On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With Occasional Remarks on the Laws, Customs, Manners, and Opinions of Various Nations, Volumen4G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823 |
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... formed the glory of that once mighty city , should be transported from their native soil to adorn the palaces of Naples ! Alas ! how much more fallen now has become the City of the World , once the " delight and beauty of the universe ...
... formed the glory of that once mighty city , should be transported from their native soil to adorn the palaces of Naples ! Alas ! how much more fallen now has become the City of the World , once the " delight and beauty of the universe ...
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... formed Nereids , in their robes of green , floating on the billows , or reclining on the rocks . Cæruleos habet unda Deos ; Tritona canorum , Proteaque ambiguum , balænarumque prementem Egæona suis immania terga lacertis , Doridaque ...
... formed Nereids , in their robes of green , floating on the billows , or reclining on the rocks . Cæruleos habet unda Deos ; Tritona canorum , Proteaque ambiguum , balænarumque prementem Egæona suis immania terga lacertis , Doridaque ...
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... what hope , for years , animated thy broken spirit , unfortunate GENEVIEVE ! -Formed by the fin- ger of Nature in one of her happiest moments , this elegant and accomplished creature was induced , by a long Anticipation - Genevieve . 39.
... what hope , for years , animated thy broken spirit , unfortunate GENEVIEVE ! -Formed by the fin- ger of Nature in one of her happiest moments , this elegant and accomplished creature was induced , by a long Anticipation - Genevieve . 39.
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... forming partial screens to each other , and exhibiting a variety of amphitheatres , all increasing in height and in width , till the more distant lose themselves in the clouds . Below - lies the celebrated vale of LANGOLLEN ! Seated on ...
... forming partial screens to each other , and exhibiting a variety of amphitheatres , all increasing in height and in width , till the more distant lose themselves in the clouds . Below - lies the celebrated vale of LANGOLLEN ! Seated on ...
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... formed in honour of her memory ! Brompton , 935. Rushworth's Histor . Collect . , vol . iv . p . 411 . V. When we have listened to the organs in the E 2 Associations ; -Milford Haven . 51 all sides? We reverted to its history, and ...
... formed in honour of her memory ! Brompton , 935. Rushworth's Histor . Collect . , vol . iv . p . 411 . V. When we have listened to the organs in the E 2 Associations ; -Milford Haven . 51 all sides? We reverted to its history, and ...
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Página 97 - Where each old poetic mountain Inspiration breathed around ; Every shade and hallow'd fountain Murmur'd deep a solemn sound : Till the sad Nine, in Greece's evil hour Left their Parnassus for the Latian plains.
Página 194 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in, glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy.
Página 166 - But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves, Long-sounding aisles, and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence., and a dread repose: Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Página 33 - He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
Página 138 - 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...
Página 99 - And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
Página 164 - From the first Of days, on them his love divine he fix'd, His admiration : till in time complete, What he admired and loved, his vital smile Unfolded into being. Hence the breath Of life informing each organic frame, Hence the green earth, and wild resounding waves; Hence light and shade alternate ; warmth and cold ; And clear autumnal skies, and vernal showers, And all the fair variety of things.
Página 188 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world, at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads, to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Página 202 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies : The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Página 126 - Wrapt in a pleasing fit of melancholy, To meditate my rural minstrelsy, Till fancy had her fill. But ere a close The wonted roar was up amidst the woods...