A Journal of Travels in England, Holland and Scotland: And of Two Passages Over the Atlantic, in the Years 1805 and 1806; with Considerable Additions, Volume 2S. Converse, 1820 - 312 pagina's |
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Pagina 9
... mean often to trouble you with my peculiar employments , but a circumstance of some in- terest has grown out of them , which I shall now take the liberty of mentioning . I pass three or four hours , every morning , in professional ...
... mean often to trouble you with my peculiar employments , but a circumstance of some in- terest has grown out of them , which I shall now take the liberty of mentioning . I pass three or four hours , every morning , in professional ...
Pagina 20
... means of which the Count has contrived to carry steam through this extensive edifice , and effectualy to warm the theatre by diffusing through it the air which has become heated by contact with the pipes containing the steam . The ...
... means of which the Count has contrived to carry steam through this extensive edifice , and effectualy to warm the theatre by diffusing through it the air which has become heated by contact with the pipes containing the steam . The ...
Pagina 21
... means so extensive as I expected to find it . Very recently two new institutions have been projected in London , on principles similar to this . They are pat- ronised by the people of the city , as distinguished from Westminster , and ...
... means so extensive as I expected to find it . Very recently two new institutions have been projected in London , on principles similar to this . They are pat- ronised by the people of the city , as distinguished from Westminster , and ...
Pagina 24
... means of a hole , and covered with a napkin as if it had been a roasted goose . At the appointed moment , the man rose , with the table on his shoulders ; the table was so small that the table cloth answered very well for a winding ...
... means of a hole , and covered with a napkin as if it had been a roasted goose . At the appointed moment , the man rose , with the table on his shoulders ; the table was so small that the table cloth answered very well for a winding ...
Pagina 31
... mean in cultivation , and inconsidera- ble in size . In preparing to decide what artist or artists to employ in constructing the philosophical apparatus for Yale College , I had frequent occasion to consult Mr. Nich- elson , and he gave ...
... mean in cultivation , and inconsidera- ble in size . In preparing to decide what artist or artists to employ in constructing the philosophical apparatus for Yale College , I had frequent occasion to consult Mr. Nich- elson , and he gave ...
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Pagina 2 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Pagina 231 - Thrice happy bird ! I too have seen Much of the vanities of men ; And, sick of having seen 'em, Would cheerfully these limbs resign For such a pair of wings as thine, And such a head between 'em.
Pagina 108 - A messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture ! Is it like ? —Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce a text ; Cry — hem ; and reading what they never wrote, Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene...
Pagina 230 - You think, no doubt, he sits and muses On future broken bones and bruises, If he should chance to fall. No ; not a single thought like that Employs his philosophic pate, Or troubles it at all.
Pagina 90 - Heavens! what a goodly prospect spreads around. Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays!
Pagina 89 - Now to the sister-hills* that skirt her plain ; To lofty Harrow now ; and now to where Majestic Windsor lifts his princely brow. In lovely contrast to this glorious view, Calmly magnificent, then will we turn To where the silver Thames first rural grows. There let the feasted eye unwearied stray ; Luxurious there, rove through the pendant woods That nodding hang o'er Harrington's retreat...
Pagina 228 - I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute.
Pagina 120 - The Castle of Indolence,' &c. who died at Richmond, on the 22nd of August, and was buried there on the 29th, OS 1748. The Earl of Buchan, unwilling that so good a man and sweet a poet should be without a memorial, has denoted the place of his interment for the satisfaction of his admirers, in the year of our Lord 1792.
Pagina 120 - Father of light and life, Thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself ! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure, Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss...
Pagina 2 - An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.