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Pagina 4
... least regard . I was beginning to doze one night , when I was alarm- ed at a tumultuous shout , and a bustling din on board . My sickness had now vanished , and I therefore sprung upon deck , to learn the cause of this confusion . I ...
... least regard . I was beginning to doze one night , when I was alarm- ed at a tumultuous shout , and a bustling din on board . My sickness had now vanished , and I therefore sprung upon deck , to learn the cause of this confusion . I ...
Pagina 13
... least to make the only re- compence in his power for his past errors , by warning those who have still to explore the path of life , of dangers which fatal experience has made him aware of , but which lurk unseen and unsuspected by the ...
... least to make the only re- compence in his power for his past errors , by warning those who have still to explore the path of life , of dangers which fatal experience has made him aware of , but which lurk unseen and unsuspected by the ...
Pagina 14
... least , With these injunc tions , seconded as they were by the gift of a large sum , of which I was told to be liberal , that my companions might have no reason to think me beneath their ac quaintance , it may be readily supposed that I ...
... least , With these injunc tions , seconded as they were by the gift of a large sum , of which I was told to be liberal , that my companions might have no reason to think me beneath their ac quaintance , it may be readily supposed that I ...
Pagina 23
... least ought to be , known even unto children in this enlightened age , that it is derived , with scarcely any variation , from the Norman word hostel or hostiel , signifying originally a house , as hoste did , and does now , designate a ...
... least ought to be , known even unto children in this enlightened age , that it is derived , with scarcely any variation , from the Norman word hostel or hostiel , signifying originally a house , as hoste did , and does now , designate a ...
Pagina 28
... least recollection . An aged pauper , who stood with trembling knees at the door of a portico , from which he had been thrust by the insolent menial who guarded it , struck his attention . He stopped to give him a pit- tance , out of ...
... least recollection . An aged pauper , who stood with trembling knees at the door of a portico , from which he had been thrust by the insolent menial who guarded it , struck his attention . He stopped to give him a pit- tance , out of ...
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Brani popolari
Pagina 43 - With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by the unlettered muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Pagina 172 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Pagina 151 - I perceived a negro, suspended in the cage, and left there to expire! I shudder when I recollect that the birds had already picked out his eyes...
Pagina 131 - We were here at once surprised and terrified by a sight surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert, from W. to NW of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand...
Pagina 229 - The unlaboured boat falls rapidly along ; The solitary helmsman sits to guide, And sings an idle song. Now o'er the rocks that lay So silent late the shallow current roars ; Fast flow thy waters on their seaward way Through wider-spreading shores. Avon. I gaze and know The lesson emblemed in thy varying way ; It speaks of human joys that rise so slow, So rapidly decay.
Pagina 43 - For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind...
Pagina 10 - In' a state of nature, he generally builds his nest on the highest tree that he can find, especially on the palmyra, or on the Indian figtree, and he prefers that which happens to overhang a well or a rivulet ; he makes it of grass, which he weaves like cloth, and shapes like a large bottle...
Pagina 131 - ... to overwhelm us ; and small quantities of sand did actually more than once reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds.
Pagina 28 - With trembling hands and faltering steps, he departed from his mansion of sorrow'; his eyes were dazzled with the splendor of light', and the face of nature presented to his view a perfect paradise. The jail in which he had been imprisoned, stood at some distance from Pekin , and to that city he directed his course, impatient to enjoy the caresses of his wife, his children, and his friends.
Pagina 12 - seems almost equal (observes this traveller) to that of the bee. Throughout the day they appear to be busily employed in carrying a fine species of grass; which is the principal material they employ for the purpose of erecting this extraordinary work, as well as for additions and repairs. Though...