First Impressions of England and Its PeopleGould and Lincoln, 1857 - 430 páginas |
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Página viii
... amid the green light of the dim twilight caverns within . Society in England , in the present day , exists , like the thawing iceberg , in a transition state , and presents its con sequent shiftings of aspect and changes of feature ...
... amid the green light of the dim twilight caverns within . Society in England , in the present day , exists , like the thawing iceberg , in a transition state , and presents its con sequent shiftings of aspect and changes of feature ...
Página ix
... amid the fer- menting components of English society there may be detected ele- ments of revolution in their first causes , destined , apparently , to exercise an influence on public affairs at least not less considerable than the rains ...
... amid the fer- menting components of English society there may be detected ele- ments of revolution in their first causes , destined , apparently , to exercise an influence on public affairs at least not less considerable than the rains ...
Página x
... amid the heat of a battle . They will , however , lead the reader who accompanies me in my rambles con- siderably out of the usual route of the tourist , into sequestered corners , associated with the rich literature of England , or amid ...
... amid the heat of a battle . They will , however , lead the reader who accompanies me in my rambles con- siderably out of the usual route of the tourist , into sequestered corners , associated with the rich literature of England , or amid ...
Página xi
... amid one set of figures palpable to the senses another visible but to the imagination , and thus blends the ideal with the actual , like some fanciful allegorist , sculptor , or painter , who mixes up with his groups of real personages ...
... amid one set of figures palpable to the senses another visible but to the imagination , and thus blends the ideal with the actual , like some fanciful allegorist , sculptor , or painter , who mixes up with his groups of real personages ...
Página 38
... amid the descending torrents in its ancient grave - yard , like some mass of fretted rock - work enveloped in the play of a fountain . The great door lay open , but I could see little else within than the ranges of antique columns ...
... amid the descending torrents in its ancient grave - yard , like some mass of fretted rock - work enveloped in the play of a fountain . The great door lay open , but I could see little else within than the ranges of antique columns ...
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Página 346 - And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein ; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
Página 291 - First, I commend my soul into the hands of God my creator, hoping, and assuredly believing, through the only merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour, to be made partaker of life everlasting; and my body to the earth whereof it is made.
Página 271 - ... decay, And all its varying Rain-bows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain; As Argus
Página 248 - Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Página 75 - His glimmering mazes cheer th* excursive sight, Yet turn, ye wanderers, turn your steps aside, Nor trust the guidance of that faithless light; For watchful, lurking, 'mid th' unrustling reed, At those mirk hours the wily monster lies, And listens oft to hear the passing steed, And frequent round him rolls his sullen eyes, If chance his savage wrath may some weak wretch surprise.
Página 318 - Stand, never overlook'd our favourite elms, That screen the herdsman's solitary hut; While far beyond, and overthwart the stream, That, as with molten glass, inlays the vale, The sloping land recedes into the clouds; Displaying on its varied side the grace Of hedge-row beauties numberless, square tower, Tall spire, from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the listening ear; Groves, heaths, and smoking villages remote.
Página 140 - Her speech was the melodious voice of Love, Her song the warbling of the vernal grove ; Her eloquence was sweeter than her song, Soft as her heart, and as her reason strong; Her form each beauty of her mind express'd, Her mind was Virtue by the Graces dress'd.
Página 382 - Tis a note of enchantment ; what ails her ? She sees A mountain ascending, a vision of trees ; Bright volumes of vapour through Lothbury glide, And a river flows on through the vale of Cheapside.
Página 120 - The whole creation round. Contentment walks The sunny glade, and feels an inward bliss Spring o'er his mind, beyond the power of kings To purchase. Pure serenity apace Induces thought and contemplation still. By swift degrees the love of Nature works, And warms the bosom ; till at last, sublimed To rapture and enthusiastic heat, We feel the present Deity, and taste The joy of GOD to see a happy world...