Things Not Generally Known: Curiosities of HistoryKent & Company, 1858 - 247 Seiten |
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... traveller more fa- voured by the elements than myself , to traverse , with the same equipage , at the same pace , - besides numerous other small states of less distinc- tion , - the territories of Thebes , Platæa , Eleusis , and Athens ...
... traveller more fa- voured by the elements than myself , to traverse , with the same equipage , at the same pace , - besides numerous other small states of less distinc- tion , - the territories of Thebes , Platæa , Eleusis , and Athens ...
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... traveller in contem- plating the ruins of Greece must be ranked that of comparing the singularity of the manners of the present inhabitants with those of the ancients . In many of the ordinary practices of life this resemblance is ...
... traveller in contem- plating the ruins of Greece must be ranked that of comparing the singularity of the manners of the present inhabitants with those of the ancients . In many of the ordinary practices of life this resemblance is ...
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... traveller in Italy finds pursued to this day the very methods of agriculture , the very management of bees , the very culture of the vine , the very arboriculture of Virgil , throughout the sunny vales and vine - clad steeps of lovely ...
... traveller in Italy finds pursued to this day the very methods of agriculture , the very management of bees , the very culture of the vine , the very arboriculture of Virgil , throughout the sunny vales and vine - clad steeps of lovely ...
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... traveller of the thirteenth century have been too often discredited , is proved by his story of " the Old Man of the Mountain , " the whole of which , bating the extravagance of the diction and high colouring of the picture ( which , as ...
... traveller of the thirteenth century have been too often discredited , is proved by his story of " the Old Man of the Mountain , " the whole of which , bating the extravagance of the diction and high colouring of the picture ( which , as ...
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... traveller , having first gone into Russia with Jenkinson , and afterwards with Burroughs ; he was carried as a slave to Kaffa by the Tartars , and to Persia by the Turks ; and he visited Jerusalem , Constantinople , and Grand Cairo ...
... traveller , having first gone into Russia with Jenkinson , and afterwards with Burroughs ; he was carried as a slave to Kaffa by the Tartars , and to Persia by the Turks ; and he visited Jerusalem , Constantinople , and Grand Cairo ...
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Seite 63 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Seite 174 - Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set in a great flood upon that town ; the tide rose to an incredible height ; the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house, with mop and pattens, trundling her mop...
Seite 70 - With many a weary step, and many a groan, Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone; The huge round stone, resulting with a bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground.
Seite 3 - I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels, which present the prayers of the saints, and which go in and out before the glory of the Holy One.
Seite 93 - tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Seite 174 - In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Parting-ton's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop, or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest. Gentlemen, be...
Seite 231 - The True History of the State Prisoner, commonly called the Iron Mask...
Seite 187 - We can do nothing without the blue stockings ; ' and thus by degrees the title was established.
Seite 208 - In the canons of a council at London, in 1102, we read : Let no one from henceforth presume to carry on that wicked traffic, by which men of England have hitherto been sold like brute animals.
Seite 185 - Would he oblige me? let me only find, He does not think me what he thinks mankind.