On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With Occasional Remarks on the Laws, Customs, Manners, and Opinions of Various Nations, Том 1G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823 |
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... grotto at Corycium ; and Statius describes an elegant one in his third Sylva ; but that , which was the most celebrated ' Diverse Maniere d'adornare i Cammini Roma , p . 23 , fol . 1769 . in ancient times , was the grotto of Egeria ; 48 ...
... grotto at Corycium ; and Statius describes an elegant one in his third Sylva ; but that , which was the most celebrated ' Diverse Maniere d'adornare i Cammini Roma , p . 23 , fol . 1769 . in ancient times , was the grotto of Egeria ; 48 ...
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... grotto of Egeria ; still existing , though in a state of ruin ' . When this grotto was first made by Numa , it was formed with such skill , as to ap- pear totally untouched by art : in the reign of one of the ... Grotto ; -Pope's Grotto . 49.
... grotto of Egeria ; still existing , though in a state of ruin ' . When this grotto was first made by Numa , it was formed with such skill , as to ap- pear totally untouched by art : in the reign of one of the ... Grotto ; -Pope's Grotto . 49.
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... Grotto near the Ganges ; those in the Highlands of Scot- land ; on the banks of the Onon and Yenisei in Siberia ; the bone caves in Egypt ; the yellow cave in the valley of Alcantara ; that of Pilate among the Alps ; as well as those of ...
... Grotto near the Ganges ; those in the Highlands of Scot- land ; on the banks of the Onon and Yenisei in Siberia ; the bone caves in Egypt ; the yellow cave in the valley of Alcantara ; that of Pilate among the Alps ; as well as those of ...
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... grotto has ever since been supposed to have the valuable faculty of re- storing milk to mothers . And here we may observe en passant , that in Russia ' there is a cave so large as to con- tain several subterranean lakes and meadows ...
... grotto has ever since been supposed to have the valuable faculty of re- storing milk to mothers . And here we may observe en passant , that in Russia ' there is a cave so large as to con- tain several subterranean lakes and meadows ...
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... grotto - work , on the Bogdo1 , near Astrachan , are frequently heard , during the pre- valence of easterly winds , distant murmurings ; as if emanating from many hundred voices , joined in prayer . These the Kalmuc priests attribute to ...
... grotto - work , on the Bogdo1 , near Astrachan , are frequently heard , during the pre- valence of easterly winds , distant murmurings ; as if emanating from many hundred voices , joined in prayer . These the Kalmuc priests attribute to ...
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Страница 55 - After laying down my pen. I took several turns in a berceau or covered walk of acacias which commands a prospect of the country, the lake and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene: the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all Nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame.
Страница 246 - But, first, whom shall we send In search of this new world? whom shall we find Sufficient? who shall tempt with wandering feet The dark, unbottom'd, infinite abyss, And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way? or spread his airy flight, Upborne with indefatigable wings, Over the vast abrupt, ere he arrive The happy isle?
Страница 91 - So serious should my youth appear among The thoughtless throng ; So would I seem amid the young and gay More grave than they ; That in my age as cheerful I might be As the green winter of the Holly Tree.
Страница 170 - The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. "The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn.
Страница 14 - The greenwood path to meet her brother: They sought him east, they sought him west, They sought him all the Forest thorough; They only saw the cloud of night, They only heard the roar of Yarrow!
Страница 287 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony.
Страница 76 - Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, And it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Страница 371 - Commentaries remarks, that this law of Nature being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries and at all times; no human laws are of any validity if contrary to this, and such of them as are valid, derive all their force, and all their validity, and all their authority, mediately and immediately, from this original...
Страница 55 - I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Страница 263 - Less Philomel will deign a song In her sweetest saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustomed oak; Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy!