Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain, During the Years 1810 and 1811, Volume 1author; and for sale, 1815 |
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... mountains ; it is a lump of earth sloping to the water , more or less abruptly , but with great variety , and deeply indented with bays . The great charm is the contrast of the love- liness and retirement of the objects near you , with ...
... mountains ; it is a lump of earth sloping to the water , more or less abruptly , but with great variety , and deeply indented with bays . The great charm is the contrast of the love- liness and retirement of the objects near you , with ...
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... mountains represented under their true angle would look like ant hills . Historical sub- jects , and any others represented in the interior of buildings , have not the difficulty of the sky to encounter , but they are not wholly free ...
... mountains represented under their true angle would look like ant hills . Historical sub- jects , and any others represented in the interior of buildings , have not the difficulty of the sky to encounter , but they are not wholly free ...
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... mountain , one of them in a grotto . There is certainly great beauty in all this ; but the water of the lake is dull and muddy , full of reeds and aquatic plants , which mark its stagnation . The lawns are half covered and belittled by ...
... mountain , one of them in a grotto . There is certainly great beauty in all this ; but the water of the lake is dull and muddy , full of reeds and aquatic plants , which mark its stagnation . The lawns are half covered and belittled by ...
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... mountains , and without water , were still highly beautiful , and almost sublime . Very few commons or waste grounds were to be seen ; those few had sheep and a vast number of young asses grazing about ; these , with their long ears and ...
... mountains , and without water , were still highly beautiful , and almost sublime . Very few commons or waste grounds were to be seen ; those few had sheep and a vast number of young asses grazing about ; these , with their long ears and ...
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... mountains , shook into every possible form of horror . " Cader Idris deserves alone the name of mountain , and formed a conspicuous object for a great part of yesterday . We stopped at its base to see a very pretty waterfall , and conti ...
... mountains , shook into every possible form of horror . " Cader Idris deserves alone the name of mountain , and formed a conspicuous object for a great part of yesterday . We stopped at its base to see a very pretty waterfall , and conti ...
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