My Travels: Visits to Lands Far and Near, European, British, American and CanadianHunter, Rose Company, 1900 - 320 pagina's |
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Pagina 29
... southern margin , the Frith of Tay the northern , while the German German ocean continually beats against the eastern side . The shore line , especially on the south , is thickly dotted with little. 29 CHAPTER III IN FIFESHIRE.
... southern margin , the Frith of Tay the northern , while the German German ocean continually beats against the eastern side . The shore line , especially on the south , is thickly dotted with little. 29 CHAPTER III IN FIFESHIRE.
Pagina 30
... especially on the south , is thickly dotted with little villages and with towns , in many of which are to be found curious traces of former days , in quaint customs , such as the kissing of the blue stone at St. Andrews in token of a ...
... especially on the south , is thickly dotted with little villages and with towns , in many of which are to be found curious traces of former days , in quaint customs , such as the kissing of the blue stone at St. Andrews in token of a ...
Pagina 72
... especially , the wealth and beauty , not of Paris alone , but of the world , passing and repassing in brilliant procession . As I sat one afternoon near the great central drive , I began mechanically to count the carriages passing in ...
... especially , the wealth and beauty , not of Paris alone , but of the world , passing and repassing in brilliant procession . As I sat one afternoon near the great central drive , I began mechanically to count the carriages passing in ...
Pagina 73
... especially since it was restored in 1845 , but the beautiful Madeline , standing at the head of the Rue Royale , had greater attractions for me . True , its appearance suggests a heathen temple , but its beauty is none the less on that ...
... especially since it was restored in 1845 , but the beautiful Madeline , standing at the head of the Rue Royale , had greater attractions for me . True , its appearance suggests a heathen temple , but its beauty is none the less on that ...
Pagina 114
... especially applicable here , and the man who comes out of it unhurt is able to keep his feet anywhere else . The vortex of the whirl is the Board of Trade . It is noisier than New York , and at times more ex- citing . Near it is the ...
... especially applicable here , and the man who comes out of it unhurt is able to keep his feet anywhere else . The vortex of the whirl is the Board of Trade . It is noisier than New York , and at times more ex- citing . Near it is the ...
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Pagina 15 - And, certes,* in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind. What is a lordling's pomp ? A cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind!
Pagina 124 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Pagina 92 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! Heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.
Pagina 264 - Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends ! Hath he not always treasures, always friends, The good great man ? Three treasures, love, and light, And calm thoughts regular as infant's breath : And three firm friends, more sure than day and night, Himself, his Maker, and the angel Death.
Pagina 106 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Pagina 68 - In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a State; And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Pagina 116 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Pagina 8 - While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand; 'When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; 'And when Rome falls — the World.
Pagina 116 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Pagina 142 - WHERE is the true man's fatherland ? Is it where he by chance is born ? Doth not the yearning spirit scorn In such scant borders to be spanned ? Oh yes ! his fatherland must be As the blue heaven wide and free ! Is it alone where freedom is, Where God is God and man is man? Doth he not claim a broader span For the soul's love of home than this...