First Impressions of England and Its PeopleJ. Johnstone, 1847 - 411 Seiten |
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... streams on the Scottish side trot away north- wards toward the valley of the Tweed ; while on the English side they pursue a southerly course , and are included in the drainage of the Tyne . The stream which runs along the bare open ...
... streams on the Scottish side trot away north- wards toward the valley of the Tweed ; while on the English side they pursue a southerly course , and are included in the drainage of the Tyne . The stream which runs along the bare open ...
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... streaming pavements . The river which sweeps past the town was big in flood . I crossed along the bridge ; saw beyond , a half - drowned country , rich in fields and woods , and varied by the reaches of the stream ; and caught between ...
... streaming pavements . The river which sweeps past the town was big in flood . I crossed along the bridge ; saw beyond , a half - drowned country , rich in fields and woods , and varied by the reaches of the stream ; and caught between ...
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... streams through the old painted glass . It reminded me of the story told by the eastern traveller , who , in exploring a magnificent temple , passed through superb porticoes and noble halls , ENGLAND AND ITS PEOPLE . 25.
... streams through the old painted glass . It reminded me of the story told by the eastern traveller , who , in exploring a magnificent temple , passed through superb porticoes and noble halls , ENGLAND AND ITS PEOPLE . 25.
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... streams , that opened on either hand among the hills ; and the course of the railway train was , for a time , one of great vicissitude , — now elevated high on an embankment , —now burrowing deep in a tunnel . It is , the traveller ...
... streams , that opened on either hand among the hills ; and the course of the railway train was , for a time , one of great vicissitude , — now elevated high on an embankment , —now burrowing deep in a tunnel . It is , the traveller ...
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... stream a few miles higher up , with trees overhanging its banks , and fringes of green sedge set thick along its edges , -loses caste as it gets among the mills and the print - works . There are myriads of dirty things given it to wash ...
... stream a few miles higher up , with trees overhanging its banks , and fringes of green sedge set thick along its edges , -loses caste as it gets among the mills and the print - works . There are myriads of dirty things given it to wash ...
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Seite 253 - First, I commend my soul into the hands of God my creator, hoping, and assuredly believing, through the only merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour, to be made partaker of life everlasting; and my body to the earth whereof it is made.
Seite 345 - Tis a note of enchantment ; what ails her ? She sees A mountain ascending, a vision of trees; Bright volumes of vapour through Lothbury glide, And a river flows on through the vale of Cheapside.
Seite 309 - And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
Seite 274 - Within the twilight of their distant shades; There, lost behind a rising ground, the wood Seems sunk, and shortened to its topmost boughs. No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar; paler some.
Seite 51 - mid th' unrustling reed, At those mirk hours the wily monster lies, And listens oft to hear the passing steed, And frequent round him rolls his sullen eyes, If chance his savage wrath may some weak wretch surprise.
Seite 211 - Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Seite 273 - So strong the zeal to immortalize himself Beats in the breast of man, that e'en a few, Few transient years, won from th' abyss abhorr'd Of blank oblivion, seem a glorious prize, And even to a clown. Now roves the eye ; And, posted on this speculative height, Exults in its command. The sheepfold here Pours out its fleecy tenants o'er the glebe.
Seite 309 - And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein ; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
Seite 23 - Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart.
Seite 116 - Her speech was the melodious voice of Love, Her song the warbling of the vernal grove ; Her eloquence was sweeter than her song, Soft as her heart, and as her reason strong; Her form each beauty of her mind express'd, Her mind was Virtue by the Graces dress'd.