First Impressions of England and Its PeopleJ. Johnstone, 1847 - 411 pagina's |
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Pagina vii
... broke out , and swept the country in a greatly more al- terative and irresistible form than at first . And now , here , in the times of Victoria , are we scarce less decidedly enveloped in the still thickening ecclesiastical element ...
... broke out , and swept the country in a greatly more al- terative and irresistible form than at first . And now , here , in the times of Victoria , are we scarce less decidedly enveloped in the still thickening ecclesiastical element ...
Pagina 12
... broken pottery , and hoards of coin . Then comes another important 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 ...
... broken pottery , and hoards of coin . Then comes another important 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 ...
Pagina 13
... broke over it ; and the civi- lized invader , wearied out by their persevering assaults , which , though repelled to - day , had again to be repelled to - morrow , at length left their country to them entire , and , retreating beyond ...
... broke over it ; and the civi- lized invader , wearied out by their persevering assaults , which , though repelled to - day , had again to be repelled to - morrow , at length left their country to them entire , and , retreating beyond ...
Pagina 27
... broke over the city walls at the head of his Covenanters , and held them against the monarch , in the name of the King . But the historical facts have vastly less of the vividness of truth about them than the facts of the makers . It ...
... broke over the city walls at the head of his Covenanters , and held them against the monarch , in the name of the King . But the historical facts have vastly less of the vividness of truth about them than the facts of the makers . It ...
Pagina 37
... a water - spout just broken amid the hills , and at once hurrying adown a hundred different ravines . But the outburst is short as fierce : we have stepped aside into some door - way , or out towards ENGLAND AND ITS PEOPLE . 37.
... a water - spout just broken amid the hills , and at once hurrying adown a hundred different ravines . But the outburst is short as fierce : we have stepped aside into some door - way , or out towards ENGLAND AND ITS PEOPLE . 37.
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Populaire passages
Pagina 253 - 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.
Pagina 345 - Tis a note of enchantment ; what ails her ? She sees A mountain ascending, a vision of trees; Bright volumes of vapour through Lothbury glide, And a river flows on through the vale of Cheapside.
Pagina 309 - 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.
Pagina 274 - Within the twilight of their distant shades; There, lost behind a rising ground, the wood Seems sunk, and shortened to its topmost boughs. No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar; paler some.
Pagina 51 - mid th' unrustling reed, At those mirk hours the wily monster lies, And listens oft to hear the passing steed, And frequent round him rolls his sullen eyes, If chance his savage wrath may some weak wretch surprise.
Pagina 211 - Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Pagina 273 - So strong the zeal to immortalize himself Beats in the breast of man, that e'en a few, Few transient years, won from th' abyss abhorr'd Of blank oblivion, seem a glorious prize, And even to a clown. Now roves the eye ; And, posted on this speculative height, Exults in its command. The sheepfold here Pours out its fleecy tenants o'er the glebe.
Pagina 309 - And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein ; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
Pagina 23 - Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart.
Pagina 116 - 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.