Rambles in Italy: In the Years 1816....17N. G. Maxwell, J. Robinson, Printer, 1818 - 379 من الصفحات |
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... America , Nathaniel G. Maxwell , of the said District , hath deposited in this office the title of a Book , the right whereof he claims as proprietor ; in the words following , to wit : - " Rambles in Italy , in the years 1816-17 . By ...
... America , Nathaniel G. Maxwell , of the said District , hath deposited in this office the title of a Book , the right whereof he claims as proprietor ; in the words following , to wit : - " Rambles in Italy , in the years 1816-17 . By ...
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... America , cast into the shade , the comparatively diminutive beauties , of Italian scenery . Vineyards , and plantations of olives , make but a poor figure , when compared with the rich verdure , of our interminable forests ; and Italia ...
... America , cast into the shade , the comparatively diminutive beauties , of Italian scenery . Vineyards , and plantations of olives , make but a poor figure , when compared with the rich verdure , of our interminable forests ; and Italia ...
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... America . He Whilst his mind is wholly occupied with this comparison , he is apt to overlook circumstances , in the present condition of Italy , which endear her to the classick mind . He , perhaps , does not reflect how long this soil ...
... America . He Whilst his mind is wholly occupied with this comparison , he is apt to overlook circumstances , in the present condition of Italy , which endear her to the classick mind . He , perhaps , does not reflect how long this soil ...
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... America , the prodigal fertility of nature , and that colossal greatness , by which she has dis- tinguished the features of the new , from those of the old continent , divert the attention from her more delicate and concealed charms ...
... America , the prodigal fertility of nature , and that colossal greatness , by which she has dis- tinguished the features of the new , from those of the old continent , divert the attention from her more delicate and concealed charms ...
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... America , to give the prefe- rence to the former . Independently of the sacred attachment which must indissolubly bind the heart of every American to the moral and poli- tical institutions of his own country , it possesses * " L ...
... America , to give the prefe- rence to the former . Independently of the sacred attachment which must indissolubly bind the heart of every American to the moral and poli- tical institutions of his own country , it possesses * " L ...
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الصفحة 162 - Our political system is placed in a just correspondence and symmetry with the order of the world, and with the mode of existence decreed to a permanent body composed of transitory parts ; wherein, by the disposition of a stupendous wisdom, moulding together the great mysterious incorporation of the human race, the whole, at one time, is never old, or middle-aged, or young, but in a condition of unchangeable constancy, moves on through the...
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الصفحة 226 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise...
الصفحة 234 - I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
الصفحة 120 - 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.
الصفحة 39 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age, Ennobled hath the buskined stage. But O, sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek.
الصفحة 353 - Sometimes, with secure delight, The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid Dancing in the chequered shade...
الصفحة 107 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed The air is delicate.
الصفحة 92 - Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
الصفحة 85 - At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air...