My native country was full of youthful promise : Europe was rich in the accumulated treasures of age. Her very ruins told the history of times gone by, and every mouldering stone was a chronicle. I longed to wander over the scenes of renowned achievement... Sonnenschein's special merit readers. Standard 3,4 - Página 10por Swan Sonnenschein (and co, ltd.) - 1884Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| 1819 - 610 páginas
...accordingly crowded with cottages, of youthful promise ; Europe was rich in the accumulated treasures of age. Her very ruins told the history of times gone by,...to meditate on the falling tower — to escape, in " To an American visiting Europe, the short, from the commonplace realities of long voyage he has to... | |
| 1820 - 612 páginas
...very ruin* told the history of times gone by, and every mouldering stoue was a chronicle. I longed lo wander over the scenes of renowned achievement —...footsteps of antiquity — to loiter about the ruined entle — to meditate on the falling tower — to escape, in short, from the common-place realities... | |
| Washington Irving - 1823 - 392 páginas
...native country was full of youthful promise : Europe was rich in the accumulated treasures of age. Her very ruins told the history of times gone by,...to loiter about the ruined castle — to meditate oii the falling tower — to escape, in short, from the common-place realities of the present, and... | |
| Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 páginas
...native country was full of youthful promise : Europe was rich in the accumulated treasures of age. Her very ruins told the history of times gone by,...to loiter about the ruined castle — to meditate oo the falling tower — to escape, in short, from the common-place realities of the present, and lose... | |
| Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 476 páginas
...ends of the earth !" He first visited various parts of his own country, but, longing " to wander over scenes of renowned achievement — to tread, as it...the common-place realities of the present, and lose himself among the shadowy grandeur of the past," he soon saw " the last blue line of his native land... | |
| 1819 - 606 páginas
...wander over the or volcano in his whole collection. scenes of renowned achievement — to tread, ^___ as it were, in the footsteps of antiquity— to loiter about the ruined castle — to medi- THE VOYAGEtäte on the falling tower — to escape, in " To an American visiting Europe, the... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 páginas
...tell the history of times gone by', and every mouldering stone' . . is a chronicle". It is pleasant to wander over the scenes of renowned achievement"...the commonplace realities of the present', and lose one's self among the shadowy grandeurs of the pdst\ Inflection. — Before each of the members of the... | |
| Washington Irving - 1846 - 356 páginas
...native country was full of youthful promise : Europe was rich in the accumulated treasures of age. Her very ruins told the history of times gone by,...footsteps of antiquity — to loiter about the ruined castleto meditate on the falling tower — to escape, in short, from the common-place realities of... | |
| Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 páginas
...native country was full of youthful promise : Europe was rich in the accumulated treasures of age. Her very ruins told the history of times gone by,...chronicle. I longed to wander over the scenes of renowned achievement—to tread, as it were, in the footsteps of antiquity—to loiter about the ruined castle—to... | |
| Washington Irving - 1849 - 542 páginas
...native country was full of youthful promise : Europe was rich in the accumulated treasures of age. Her very ruins told the history of times gone by,...tower — to escape, in short, from the common-place I — THE AUTHOR'S ACCOUNT OP HIMSELF. 11 realities of the present, and lose myself among the shadowy... | |
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