Memorials of a Tour on the Continent: To which are Added Miscellaneous PoemsW. Pickering, 1845 - 311 páginas |
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... soon the truth was manifest . His corse Was washed on shore . In twice five fathom sunk . But here the tale Ends not . Perhaps the law's severity His boat was after found That from dire pestilence defends this coast To you may be ...
... soon the truth was manifest . His corse Was washed on shore . In twice five fathom sunk . But here the tale Ends not . Perhaps the law's severity His boat was after found That from dire pestilence defends this coast To you may be ...
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... soon with me . But the sun sinks apace ; and in the east Mysteriously the snowy Apennines , With unimaginable tints of gray , Come out upon the sky emblazoned o'er With the reflection of his western throne , Waited upon by flaming ...
... soon with me . But the sun sinks apace ; and in the east Mysteriously the snowy Apennines , With unimaginable tints of gray , Come out upon the sky emblazoned o'er With the reflection of his western throne , Waited upon by flaming ...
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... soon shall find out who must go to the wall , If she casts her sheep's eyes at the Colonel - that's all ! T'other day , though Miss S. said the weather was " pluvious , " On a bright sunny morning we went to Vesuvius . And when we got ...
... soon shall find out who must go to the wall , If she casts her sheep's eyes at the Colonel - that's all ! T'other day , though Miss S. said the weather was " pluvious , " On a bright sunny morning we went to Vesuvius . And when we got ...
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... soon managed to surmount the obstacle ; which was a steep broken step ( as it were ) in the lava rock . I then took my turn . My horse , after getting his fore - feet on the impediment , seemed to make no further effort ; but let ...
... soon managed to surmount the obstacle ; which was a steep broken step ( as it were ) in the lava rock . I then took my turn . My horse , after getting his fore - feet on the impediment , seemed to make no further effort ; but let ...
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... Soon after this , we reached the snow , which lay in wide patches in the hollows of the lava and ashes . We crossed several of these patches without accident ; but on one of them the mule of the foremost of my companions fell , with his ...
... Soon after this , we reached the snow , which lay in wide patches in the hollows of the lava and ashes . We crossed several of these patches without accident ; but on one of them the mule of the foremost of my companions fell , with his ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 175 - You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race : this is an art Which does mend nature, change it rather, but The art itself is nature.
Página 127 - Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken — The ice was all between. The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around: It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, Like noises in a swound!
Página 175 - But nature makes that mean: so, over that art Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes. You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive...
Página 182 - ... che nella capitale; tutte queste doti vere ed uniche di quel fortunato e libero paese, mi rapirono...
Página 158 - ... if what has happened in the case of sculpture, had likewise happened in regard to their paintings, and we had the good fortune to possess what the ancients themselves esteemed their master-pieces, I have no doubt but we should find their figures as correctly drawn as the Laocoon, and probably...
Página 158 - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his goodness to give you safe deliverance, and hath preserved you in the great danger...
Página 170 - ... virginis est verae facies, quam vivere credas et, si non obstet reverentia, velle moveri: ars adeo latet arte sua. miratur et haurit pectore Pygmalion simulati corporis ignes.
Página 182 - ... in queste tante diramazioni della pubblica felicità, provenienti dal miglior governo. Onde, benché io allora non ne studiassi profondamente la costituzione, madre di tanta prosperità, ne seppi però abbastanza osservare e valutare gli effetti divini.
Página 174 - Sir, the year growing ancient, — Not yet on summer's death, nor on the birth Of trembling winter, — the fairest flowers o...
Página 133 - ... scramble up to the base of a small column of ice, that communicated with a sort of platform, on which there was firm, though scanty standing room, and whence the bridge might be immediately reached. The ice column looked insecure ; and the more so, from the quantity of brilliantly white fresh-fallen snow that had lodged against it. Its firmness, however, was put to the proof by blows with an ice pole, and it was partially cleared of the fresh snow. Devouassoud then cautiously cut steps round...