Sketches of the Earth and Its Inhabitants: With One Hundred Engravings, Volumen2Cummings, Hilliard & Company, 1823 |
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... plain , surrounded on all sides by lofty Alpine summits , which are known by distinct names , and the height of which varies from 8,000 to upwards of 10,000 feet . Their tops are covered with perpetual snow , and some of them with ...
... plain , surrounded on all sides by lofty Alpine summits , which are known by distinct names , and the height of which varies from 8,000 to upwards of 10,000 feet . Their tops are covered with perpetual snow , and some of them with ...
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... plain style of living and few in- dulgences . They are hardy , temperate , honest , of simple manners , hospitable , frank , brave , and ardently attached to the liberties of their country . Crimes are uncommon , and the infliction of ...
... plain style of living and few in- dulgences . They are hardy , temperate , honest , of simple manners , hospitable , frank , brave , and ardently attached to the liberties of their country . Crimes are uncommon , and the infliction of ...
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... plain diet and few indulgences . They are of simple and frugal habits , and have the qualities of an un- instructed , and at the same time an uncorrupted people . Their bread is of oats ; but the more wealthy 42 EUROPE .
... plain diet and few indulgences . They are of simple and frugal habits , and have the qualities of an un- instructed , and at the same time an uncorrupted people . Their bread is of oats ; but the more wealthy 42 EUROPE .
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... plain of Barcelona , extending to the sea , as well as the islands of Majorca and Minorca , 150 miles distant . Montserrat is remarkable for its form and composition , and also for its convent and hermitages . It consists of limestone ...
... plain of Barcelona , extending to the sea , as well as the islands of Majorca and Minorca , 150 miles distant . Montserrat is remarkable for its form and composition , and also for its convent and hermitages . It consists of limestone ...
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... , the metropolis of Spain , is situated on the Man- zanares , near the centre of the kingdom , about 200 miles from the sea , and contains nearly 200,000 inhabitants . It is built on several eminences , in a large plain SPAIN . 45.
... , the metropolis of Spain , is situated on the Man- zanares , near the centre of the kingdom , about 200 miles from the sea , and contains nearly 200,000 inhabitants . It is built on several eminences , in a large plain SPAIN . 45.
Términos y frases comunes
Africa Altai mountains ancient animal Antiparos appearance Arabs Asia beautiful breadth built Cairo called capital celebrated character chiefly China Chinese Christian church Circassians classes cloth colour complexion consists contains covered Customs desert distance dress edifices Egypt elevated Europe European extremely eyes feet high feet in height female Goitres habits hair Hindoos Hottentots houses inhabitants interior islands labour lake Lisbon lofty magnificent Mahometan manner marble marriage miles in length Mode of Living Mont Blanc monuments mosques mountains natives Niger Nile Nubia ornaments Ostiaks palace Persia persons pillars Pitcairn's Island plain Plate Polygamy Pompeii Pompey's Pillar principal pyramid rank religion remarkable resemble rises river rock round ruins says seen side silk singular situated slaves Society islands sometimes stone streets summit temple Thebes tion town trade travellers trees Turks upwards Vale of Tempe walls wear whole women
Pasajes populares
Página 37 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below, LXIII.
Página 50 - Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Página 50 - Though poor the peasant's hut, his feasts though small, He sees his little lot the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head To shame the meanness of his humble shed...
Página 31 - Honour, that praise which real merit gains, Or e'en imaginary worth obtains, Here passes current ; paid from hand to hand, It shifts in splendid traffic round the land ; From courts to camps, to cottages it strays, And all are taught an avarice of praise ; They please, are pleased, they give to get esteem, Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem.
Página 49 - Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansions tread And force a churlish soil for scanty bread. No product here the barren hills afford But man and steel, the soldier and his sword...
Página 31 - To kinder skies, where gentler manners reign, I turn ; and France displays her bright domain. Gay sprightly land of mirth and social ease, Pleased with thyself, whom all the world can please...
Página 132 - Ancient of days ! august Athena ! where, Where are thy men of might, thy grand in soul? Gone, — glimmering through the dream of things that were : First in the race that led to glory's goal, They won, and passed away, — is this the whole?
Página 285 - Before I had learned from the note the name and business of my visitor, I was struck with the manliness of his person, the breadth of his chest, the openness of his countenance, and the inquietude of his eye.
Página 121 - Tis Greece, but living Greece no more! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. Hers, is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tomb; Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away!
Página 122 - Yet are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild ; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his...