Essays, Descriptive and Moral: On Scenes in Italy, Switzerland, and FranceArchibald Constable and Company, 1823 - 265 pages |
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... observed , that he commences his re- flections at the most southern point of his journey , and conducts his reader from place to place , to the northern extremity of Italy ; and thence to the Tyrol and France . Whatever defect may ...
... observed , that he commences his re- flections at the most southern point of his journey , and conducts his reader from place to place , to the northern extremity of Italy ; and thence to the Tyrol and France . Whatever defect may ...
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... observe how his Ex- cellency , who had a seat in the Roman Conclave , would descend to this lowly office . And , in truth , the dexterity evinced was admirable . A very good - looking pilgrim was selected for Mon- signore , and his SILK ...
... observe how his Ex- cellency , who had a seat in the Roman Conclave , would descend to this lowly office . And , in truth , the dexterity evinced was admirable . A very good - looking pilgrim was selected for Mon- signore , and his SILK ...
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... observe Italian society as it is now constituted . Look at the disruption of all do- mestic ties and desecration of all moral duties ; and see how crimes , which pollute the very source of being , and destroy alike youth and age , are ...
... observe Italian society as it is now constituted . Look at the disruption of all do- mestic ties and desecration of all moral duties ; and see how crimes , which pollute the very source of being , and destroy alike youth and age , are ...
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... observe no happy dwelling , nor curling smoke , nor sportive child , and scarcely a wandering animal ; we may almost suppose that , for once , visible judgments stand out as evidences of human guilt , and that God has withdrawn the ...
... observe no happy dwelling , nor curling smoke , nor sportive child , and scarcely a wandering animal ; we may almost suppose that , for once , visible judgments stand out as evidences of human guilt , and that God has withdrawn the ...
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... observed some beautiful varieties of scene from these eminences , when in some cases the clouds fell below the line of vision between me and some distant ship , which seemed suspended upon them . In other instances , only the upper ...
... observed some beautiful varieties of scene from these eminences , when in some cases the clouds fell below the line of vision between me and some distant ship , which seemed suspended upon them . In other instances , only the upper ...
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Page 24 - And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee...
Page 95 - Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all areund is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn . Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
Page 233 - Ahi, Costantin, di quanto mal fu matre, Non la tua conversion, ma quella dote Che da te prese il primo ricco patre!
Page 82 - ... but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts, that the world is to be overcome, and the kingdom of righteousness and peace established.
Page 24 - ... and the voice of a millstone shall be heard no more at 23 all in thee; and the light of a lamp shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the princes of the earth; for with thy sorcery were all the nations deceived.
Page 61 - An idolatry of human beings, deified in some unaccountable manner, is made to intervene between the knowledge of the true God, and Jesus Christ whom He has sent.
Page 255 - As I looked over this field, now green with growing corn, I could observe spots, where the most desperate carnage had been marked out by the verdure of the wheat. The bodies had been heaped together, and scarcely more than covered. And so enriched is the soil, that in these spots, the grain never ripens; it grows rank and green to the end of the harvest.
Page 24 - ... and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived." And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
Page 256 - ... not conceal. These hillocks of superabundant vegetation, as the wind rustled through the corn, seemed the most affecting monuments which nature could devise, and gave a melancholy animation to this plain of death. ' When we attempt to measure the mass of suffering which was here inflicted, and to number the individuals that have fallen, considering that each who suffered was our fellow man, we are overwhelmed with the agonizing calculation, and retire from the field 'which has been the scene...