Voyages to Portugal, Spain, Sicily, Malta, Asia Minor, Egypt, &c., &c., from 1706 to 1801S. Wiatt, 1809 - 335 страници |
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... passing the bar ( which is dangerous ) it is difficult to con- ceive a finer prospect than opens , and con- tinues to open , all the way to the upper anchorage , which is before the city ; the river is navigable , and bounded by beauti ...
... passing the bar ( which is dangerous ) it is difficult to con- ceive a finer prospect than opens , and con- tinues to open , all the way to the upper anchorage , which is before the city ; the river is navigable , and bounded by beauti ...
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... passing this dangerous navigation , a delightful prospect opens to view , which having just escaped danger , and being placed in security , heightened the beauty of the landscape , and ought to have raised the mind above these beauties ...
... passing this dangerous navigation , a delightful prospect opens to view , which having just escaped danger , and being placed in security , heightened the beauty of the landscape , and ought to have raised the mind above these beauties ...
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... him , which was suddenly and rather rough . ly done , and he felt thankful when the whole had passed him without farther mo- lestation . At another , the levity of the spectators was not less remarkable than the solemnity of those 48.
... him , which was suddenly and rather rough . ly done , and he felt thankful when the whole had passed him without farther mo- lestation . At another , the levity of the spectators was not less remarkable than the solemnity of those 48.
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... time its commerce has been rapidly on the decrease , together with the power and prosperity of the whole of this kingdom . Indeed , long before that period , Spain appears to have passed its zenith . Various causes 58.
... time its commerce has been rapidly on the decrease , together with the power and prosperity of the whole of this kingdom . Indeed , long before that period , Spain appears to have passed its zenith . Various causes 58.
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Francis Collins. Spain appears to have passed its zenith . Various causes may be assigned for this re- volution . The first , and principal cause , ap- pears to be , its extensive and unjust con- quests in America , which drew vast num ...
Francis Collins. Spain appears to have passed its zenith . Various causes may be assigned for this re- volution . The first , and principal cause , ap- pears to be , its extensive and unjust con- quests in America , which drew vast num ...
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Страница 309 - Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet ; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Страница 236 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Страница 124 - And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux : to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
Страница 119 - Whatever fruits in different climes are found, That proudly rise, or humbly court the ground ; Whatever blooms in torrid tracts appear, Whose bright succession decks the varied year ; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die ; These here disporting own the kindred soil, Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's toil; While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land.
Страница 120 - ... nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted faults through all his manners reign ; Though poor, luxurious ; though submissive, vain ; Though grave, yet trifling ; zealous, yet untrue ; And even in penance planning sins anew.
Страница 215 - shall have the heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession ; " when " the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Страница 306 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Страница 226 - In all my ways Thy hand I own, Thy ruling providence I see ; Assist me still my course to run, And still direct my paths to Thee. 3. Whither, O whither should I fly, But to my loving Saviour's breast ! Secure within Thine arms to lie, And safe beneath Thy wings to rest.
Страница 308 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
Страница 116 - But there is yet a liberty unsung By poets, and by senators unpraised, Which monarchs cannot grant, nor all the powers Of Earth and Hell confederate take away : A liberty, which persecution, fraud, Oppression, prisons have no power to bind ; Which whoso tastes can be enslaved no more.