A Tour Through England: Described in a Series of Letters, from a Young Gentleman to His Sister. With Copper PlatesTabart and Company at their Juvenile and School Library, No. 157, New Bond-Street, 1806 - 200 страници |
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... taste and sentiment are formed : I adopted the ideas of this humane poet , before I was capable of judging of their propriety , and the colour of my life , will , I am sure to my last hour , be tinged by their influence . Yet I honour ...
... taste and sentiment are formed : I adopted the ideas of this humane poet , before I was capable of judging of their propriety , and the colour of my life , will , I am sure to my last hour , be tinged by their influence . Yet I honour ...
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... taste , in my humble opinion , is unworthy of notice . At low water , we see the resemblance of a muddy meadow ; and I would almost as soon think of plunging into the pond in a farm - yard by way of bath , as of dipping in the repulsive ...
... taste , in my humble opinion , is unworthy of notice . At low water , we see the resemblance of a muddy meadow ; and I would almost as soon think of plunging into the pond in a farm - yard by way of bath , as of dipping in the repulsive ...
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... taste . The dairy , however , which is form- ed of white marble , and furnished with vessels of Wedgwood ware , is one of the greatest curiosities of the place . Rumsey , about seven miles from South- ampton , is an old inelegant town ...
... taste . The dairy , however , which is form- ed of white marble , and furnished with vessels of Wedgwood ware , is one of the greatest curiosities of the place . Rumsey , about seven miles from South- ampton , is an old inelegant town ...
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... tastes and constitutions . The effect of contrast I sensibly felt , and novelty gave wild scenes a charm which perhaps they would not possess , were I once habituated to them . Our next stage was Dorchester , the coun- ty town , and a ...
... tastes and constitutions . The effect of contrast I sensibly felt , and novelty gave wild scenes a charm which perhaps they would not possess , were I once habituated to them . Our next stage was Dorchester , the coun- ty town , and a ...
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... taste ; but nothing I assure you gratifies me more than to see the tombs of the illustrious dead , and to read their recording inscriptions . Seldom do I enter a church or church - yard , but I find some- thing to inform or instruct ...
... taste ; but nothing I assure you gratifies me more than to see the tombs of the illustrious dead , and to read their recording inscriptions . Seldom do I enter a church or church - yard , but I find some- thing to inform or instruct ...
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Abbey adieu agreeable amidst amuse ancient antiquity attractions banks Bath beautiful Bishop War borough town bridge building built Buttermere Caerleon Caerphilly Cambridge cathedral cavern celebrated chapel charming Cheltenham church College Coniston considerable contains curiosities dear Louisa dear sister delightful Derwent Derwent Water distance Earl elegant England entered excursion father feet friends Gloucester grandeur grounds Hall handsome Helvellyn hills houses Isle of Wight journey King lake LETTER London magnificent Marquis of Bute ments miles Monmouth morning mountains nature navigation neral noble notice objects Old MATLOCK Oxford passed Penrith petrifactions picturesque pile pleasant pleasantly situated pleasure principal reached residence respect rich river river Derwent river Ouse rivers Hamps road rocks romantic ruins scene scenery seat seen Severn Southampton spot stands stone streets superb taste tion tour traveller Ulverston vale venerable vicinity village Windermere Wonders
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Страница 161 - Hail, awful scenes, that calm the troubled breast, And woo the weary to profound repose ! Can Passion's wildest uproar lay to rest, And whisper comfort to the man of woes ! Here Innocence may wander, safe from foes, And Contemplation soar on seraph wings. O Solitude ! the man who thee foregoes, When lucre lures him, or ambition stings, Shall never know the source whence real grandeur springs.
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Страница 81 - Diffus'd its heavenly beam ; Think on the wretch whose distant lot This friendly aid denies ; Think how in some poor lonely cot He unregarded lies ! Hither the helpless stranger bring, Relieve his heartfelt woe, And let thy bounty, like this spring, In genial currents flow : So may thy years from grief and pain, And pining want, be free ; And thou from Heaven that mercy gain, The poor receive from thee.
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