Travels in Trinidad During the Months of February, March, and April, 1803: In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Member of the Imperial Parliament of Great Britainauthor, 1805 - 354 páginas |
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... called Gaspar - Grande , on which the Spaniards had a battery constructed of masonry , to protect the harbour . It has neither solidity , nor does it answer the purpose for which it was intended . On the 6th , ( which was Sunday with ...
... called Gaspar - Grande , on which the Spaniards had a battery constructed of masonry , to protect the harbour . It has neither solidity , nor does it answer the purpose for which it was intended . On the 6th , ( which was Sunday with ...
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... called , ( although it does not de- serve the name of village I laid myself down under the shade of a linden - tree ; feeling in my coat - pocket , I found a little volume which was given me by ) an amiable young lady , Miss Franks , of ...
... called , ( although it does not de- serve the name of village I laid myself down under the shade of a linden - tree ; feeling in my coat - pocket , I found a little volume which was given me by ) an amiable young lady , Miss Franks , of ...
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... called a berry , covered with a thick fleshy rind ; the pulp being formed into vesicles , and having nine cells , in each of which there are two and sometimes three seeds , of a sub - oval figure , and callous substance . Of this genus ...
... called a berry , covered with a thick fleshy rind ; the pulp being formed into vesicles , and having nine cells , in each of which there are two and sometimes three seeds , of a sub - oval figure , and callous substance . Of this genus ...
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... called from having been originally brought from China , and from which variety of the orange - tree , all the European trees of the same sort have been propagated , is still preserved at Lisbon . This is very probable , because the ...
... called from having been originally brought from China , and from which variety of the orange - tree , all the European trees of the same sort have been propagated , is still preserved at Lisbon . This is very probable , because the ...
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... called Dates , and sometimes called the Indian Acacia . The bark of it resembles an Ash or Walnut - tree , but its leaves those of the female Fern ; its flowers are joined eight or ten together , similar to those of the orange - tree ...
... called Dates , and sometimes called the Indian Acacia . The bark of it resembles an Ash or Walnut - tree , but its leaves those of the female Fern ; its flowers are joined eight or ten together , similar to those of the orange - tree ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 237 - Yes, I am proud ; I must be proud to see Men, not afraid of God, afraid of me ; Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone.
Página 33 - Ah, no. To distant climes, a dreary scene, Where half the convex world intrudes between, Through torrid tracts with fainting steps they go, Where wild Altama murmurs to their woe.
Página 17 - He should, or he should not; — for he made me mad, To see him shine so brisk, and smell so sweet, And talk so like a waiting-gentlewoman, Of guns, and drums, and wounds, (God save the mark!) And telling me, the sovereign'st thing on earth Was parmaceti, for an inward bruise; And that it was great pity, so it was, That villainous salt-petre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly ; and, but for these vile guns, He would himself...
Página 18 - Omnipotent. Ah! me! they little know How dearly I abide that boast so vain, Under what torments inwardly, I groan, While they adore me on the throne of helL With diadem and sceptre high advanc'd The lower still I fall, only supreme In misery ; such joy ambition finds...
Página 37 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar; Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown...
Página 34 - Where the dark scorpion gathers death around; Where at each step the stranger fears to wake The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake; Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey, And savage men more murderous still than they; While oft in whirls the mad tornado flies, Mingling the ravaged landscape with the skies.
Página 74 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Página 35 - But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent, and care; Impelled, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view, That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies : My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.
Página 17 - But I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly dress'd, Fresh as a bridegroom ; and his chin, new reap'd, Show'd like a stubble-land at harvest-home ; He was perfumed like a milliner...
Página 17 - He was perfumed like a milliner; And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose and took 't away again; Who therewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in snuff...