Gleanings Through Wales, Holland and Westphalia: With Views of Peace and War at Home and Abroad. To which is Added Humanity; Or, The Rights of Nature, Том 1T.N. Longman and L.B. Seeley, 1795 |
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... tion to the diminution of offences . I should be forry to suppose there existed a man in Great - Britain , however warmly his affections might glow , and his heart beat in her caufe , who thought that the detefted fyftem of those ...
... tion to the diminution of offences . I should be forry to suppose there existed a man in Great - Britain , however warmly his affections might glow , and his heart beat in her caufe , who thought that the detefted fyftem of those ...
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... tion , curfing the country they are under the im- mediate protection of , and difgracing the man- ners of their own . This done , they continue their expedition as upon life and death , and often , -alas , how much too often ! finish ...
... tion , curfing the country they are under the im- mediate protection of , and difgracing the man- ners of their own . This done , they continue their expedition as upon life and death , and often , -alas , how much too often ! finish ...
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... , they again re- gale . Swanfea offers them to him in all the pride of charms , that have drawn the admira- tion of the fashionable world . They accom- pany , pany , refresh , and delight him , even to 18 GLEANINGS , & c .
... , they again re- gale . Swanfea offers them to him in all the pride of charms , that have drawn the admira- tion of the fashionable world . They accom- pany , pany , refresh , and delight him , even to 18 GLEANINGS , & c .
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... tion can conceive ; the more delightful for coming unexpectedly ; as , on your first leaving the town , you are prepared only for rocks ; inftead of which , you enter a lane , about half a mile from the village , which fhuts you from ...
... tion can conceive ; the more delightful for coming unexpectedly ; as , on your first leaving the town , you are prepared only for rocks ; inftead of which , you enter a lane , about half a mile from the village , which fhuts you from ...
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... tion towards them : Do they not lead from things temporal to things eternal ? from earth to heaven ? from creation to the Crea- tor ? Is not , therefore , the adoration I pay to them a virtue ? A part of religious worship ? At the time ...
... tion towards them : Do they not lead from things temporal to things eternal ? from earth to heaven ? from creation to the Crea- tor ? Is not , therefore , the adoration I pay to them a virtue ? A part of religious worship ? At the time ...
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affured againſt almoſt amongſt anſwer Barmouth beauty becauſe benevolence beſt bleffed Britiſh Cambrian cauſe cottage courſe cuſtom defcribed facred faid fairy fame fcenery feel feemed feen fentiment fhall fhew fhould fide fince fingular firſt fituation fome fomething fometimes foon foul fpirit ftill ftrangers fubject fublime fuch fuffer fufficient fure Gleaner Gleanings happineſs happy heart himſelf hofpitality horfe horſe houfe houſe human induſtry inftance inftead intereſting itſelf juſt labours laft laſt leaſt lefs leſs LETTER mafter moft moſt mountains Mufe muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary obfervation occafion paffed paſs peaſants perfons pleaſed pleaſure poor prefent purpoſe reafon refidence refpect ſay ſcene ſeems ſeen ſhall ſhe South Wales ſpeak ſpot thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion traveller truft uſe veffel vifit village Wales Welch whofe whoſe wiſh worfe
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