First Impressions of England and Its PeopleGould and Lincoln, 1851 - 430 pagina's |
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Pagina viii
... light of the dim twilight caverns within . Society in England , in the present day , exists , like the thawing iceberg , in a transition state , and presents its con- sequent shiftings of aspect and changes of feature ; and such is the ...
... light of the dim twilight caverns within . Society in England , in the present day , exists , like the thawing iceberg , in a transition state , and presents its con- sequent shiftings of aspect and changes of feature ; and such is the ...
Pagina xvi
... light and elegant Proportions of the Building ; its grotesque Sculptures ; these indicative of the Scepticism of the Age in which they were produced . - St. Bartholomew's Day . - Sermon on Saints ' Day . - Timothy's Grandmother . The ...
... light and elegant Proportions of the Building ; its grotesque Sculptures ; these indicative of the Scepticism of the Age in which they were produced . - St. Bartholomew's Day . - Sermon on Saints ' Day . - Timothy's Grandmother . The ...
Pagina 27
... light and shadow , swelled upwards on either side towards the line of boundary , like the billows of opposing tide - ways , that rise over the gen- eral level where the currents meet ; and passing on and away from wave - top to wave ...
... light and shadow , swelled upwards on either side towards the line of boundary , like the billows of opposing tide - ways , that rise over the gen- eral level where the currents meet ; and passing on and away from wave - top to wave ...
Pagina 28
Hugh Miller. simply because the one half of them had first seen the light on the one side of the hill , and the other half on the other side . And yet , such was the state of things which obtained in this wild district for many hundred ...
Hugh Miller. simply because the one half of them had first seen the light on the one side of the hill , and the other half on the other side . And yet , such was the state of things which obtained in this wild district for many hundred ...
Pagina 38
... light and the air , became unfitted to pro- duce its former vegetation : but a new order of plants , the thick water- mosses , — began to spring up ; one generation budded and decayed over the ruins of another ; and what had been an ...
... light and the air , became unfitted to pro- duce its former vegetation : but a new order of plants , the thick water- mosses , — began to spring up ; one generation budded and decayed over the ruins of another ; and what had been an ...
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acquaintance amid ancient animal beauty Birmingham Carboniferous century character Church Clent Hills Coal Measures coal-field Cowper creation curious deemed deep deposits district Droitwich Dudley earth ecclesiastical England English Englishman Eugene Aram exceedingly exhibited existing feet field fish formation fossils furnished genius geologic geologist greatly green ground Hagley Hales Owen half hill hollow Holoptychius human hundred labors land landscape Leasowes least less light lime Limestone Lord Lyttelton lower marked miles mind nature never Newport Pagnell occupied ocean Old Red Sandstone Olney once Oolite passing peculiar picturesque poet poetry poor Popery Puseyism Puseyite rises river rock Roderick Murchison saliferous salt says scarce scene Scotch Scotland seems seen Shakspeare shells Shenstone side Silurian skeleton stone stratum stream surface tall thick things tion town traveller trees trilobite true upper valley vast village walk walls wood
Populaire passages
Pagina 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.
Pagina 316 - Time made thee what thou wast, king of the woods; And time hath made thee what thou art — a cave For owls to roost in.
Pagina 248 - 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 75 - His glimmering mazes cheer th* excursive sight, Yet turn, ye wanderers, turn your steps aside, Nor trust the guidance of that faithless light; For watchful, lurking, '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 310 - 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 188 - Whether to plant a walk in undulating curves, and to place a bench at every turn where there is an object to catch the view; to make water run where it will be heard, and to stagnate where it will be seen ; to leave intervals where the eye will be pleased, and to thicken the plantation where there is something to be hidden ; demands any great powers of mind, I will not enquire: perhaps a sullen and surly speculator may think such performances rather the sport than the business of human reason.
Pagina 73 - Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair; Listen for dear honour's sake, Goddess of the silver lake, Listen and save! Listen, and appear to us, In name of great Oceanus. By the earthshaking Neptune's mace, And Tethys...
Pagina 318 - Stand, never overlook'd our favourite elms, That screen the herdsman's solitary hut; While far beyond, and overthwart the stream, That, as with molten glass, inlays the vale, The sloping land recedes into the clouds; Displaying on its varied side the grace Of hedge-row beauties numberless, square tower, Tall spire, from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the listening ear; Groves, heaths, and smoking villages remote.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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 chilness to my trembling heart.