Four Years in Great Britain, Volum 1Harper & Brothers, 1836 - 359 pàgines |
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Pàgina 22
... seemed an actual contest between these powers of nature -- the first occupant to retain its dominion , and the intruder to gain his rightful ascendency . Nor was it doubtful . Before the steady and increasing blaze of the latter , the ...
... seemed an actual contest between these powers of nature -- the first occupant to retain its dominion , and the intruder to gain his rightful ascendency . Nor was it doubtful . Before the steady and increasing blaze of the latter , the ...
Pàgina 24
... seemed as honest as any other man that ever came from Ireland . Notwithstanding all the disap- pointments of our English , Irish , and Scotch friends , who have come to seek their fortunes among us , and notwith- standing all the ...
... seemed as honest as any other man that ever came from Ireland . Notwithstanding all the disap- pointments of our English , Irish , and Scotch friends , who have come to seek their fortunes among us , and notwith- standing all the ...
Pàgina 28
... seemed to operate so well ; next , because the young man would not have believed him , if he had disclosed all the truth ; or , if he had believed , being of a lively turn , he would have laughed outright , and probably failed to profit ...
... seemed to operate so well ; next , because the young man would not have believed him , if he had disclosed all the truth ; or , if he had believed , being of a lively turn , he would have laughed outright , and probably failed to profit ...
Pàgina 29
... seemed just ready to be extinguished . Monday , the 15th , was very much the same , more espe- cially in the afternoon ; when , for a while , so far as I re- member , it was even darker than the day before . And so again on Monday night ...
... seemed just ready to be extinguished . Monday , the 15th , was very much the same , more espe- cially in the afternoon ; when , for a while , so far as I re- member , it was even darker than the day before . And so again on Monday night ...
Pàgina 30
... seemed all funereal - a sound which , me- thinks , all who heard must hear a long , long time - a sound not to be forgotten . All stood motionless for a moment , in silence contemplating the scene , as if bound to the specta- cle by ...
... seemed all funereal - a sound which , me- thinks , all who heard must hear a long , long time - a sound not to be forgotten . All stood motionless for a moment , in silence contemplating the scene , as if bound to the specta- cle by ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
Abbey annual appeared arch archbishop beautiful Ben Nevis bishops bridge Britain British British monarchy Brougham called carriage Castle chapel character church Church of England coach connexion coronation court Daniel O'Connell dark Duke England English exhibited feel feet George IV Giant's Causeway half hand head heaven hills honour horses hour House of Lords Ireland Joe Walton kind king king's Knights Bachelors Liverpool lofty London look Lord Brougham magnificent manner ment metropolis miles ministers morning mountains nearly never night nobility o'clock occasion palace parish Park Parliament passed perfect perhaps persons present Prince principal queen Reform religion river royal ruins Rumbling Bridge scene Scotland seat seemed seen shillings ship side society Sons soul standing stranger street supposed Thames thing throne tion tithes town voice walls Waterloo Bridge Westminster whole
Passatges populars
Pàgina 31 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains in cradle of the rude imperious surge ; and in the visitation of the winds, who take the ruffian billows by the top, curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them with deafening clamours in the slippery clouds...
Pàgina 5 - Turner's Sacred History of the World, attempted to be Philosophically considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son.
Pàgina 82 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Pàgina 73 - O Lord, with the Holy Ghost the Comforter, and daily increase in them Thy manifold gifts of grace ; the spirit of wisdom and understanding ; the spirit of counsel and ghostly strength ; the spirit of knowledge and true godliness ; and fill them, O Lord, with the spirit of Thy holy fear, now and for ever. Amen.
Pàgina 202 - And be these juggling fiends no more believed, That palter with us in a double sense ; That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope. — I'll not fight with thee. Macd. Then yield thee, coward, And live to be the show and gaze o
Pàgina 273 - I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history; And, questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie...
Pàgina 73 - And will you preserve unto the bishops and " clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to " their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do " or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? — King " or queen. All this I promise to do.
Pàgina 81 - Kingdom, or that he ought not to enjoy the same, here is his Champion, who saith that he lieth, and is a false traitor ; being ready in person to combat with him, and in this quarrel will adventure his life against him on what day soever he shall be appointed.
Pàgina 7 - HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY ON THE NORTHERN COASTS OF NORTH AMERICA. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. By PF TYTLER, Esq. With Descriptive Sketches of the Natural History of the North American Regions.
Pàgina 31 - Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deaf'ning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude; And, in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king ? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.