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 Seiten |
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... four months past ; however , I trust you will not complain so much of my pigritia in this Island , as you did when I had the honour of being at the Court of the ill - fated Toussaint L'Ouverture , whose conduct merited a palace instead ...
... four months past ; however , I trust you will not complain so much of my pigritia in this Island , as you did when I had the honour of being at the Court of the ill - fated Toussaint L'Ouverture , whose conduct merited a palace instead ...
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... four or five times . It is the seat of the Governor . The present one is Lord SEAFORTH , who , I find , is very much esteemed ; nor do I wonder at it , as his Lordship has always sustained an amiable character . Every Gover- nor is , by ...
... four or five times . It is the seat of the Governor . The present one is Lord SEAFORTH , who , I find , is very much esteemed ; nor do I wonder at it , as his Lordship has always sustained an amiable character . Every Gover- nor is , by ...
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... four Bocases : -Bocas del Drago , or dra- gon's mouthes , which divide the island of Trinidad from Point Salina , situated in Comana , in the northern division of Terra Firma , or Castile del Oro ; the distance I ap- prehended to be ...
... four Bocases : -Bocas del Drago , or dra- gon's mouthes , which divide the island of Trinidad from Point Salina , situated in Comana , in the northern division of Terra Firma , or Castile del Oro ; the distance I ap- prehended to be ...
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... four or five species of large grapes . The vines are disposed on raised works of lattice , which form so many arbours , under which the natives enjoy a refreshing shade , but are not so well acquainted with the culture and management of ...
... four or five species of large grapes . The vines are disposed on raised works of lattice , which form so many arbours , under which the natives enjoy a refreshing shade , but are not so well acquainted with the culture and management of ...
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... four feet asunder , and continued regularly in the manner of a hop - ground . When it is grown up to a proper height , they cut up the weeds and loosen the earth about it , with a broad hoe , repeating it as often as the weeds make the ...
... four feet asunder , and continued regularly in the manner of a hop - ground . When it is grown up to a proper height , they cut up the weeds and loosen the earth about it , with a broad hoe , repeating it as often as the weeds make the ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...