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 51
... stones of the pavement appeared to hurt his feet , accus- tomed as they had probably been , only to grass or sand . He would not stir without whipping , and then uttered a piteous noise like a groan . PUFFS . July 24. - In the course of ...
... stones of the pavement appeared to hurt his feet , accus- tomed as they had probably been , only to grass or sand . He would not stir without whipping , and then uttered a piteous noise like a groan . PUFFS . July 24. - In the course of ...
Pagina 64
... you may well suppose from its affording accom- modations to two or three thousand persons within its walls . It is built of Portland stone , after the first designs of Inigo Jones and Sir Christopher Wren , and is 64 A JOURNAL OF TRAVELS ...
... you may well suppose from its affording accom- modations to two or three thousand persons within its walls . It is built of Portland stone , after the first designs of Inigo Jones and Sir Christopher Wren , and is 64 A JOURNAL OF TRAVELS ...
Pagina 71
... stones and gold . The Roman vases were extremely beautiful ; modern arts have produced nothing superior in workmanship . I must not omit to mention that I saw the Roman Eagle which was carried aloft in their battles . All these things ...
... stones and gold . The Roman vases were extremely beautiful ; modern arts have produced nothing superior in workmanship . I must not omit to mention that I saw the Roman Eagle which was carried aloft in their battles . All these things ...
Pagina 87
... stone , but at Putney and Battersea they are of wood . Above Lon- don , the Thames becomes a very beautiful river , growing sensibly narrower as we proceed up the stream . We arrived opposite to Richmond about two o'clock P. M. and ...
... stone , but at Putney and Battersea they are of wood . Above Lon- don , the Thames becomes a very beautiful river , growing sensibly narrower as we proceed up the stream . We arrived opposite to Richmond about two o'clock P. M. and ...
Pagina 137
... stone building , erected over one of the springs , and here the valetudina- rians and others come to drink the water which is drawn from a marble urn , by a man who attends for that pur- pose . As we had just breakfasted , we did 12 * 1 ...
... stone building , erected over one of the springs , and here the valetudina- rians and others come to drink the water which is drawn from a marble urn , by a man who attends for that pur- pose . As we had just breakfasted , we did 12 * 1 ...
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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.