Peter's Letters to His KinsfolkC. S. Van Winkle, 101 Greenwich street, 1820 - 575 страници |
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... particular points connected with his former devotedness to classical learning ; and he now declares , that unless he should be tempted to visit Spain for the sake of her cathedrals , he will never again leave the white cliffs behind him ...
... particular points connected with his former devotedness to classical learning ; and he now declares , that unless he should be tempted to visit Spain for the sake of her cathedrals , he will never again leave the white cliffs behind him ...
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... particular house of the Canongate any given lord or baron dwelt two hundred years ago , than he could in what street of the new city his descend . ant of the present day is to be found . It was quite marvel- lous with what facility he ...
... particular house of the Canongate any given lord or baron dwelt two hundred years ago , than he could in what street of the new city his descend . ant of the present day is to be found . It was quite marvel- lous with what facility he ...
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... particular districts in Eng- land share abundantly , and I think there are some pretty ex- tensive tracts on the continent where the whole of these cir- cumstances , or very nearly so , are found acting together , without producing any ...
... particular districts in Eng- land share abundantly , and I think there are some pretty ex- tensive tracts on the continent where the whole of these cir- cumstances , or very nearly so , are found acting together , without producing any ...
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... particular features , and their effect , but I have been all my life a student of " the human face divine , " and I have never yet met with any countenance which did not perfectly harmonize , so far as I could have opportunity of ...
... particular features , and their effect , but I have been all my life a student of " the human face divine , " and I have never yet met with any countenance which did not perfectly harmonize , so far as I could have opportunity of ...
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... his own exertions , any particular item of that produce , for the sum total of which he had mani- fested so little reverence . In spite , therefore , of all his mas- terly genius - in spite of his style , unrivalled PETER'S LETTERS . 47.
... his own exertions , any particular item of that produce , for the sum total of which he had mani- fested so little reverence . In spite , therefore , of all his mas- terly genius - in spite of his style , unrivalled PETER'S LETTERS . 47.
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Страница 124 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But, oh ! she dances such a way— No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.
Страница 102 - All strength — all terror, single or in bands, That ever was put forth in personal form — Jehovah — with his thunder, and the choir Of shouting Angels, and the empyreal thrones — I pass them unalarmed.
Страница 70 - Love had he found in huts where poor Men lie : His daily Teachers had been Woods and Rills, The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills.
Страница 345 - On the soft grass through half a summer's day, With music lulled his indolent repose : And, in some fit of weariness, if he, When his own breath was silent, chanced to hear A distant strain, far sweeter than the sounds Which his poor skill could make, his Fancy fetched, Even from the blazing Chariot of the Sun, A beardless Youth, who touched a golden lute, And filled the illumined groves with ravishment.
Страница 398 - With solemn touches,* troubled thoughts, and chase Anguish and doubt and fear and sorrow and pain From mortal or immortal minds. Thus they Breathing united force with fixed thought Moved on in silence to soft pipes that charmed Their painful steps o'er the burnt soil...
Страница 80 - From that bleak tenement He, many an evening, to his distant home In solitude returning, saw the hills Grow larger in the darkness; all alone Beheld the stars come out above his head, And travelled through the wood, with no one near To whom he might confess the things he saw.
Страница 340 - ... so thick the aery crowd swarmed and were straitened ; till, the signal given, behold a wonder ! they but now who seemed in bigness to surpass earth's giant sons, now less than smallest dwarfs in narrow room throng numberless...
Страница 494 - As if their silent company were charged With peaceful admonitions for the heart Of all-beholding Man, earth's thoughtful lord ; Then, in full many a region, once like this The assured domain of calm simplicity And pensive quiet, an unnatural light Prepared for never-resting Labour's eyes...
Страница 76 - I AM a son of Mars who have been in many wars, And show my cuts and scars wherever I come ; This here was for a wench, and that other in a trench, When welcoming the French at the sound of the drum.
Страница 76 - And now a widow, I must mourn The pleasures that will ne'er return; No comfort but a hearty can, When I think on John Highlandman. RECITATIVO A pigmy scraper, wi...