England and Its PeopleGould and Lincoln, 1851 - 430 páginas |
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... whole of " Hum- phrey Clinker , " are thrown into this form . They are works of English travels ; and the adventures with which they are enlivened arise by the wayside . It would be rather a difficult matter , in these later times , to ...
... whole of " Hum- phrey Clinker , " are thrown into this form . They are works of English travels ; and the adventures with which they are enlivened arise by the wayside . It would be rather a difficult matter , in these later times , to ...
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... whole posterity , must die : Die he , or justice must ; unless for him Some other , able , and as willing , pay The rigid satisfaction , death for death . * " ' 66 The countryman was silent . " You Scotch are a strange people , " said ...
... whole posterity , must die : Die he , or justice must ; unless for him Some other , able , and as willing , pay The rigid satisfaction , death for death . * " ' 66 The countryman was silent . " You Scotch are a strange people , " said ...
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... clause in the story ; we ascertain that the civilized people failed to conquer the whole of the northern country ; and that , in order to pre- serve what they had conquered , they were content to 36 FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF.
... clause in the story ; we ascertain that the civilized people failed to conquer the whole of the northern country ; and that , in order to pre- serve what they had conquered , they were content to 36 FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF.
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... whole range of Eng- lish poetry . It is at least description without exaggeration , in reference to buildings such as this cathedral . " Almeria . It was a fancied noise ; for all is hushed . Leonora . It bore the accent of a human ...
... whole range of Eng- lish poetry . It is at least description without exaggeration , in reference to buildings such as this cathedral . " Almeria . It was a fancied noise ; for all is hushed . Leonora . It bore the accent of a human ...
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... whole conclave of geologists . - - ― ― The cathedral service seemed rather a poor thing , on the whole . The coldly - read or fantastically - chanted prayers , com- monplace by the twice - a - day repetition of centuries , — the ...
... whole conclave of geologists . - - ― ― The cathedral service seemed rather a poor thing , on the whole . The coldly - read or fantastically - chanted prayers , com- monplace by the twice - a - day repetition of centuries , — the ...
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Página 194 - Tis here with boundless power I reign; And every health which I begin, Converts dull port to bright champagne; Such freedom crowns it at an inn. I fly from pomp, I fly from plate, I fly from falsehood's specious grin! Freedom I love, and form I hate, And choose my lodgings at an inn.
Página 345 - And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
Página 291 - First, I commend my soul into the hands of God my creator, hoping, and assuredly believing, through the only merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour, to be made partaker of life everlasting; and my body to the earth whereof it is made.
Página 382 - AT the corner of Wood Street, when daylight appears, Hangs a Thrush that sings loud, it has sung for three years: Poor Susan has passed by the spot, and has heard In the silence of morning the song of the Bird. Tis a note of enchantment; what ails her? She sees A mountain ascending, a vision of trees; Bright volumes of vapor through Lothbury glide, And a river flows on through the vale of Cheapside.
Página 140 - Her speech was the melodious voice of Love, Her song the warbling of the vernal grove ; Her eloquence was sweeter than her song, Soft as her heart, and as her reason strong; Her form each beauty of her mind express'd, Her mind was Virtue by the Graces dress'd.
Página 120 - The whole creation round. Contentment walks The sunny glade, and feels an inward bliss Spring o'er his mind, beyond the power of kings To purchase. Pure serenity apace Induces thought and contemplation still. By swift degrees the love of Nature works, And warms the bosom ; till at last, sublimed To rapture and enthusiastic heat, We feel the present Deity, and taste The joy of GOD to see a happy world...
Página 129 - Invested with a keen diffusive sky. Breathing the soul acute : her forests huge, Incult, robust, and tall, by Nature's hand Planted of old ; her azure lakes between...
Página 321 - I reckon it among my principal advantages, as a composer of verses, that I have not read an English poet these thirteen years, and but one these twenty years. Imitation, even of the best models, is my aversion; it is servile and mechanical, a trick that has enabled many to usurp the name of author, who could not have written at all, if they had not written upon the pattern of somebody indeed original.
Página 47 - Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
Página 143 - Lucy's grave, Perform the duties that you doubly owe ! Now she, alas.! is gone, From folly and from vice their helpless age to save...