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... falling from the rock , had formed a deep basin for itself below ; and , round about , the trees had grown up , nourished by its waters ; and as if in gratitude bent down over the clear still pool , hiding it from the rays of the ...
... falling from the rock , had formed a deep basin for itself below ; and , round about , the trees had grown up , nourished by its waters ; and as if in gratitude bent down over the clear still pool , hiding it from the rays of the ...
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... falls , but rarely one more beautiful . By my eye , I should guess the height to be about forty feet . The scenery round is richly wooded , rocky , and picturesque , and the body of water considerable ; but the principal effect is ...
... falls , but rarely one more beautiful . By my eye , I should guess the height to be about forty feet . The scenery round is richly wooded , rocky , and picturesque , and the body of water considerable ; but the principal effect is ...
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... fall to fall for six or eight hundred feet . A very pic- turesque figure presented itself in our way ; it was that of a Spanish smuggler , with his large sombrero , netted hair , and loaded niule ; and I could not help remarking in his ...
... fall to fall for six or eight hundred feet . A very pic- turesque figure presented itself in our way ; it was that of a Spanish smuggler , with his large sombrero , netted hair , and loaded niule ; and I could not help remarking in his ...
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... falling water . After gazing upon it for a moment , I raised my eyes , when suddenly , through the spray of the fall and among the bushes on the other side , I saw again that fearful countenance . Covering my eyes with my hand , to shut ...
... falling water . After gazing upon it for a moment , I raised my eyes , when suddenly , through the spray of the fall and among the bushes on the other side , I saw again that fearful countenance . Covering my eyes with my hand , to shut ...
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... falls . The emmet man toils on in vain To monument his hours of pain , While giant Time pursues his way , And marks his footsteps with decay ; Tracing on all that he destroys The epitaph of man's short joys , The sentence of the great ...
... falls . The emmet man toils on in vain To monument his hours of pain , While giant Time pursues his way , And marks his footsteps with decay ; Tracing on all that he destroys The epitaph of man's short joys , The sentence of the great ...
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