Sketches of the Earth and Its Inhabitants: With One Hundred Engravings, Volume 2Cummings, Hilliard & Company, 1823 - Geography |
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... houses , than the envi- rons of London ; but none of the entrances to London can be compared to the entrance to Paris by the great road from the west , passing through St. Germains . The streets of this city are , in general , greatly ...
... houses , than the envi- rons of London ; but none of the entrances to London can be compared to the entrance to Paris by the great road from the west , passing through St. Germains . The streets of this city are , in general , greatly ...
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... houses , and restaurateurs on a large scale . Paris contains a university , and numerous literary and scientific institutions and associations , at the head of which is the Institute , the most eminent scientific body in the world . In ...
... houses , and restaurateurs on a large scale . Paris contains a university , and numerous literary and scientific institutions and associations , at the head of which is the Institute , the most eminent scientific body in the world . In ...
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... houses ; the latter , comprising two thirds of the whole , is equal in beauty to any town in France , having straight and spacious streets , with houses remarkably elegant . The street , which separates the New from the Old Town , is ...
... houses ; the latter , comprising two thirds of the whole , is equal in beauty to any town in France , having straight and spacious streets , with houses remarkably elegant . The street , which separates the New from the Old Town , is ...
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... houses are high , mostly of wood , and of an antiquated style , the streets very narrow , and the interior of the town not very pleasant . The cathedral is a very magnifi- cent Gothic edifice , one of the finest in France . The front is ...
... houses are high , mostly of wood , and of an antiquated style , the streets very narrow , and the interior of the town not very pleasant . The cathedral is a very magnifi- cent Gothic edifice , one of the finest in France . The front is ...
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... houses , some being fine stone buildings , and others mean and old- fashioned . The traveller is displeased at the general want of cleanliness , and at the number of things that ap- pear neglected and out of place ; on the other hand ...
... houses , some being fine stone buildings , and others mean and old- fashioned . The traveller is displeased at the general want of cleanliness , and at the number of things that ap- pear neglected and out of place ; on the other hand ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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?
Page 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.
Page 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!
Page 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...