A Journal of Travels in England, Holland, and Scotland: And of Two Passages Over the Atlantic, in the Years 1805 and 1806, المجلد 1T. B. Wait and Company, 1812 |
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... objects , in Europe , and to these the greater part of my time was necessarily de- voted . At the request of the brother to whom the following pages are addressed , I commenced a journal , which was continued , from the first , without ...
... objects , in Europe , and to these the greater part of my time was necessarily de- voted . At the request of the brother to whom the following pages are addressed , I commenced a journal , which was continued , from the first , without ...
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... the manuscripts , with reference to this object , consulting literary friends , and deliberating , a long time , I consented , not without much anxiety , to at- tempt the difficult task of preparing them for publica . PREFACE .
... the manuscripts , with reference to this object , consulting literary friends , and deliberating , a long time , I consented , not without much anxiety , to at- tempt the difficult task of preparing them for publica . PREFACE .
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... objects so splendid and magnificent , and still , so dan . gerous to our safety . Very soon , the progress of the ship brought other islands into view , and rendered those more distinct which we had first discovered . The subject ...
... objects so splendid and magnificent , and still , so dan . gerous to our safety . Very soon , the progress of the ship brought other islands into view , and rendered those more distinct which we had first discovered . The subject ...
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... object which I am aiming to describe . Those Sun - setting . I have this moment been on deck , and find that we are immediately abreast of another ice - mountain , while new ones are momently coming into view in the eastern edge of the ...
... object which I am aiming to describe . Those Sun - setting . I have this moment been on deck , and find that we are immediately abreast of another ice - mountain , while new ones are momently coming into view in the eastern edge of the ...
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... object . No food could be prepared in the caboose , and such refreshment as we had , was received , as yesterday , on the cabin floor , and even in this humble posture , we were not unfrequently thrown from one side of the cabin to the ...
... object . No food could be prepared in the caboose , and such refreshment as we had , was received , as yesterday , on the cabin floor , and even in this humble posture , we were not unfrequently thrown from one side of the cabin to the ...
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alien office American amusement ancient animals appearance armour arrived attended beautiful cavern celebrated church coach colour court crowd curiosity delightful Derbyshire dined dinner distinguished door dress elegant England English excursion exhibited feet Foundling Hospital frequent friends gallery gardens gentlemen gratified Hampton Court HAYMARKET THEATRE hills Holyhead honour horse Hospital institution interesting kind king ladies lime Liverpool London Lord magnificent Mam Tor Manchester manners ment miles morning mountain museum never night o'clock object Old Bailey painting pantomime party passage passed perfectly person pleasure present principally queen rag fair residence river river Mersey Roman roof royal scene scenery seat seemed seen ship side Sir Joseph Banks situation Somerset House splendid stage stone stranger streets Thames theatre thing tion to-day took tower town vast Vauxhall gardens village walked walls Westminster Abbey whole wind
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الصفحة ii - 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.
الصفحة 196 - I cannot name this gentleman without remarking that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the...
الصفحة 196 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
الصفحة 331 - 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...
الصفحة 333 - ... music of the nightingale, which warbled in soft unison to the melody of his soul, in unaffected cheerfulness and genial, though simple elegance, lived JAMES THOMSON. Sensibly alive to all the beauties of nature, he painted their images as they rose in review, and poured the whole profusion of them. into his inimitable Seasons!
الصفحة 331 - 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.
الصفحة 302 - O softly-swelling hills ! On which the power of cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders of his toil.
الصفحة 302 - 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!
الصفحة 99 - The entrance of this passage was perfectly similar in form to the mouth of a common oven, only it was much larger. Its breadth, by my estimation, was about five feet at the water's surface, and its height four or five feet, reckoning from the same place. On this unexpected, and to me, at that moment, incomprehensible canal, we found launched a large, clean and convenient boat. We embarked, and pulled ourselves along, by taking hold of wooden pegs, fixed for that purpose in the walls. Our progress...
الصفحة 220 - There was nothing in the subject which called for a display of eloquence; he made simply a. statement of facts, but this served to identify his voice and manner. In his person he is tall and spare; he has small limbs, with large knees and feet; his features are sharp; his nose large, pointed, and turning up; his complexion sanguine; his voice deep-toned and commanding, yet sweet and perfectly well modulated, and his whole presence, notwithstanding the want of symmetry in his limbs, is, when he rises...