Popular Voyages and Travels Throughout the Continents and Islands of Asia, Africa, and America: In which the Geography, the Character, and the Manners of Nations are Described, and the Phenomena of Nature, Most Worthy of Observation, are Illustrated on Scientific PrinciplesG. & W.B. Whittaker, 1820 - 478 Seiten |
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Seite 444 - The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe.
Seite 460 - mason building roofs of gold; The civil citizens kneading up the honey; The poor mechanic porters crowding in Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate; The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, Delivering o'er to executors pale The lazy yawning drone.
Seite 87 - slavery. Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing.
Seite 12 - continent is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the west by the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and Europe. Its
Seite 464 - the idea of a name, they say I shall leave behind me ; and they tell me I have lived long enough to nature and to glory. But what will fame be to an ephemera, who no longer exist:: And what will become of all history in the eighteenth, hour, when the world
Seite 214 - Meantime amid these upper seas, condens'd Around the cold aerial mountain's brow, And by conflicting winds together dash'd, The thunder holds his black tremendous throne : From cloud to cloud the rending lightnings rage, Till in the furious elemental war Dissolv'd the whole precipitated mass, Unbroken floods and solid torrents pour
Seite 120 - The precipice abrupt, Projecting horror on the blackened flood, Softens at thy return. The desert joys Wildly, thro' all his melancholy bounds. 'Rude ruins glitter; and the briny deep, Seen from some pointed promontory's top; Far to the blue horizon's utmost verge, . Restless, reflects a floating gleam.
Seite 463 - producing universal death and destruction. I have lived seven of those hours ; a great age, being no less than 420 minutes of time ! How very few of us continue so long. I have seen generations born, flourish, and expire ! My present friends are the children and
Seite 30 - Babylon the name and remnant and son and nephew, saith the Lord. I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water ; and I "will sweep * It
Seite 161 - consisted in a firm belief that one Supreme God made the world by his power, and continually governed it by his providence ; a pious fear, love, and adoration of him ; a due reverence for parents and aged persons; a fraternal affection for the whole human race, and a compassionate tenderness even for the brute creation.