Essays, Descriptive and Moral: On Scenes in Italy, Switzerland, and FranceArchibald Constable and Company, 1823 - 265 pages |
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Page ii
... subject which may seem to be exhausted . The author has long been of opinion that the generality of travellers have vi- sited Italy with expectations so low re- specting the moral condition of its inha- bitants ; or with minds so ...
... subject which may seem to be exhausted . The author has long been of opinion that the generality of travellers have vi- sited Italy with expectations so low re- specting the moral condition of its inha- bitants ; or with minds so ...
Page vii
... subjects which he deemed of the highest interest and importance in a moral and religious point of view . Who- ever ... subject is begun , discussed , and concluded in one Essay . The design of the Author is to convey the general ...
... subjects which he deemed of the highest interest and importance in a moral and religious point of view . Who- ever ... subject is begun , discussed , and concluded in one Essay . The design of the Author is to convey the general ...
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... subjects for poetical illustration . It would seem to need the assistance of the forge - men of Vulcan to lay up such walls , if they who work- ed in iron were as mighty also in stone . Mi- cali , in his work upon " Italy , as it was ...
... subjects for poetical illustration . It would seem to need the assistance of the forge - men of Vulcan to lay up such walls , if they who work- ed in iron were as mighty also in stone . Mi- cali , in his work upon " Italy , as it was ...
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... subjects , kisses the toe - be really the bronze , as antiquaries as- sert , upon which stood the head of the image of Jupiter Capitolinus when worshipped by Pagan Rome . I saw St Peter's , when it was illuminated by the cross suspended ...
... subjects , kisses the toe - be really the bronze , as antiquaries as- sert , upon which stood the head of the image of Jupiter Capitolinus when worshipped by Pagan Rome . I saw St Peter's , when it was illuminated by the cross suspended ...
Page 66
... this people in iron fetters , and makes them slaves ; which keeps them ignorant , that they may be subjects for priestly and political decep- tion ; which cannot keep them ignorant with- out making 66 PAPAL CEREMONIES .
... this people in iron fetters , and makes them slaves ; which keeps them ignorant , that they may be subjects for priestly and political decep- tion ; which cannot keep them ignorant with- out making 66 PAPAL CEREMONIES .
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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...