A tour through Holland ... to the south of Germany, in ... 18061807 |
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... object of it . At Gravesend we paid six guineas apiece to a Dutch captain , and a little favourable breeze springing up , we proceeded on board with a large party composed of speci- mens of the human race from various parts of the globe ...
... object of it . At Gravesend we paid six guineas apiece to a Dutch captain , and a little favourable breeze springing up , we proceeded on board with a large party composed of speci- mens of the human race from various parts of the globe ...
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... objects that sa- luted our eyes , in this state , was the telegraph , which was in a state of uncommon activity , and the glasses of its offi- cial attendants often came in direct opposition with ours . The balls flew up and down with ...
... objects that sa- luted our eyes , in this state , was the telegraph , which was in a state of uncommon activity , and the glasses of its offi- cial attendants often came in direct opposition with ours . The balls flew up and down with ...
Σελίδα 42
... object of this measure is not out of homage to St. Cecilia , but from a commercial spirit , that repines at hearing ... objects with her government ; and I was well informed , that to the further promotion of this great and vital source ...
... object of this measure is not out of homage to St. Cecilia , but from a commercial spirit , that repines at hearing ... objects with her government ; and I was well informed , that to the further promotion of this great and vital source ...
Σελίδα 77
... objects that lined the sides of the canal , consisting for a considerable way of pretty houses , and avenues of trees . The treckschuyt is a long barge divided into two apart- ments ; the after one , called the ruif or roof , possesses ...
... objects that lined the sides of the canal , consisting for a considerable way of pretty houses , and avenues of trees . The treckschuyt is a long barge divided into two apart- ments ; the after one , called the ruif or roof , possesses ...
Σελίδα 82
... object of high national importance . In our treckschuyt , I witnessed a strong contrast to the spirits and loquacity of the French and Germans : all was smoke and silence , save when it yielded to a few short sentences , in which the ...
... object of high national importance . In our treckschuyt , I witnessed a strong contrast to the spirits and loquacity of the French and Germans : all was smoke and silence , save when it yielded to a few short sentences , in which the ...
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Σελίδα 185 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them : the oars were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Σελίδα 326 - This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye! I feel my heart new open'd. O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes...
Σελίδα 343 - But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd, Than that, which, withering on the virgin thorn, Grows, lives, and dies, in single blessedness.
Σελίδα 367 - When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
Σελίδα 110 - We must not make a scare-crow of the law, ' Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.
Σελίδα 75 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Σελίδα 3 - In my school-days, when I had lost one shaft I shot his fellow of the self-same flight The self-same way, with more advised watch To find the other forth ; and by adventuring both I oft found both : I urge this childhood proof, Because what follows is pure innocence.
Σελίδα 247 - Why, this. Will lug your priests and servants from your sides, Pluck stout men's pillows from below their heads : This yellow slave Will knit and break religions ; bless the accursed ; Make the hoar leprosy adored ; place thieves, And give them title, knee and approbation With senators on the bench...
Σελίδα 403 - Fruitless embraces ; or they led the vine To wed her elm ; she spoused about him twines Her marriageable arms, and with her brings Her dower, the adopted clusters, to adorn His barren leaves.
Σελίδα 10 - That dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations...