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... Castle , an old ruin in the heart of the island . We were shown the window through which Charles I. , when imprisoned here , attempted to escape . In spite of getting my first historical impressions from Hume , that lover of kings and ...
... Castle , an old ruin in the heart of the island . We were shown the window through which Charles I. , when imprisoned here , attempted to escape . In spite of getting my first historical impressions from Hume , that lover of kings and ...
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... castle . From the time of Henry VIII . to the first two Georges it has been at various times enlarged , and has been one of the regular establishments of the reigning family . It is now , with its extensive and beautiful- ly ...
... castle . From the time of Henry VIII . to the first two Georges it has been at various times enlarged , and has been one of the regular establishments of the reigning family . It is now , with its extensive and beautiful- ly ...
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... Castle , you know , is rich with the accu- mulated associations of ages , having been begun by Henry III . , and enlarged and enriched from time to time down to George I. , who put it in complete order . It stands on an eminence just ...
... Castle , you know , is rich with the accu- mulated associations of ages , having been begun by Henry III . , and enlarged and enriched from time to time down to George I. , who put it in complete order . It stands on an eminence just ...
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... Castle that almost every American citi- zen has in the roof that shelters him . " I congrat- ulate your majesty on the possession of so beautiful a palace , " said some foreign prince to whom Victo- ria was showing it . " It is not mine ...
... Castle that almost every American citi- zen has in the roof that shelters him . " I congrat- ulate your majesty on the possession of so beautiful a palace , " said some foreign prince to whom Victo- ria was showing it . " It is not mine ...
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... Castle of Godesberg . They crown an isolated mount , which looks , in the midst of the sur- rounding level , as if it were artificial ; but it is one of those natural elevations which , being castellated and strongly fortified , make up ...
... Castle of Godesberg . They crown an isolated mount , which looks , in the midst of the sur- rounding level , as if it were artificial ; but it is one of those natural elevations which , being castellated and strongly fortified , make up ...
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Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home, Volume 2 Catharine Maria Sedgwick Visualização integral - 1841 |
Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home, Volume 2 Catharine Maria Sedgwick Visualização integral - 1841 |
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Página 74 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave. And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Página 55 - For contemplation he and valour formed, For softness she and sweet attractive grace...
Página 75 - These shall the fury Passions tear, The vultures of the mind, Disdainful Anger, pallid Fear, And Shame that skulks behind ; Or pining L,ove shall waste their youth, Or Jealousy, with rankling tooth, That inly gnaws the secret heart ; And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visaged, comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter Scorn a sacrifice, And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try, ,And hard Unkindness...
Página 154 - A blending of all beauties; streams and dells, Fruit, foliage, crag, wood, cornfield, mountain, vine, And chiefless castles breathing stern farewells From gray but leafy walls, where Ruin greenly dwells.