Road-book from London to NaplesJohn Murray, 1835 - 189 pagina's |
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Traveller's Guide to Italy: Or, Road-book from London to Naples William Brockedon Volledige weergave - 1835 |
Traveller's Guide to Italy: Or, Road-book from London to Naples William Brockedon Volledige weergave - 1835 |
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Pagina 132 - and haughty dome which vies In air with Earth's chief structures, though their frame Sits on the firm-set ground—and this the clouds must claim. " Thou see'st not all; but piecemeal thou must break To separate contemplation, the great whole ; And as the ocean many bays
Pagina 132 - 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. * * * * * " Thou movest — but increasing with the advance, Like climbing some great Alp which still doth rise, Deceived by its gigantic elegance ; Vastness which
Pagina 132 - who could raise What former time, nor skill, nor thought, could plan ; The fountain of sublimity displays Its depth, and thence may draw the mind of man Its golden sands, and learn what great conceptions can.
Pagina 132 - Thou movest — but increasing with the advance, Like climbing some great Alp which still doth rise, Deceived by its gigantic elegance ; Vastness which grows—but grows to harmonise— All musical in its immensities; Rich marbles—richer painting—shrines where flame The lamps of gold — and haughty dome which vies In air with Earth's chief structures, though their frame Sits on the firm-set ground—and this the clouds must claim.
Pagina 132 - mighty graduations, part by part, The glory which at once upon thee did not dart, " Not by its fault—but thine : Our outward sense Is but a gradual grasp—and as it is That
Pagina 174 - We really expect too much; and for the livre or two above par for your supper and bed, at the most they are but one shilling and ninepence halfpenny. Who would embroil their philosophy for it ? For Heaven's sake and your own, pay it—pay it with both hands open!
Pagina 22 - that it is mean to be civil, and beneath them to feel grateful for any efforts to oblige them made by those for whose services they pay. The presumption of our countrymen is proverbial on the Continent ; fortunately, the exceptions are numerous, and we are spoken of as an unaccountable people, when some men of unquestionable character and fortune
Pagina 132 - make That ask the eye—so here condense thy soul To more immediate objects, and control Thy thoughts until thy mind hath got by heart In
Pagina 22 - understands the word better than any other—is likely to enjoy an excursion in lands where the language, manners, and customs, are so different from his own, will greatly depend upon his carrying with him a ready stock of good temper and forbearance, which have a more certain currency than gold in the purchase of civilities and efforts to please.
Pagina 20 - dare not send by the public conveyance, thus rendering their travelling friends liable to penalty and punishment. This is more strikingly the case where they are requested to take letters, for which public conveyances are provided: in this case, they suffer their friends to run a great risk for the sake of saving the postage. Such conduct is most unpardonable.