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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... situation of the sun , which was declining ; while the Ice - islands constantly came into view from the east and north , and thus threw back a flood of light upon us , which ren- dered them more conspicuous as they came nearer , and ...
... situation of the sun , which was declining ; while the Ice - islands constantly came into view from the east and north , and thus threw back a flood of light upon us , which ren- dered them more conspicuous as they came nearer , and ...
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... situation to be , at any time , imminently dangerous ; yet I could not but be astonished that any machine , constructed of such frail materials as those of a ship , could withstand such shocks as those which we received every moment ...
... situation to be , at any time , imminently dangerous ; yet I could not but be astonished that any machine , constructed of such frail materials as those of a ship , could withstand such shocks as those which we received every moment ...
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... situation was more uncomfortable than ever , for the ship , being now without wind to steady her , rolled dreadfully ; -sleep was unattainable , and I could only brace myself in my birth , and wait for morning . I spent an hour in the ...
... situation was more uncomfortable than ever , for the ship , being now without wind to steady her , rolled dreadfully ; -sleep was unattainable , and I could only brace myself in my birth , and wait for morning . I spent an hour in the ...
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... situation where I could hold fast by the ropes . The sea often dashed over the ship , and involved us in such copious showers , that I found it necessary to go below . I had scarcely descended into the cabin , when we shipped a tremen ...
... situation where I could hold fast by the ropes . The sea often dashed over the ship , and involved us in such copious showers , that I found it necessary to go below . I had scarcely descended into the cabin , when we shipped a tremen ...
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... situation , otherwise invisible to us . We cannot get up to the town to - night , on account of the tides , but we are all preparing to disembark to - morrow . Three quarters past 9 o'clock P. M. - This moment we have dropped our anchor ...
... situation , otherwise invisible to us . We cannot get up to the town to - night , on account of the tides , but we are all preparing to disembark to - morrow . Three quarters past 9 o'clock P. M. - This moment we have dropped our anchor ...
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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...