The Travels and Adventures of Celebrated Travelers in the Principal Countries of the GlobeHenry Howe, 1854 - 804 pages |
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... traveler , late on the evening of his arrival , wandered out upon the summit of the mound to enjoy the quiet beauty of the scenery . He there found two other gentlemen evidently travelers and on the same errand ́as himself . In our ...
... traveler , late on the evening of his arrival , wandered out upon the summit of the mound to enjoy the quiet beauty of the scenery . He there found two other gentlemen evidently travelers and on the same errand ́as himself . In our ...
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... traveler in objects immortalized by the genius of Scott . Aside from this , the language of the guide was attractive to our travelers . " There is , " says Mr. Abbott , " a charm about the Scotch dialect to one , who , after having been ...
... traveler in objects immortalized by the genius of Scott . Aside from this , the language of the guide was attractive to our travelers . " There is , " says Mr. Abbott , " a charm about the Scotch dialect to one , who , after having been ...
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... traveler sallied out to see a neighboring waterfall among the mountains . Taking a little boy as a guide , he had proceeded but a short distance , when he met two young girls return- ing from some pastures above . He bade them good ...
... traveler sallied out to see a neighboring waterfall among the mountains . Taking a little boy as a guide , he had proceeded but a short distance , when he met two young girls return- ing from some pastures above . He bade them good ...
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... traveler devoted one day to a visit to the curiosities of both of these islands , returning in the evening . From Oban , he proceeded in a steamer up northward , through an arm of the sea called Loch Linhee , and landed at a small ...
... traveler devoted one day to a visit to the curiosities of both of these islands , returning in the evening . From Oban , he proceeded in a steamer up northward , through an arm of the sea called Loch Linhee , and landed at a small ...
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... traveler was at the moment conversing with the captain , who told him that Lord owned that estate . " He has recently bought it for thirty - five thousand pounds . That is he , with the white hat , lying upon the grass . " The place was ...
... traveler was at the moment conversing with the captain , who told him that Lord owned that estate . " He has recently bought it for thirty - five thousand pounds . That is he , with the white hat , lying upon the grass . " The place was ...
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Page 43 - Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.
Page 613 - They are as venomous as the poison of a serpent, even like the deaf adder, that stoppeth her ears; 5 Which refuseth to hear the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely.
Page 250 - When hastening to the place from whence others fled with the utmost terror, he steered his direct course to the point of danger, and with so much calmness and presence of mind, as to be able to make and dictate his observations upon the motion and figure of that dreadful scene.
Page 498 - But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone...
Page 554 - Thebes's streets three thousand years ago, When the Memnonium was in all its glory, And time had not begun to overthrow Those temples, palaces, and piles stupendous Of which the very ruins are tremendous.
Page 36 - Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, 'Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er ! Such fate to suffering worth is...
Page 555 - Or doffed thine own to let Queen Dido pass; Or held, by Solomon's own invitation, A torch at the great temple's dedication. I need not ask thee if that hand, when...
Page 555 - And standest undecayed within our presence, Thou wilt hear nothing till the judgment morning, When the great Trump shall thrill thee with its warning. Why should this worthless tegument endure, If its undying guest be lost...
Page 36 - O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom sunward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet flow'ret of the rural shade ! By love's simplicity betrayed, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee, all soiled, is laid Low i
Page 691 - It was nicely clean and magnificent. I was met at the door by two black eunuchs, who led me through a long gallery between two ranks of beautiful young girls, with their hair finely plaited, almost hanging to their feet, all dressed in fine light damasks, brocaded with silver.