Rambles in Italy: In the Years 1816....17N. G. Maxwell, J. Robinson, Printer, 1818 - 379 páginas |
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... publick . Nothing at that time could have been further from his mind , than the idea of writing a book . A few hastily composed sketches of the scenery and manners of Italy , were the only memorials he pre- served of his travels . To ...
... publick . Nothing at that time could have been further from his mind , than the idea of writing a book . A few hastily composed sketches of the scenery and manners of Italy , were the only memorials he pre- served of his travels . To ...
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... publick . To what has been already alleged in extenuation of its faults , may be added the difficulty of saying any thing new on the subject of Italy . This , although a consideration not likely to have its due weight with the publick ...
... publick . To what has been already alleged in extenuation of its faults , may be added the difficulty of saying any thing new on the subject of Italy . This , although a consideration not likely to have its due weight with the publick ...
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... present form would have been given much earlier to the publick , if it had not been delayed by the continued hope of obtaining the necessary materials for that purpose . Inelegancies of diction will be readily pardoned , when it 6.
... present form would have been given much earlier to the publick , if it had not been delayed by the continued hope of obtaining the necessary materials for that purpose . Inelegancies of diction will be readily pardoned , when it 6.
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... publick . After all , the author goes forward be- fore the world not much depressed by fear , and not much elated by hope . Cri- ticism is the fashion of the day , and when he sees authors of much higher pretensions than himself ...
... publick . After all , the author goes forward be- fore the world not much depressed by fear , and not much elated by hope . Cri- ticism is the fashion of the day , and when he sees authors of much higher pretensions than himself ...
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... publick feeling , and cure that shameless relaxation of morals , which , at present , disgraces their no- bility . Many persons think it a misfortune , that Buonaparte had not time to mature the benefi- cial plans he intended for Italy ...
... publick feeling , and cure that shameless relaxation of morals , which , at present , disgraces their no- bility . Many persons think it a misfortune , that Buonaparte had not time to mature the benefi- cial plans he intended for Italy ...
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Rambles in Italy; In the Years 1816....17 Theodore Lyman, Jr.,James Sloan Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
Rambles in Italy: In the Years 1816; ..17 (Classic Reprint) James Sloan,Professor of International Law James Sloan Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
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Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 85 - At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air...