Memoirs of the Danby Family: Designed Chiefly for the Entertainment and Improvement of Young PersonsE. Newbery, Corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1799 - 258 стор. |
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Сторінка 135 - Levantine mariner, who, by the promise of a good reward, ventured, with a flambeau in his hand, into this narrow aperture. After continuing within it for about a quarter of an hour, he returned, bearing in his hand, some beautiful pieces of white spar, which art could neither equal nor imitate.
Сторінка 135 - They struck us with the more amazement, as we knew them to be mere productions of nature, who, hitherto in solitude, had, in her playful moments, dressed the scene, as if for her own amusement.
Сторінка 129 - My surprise was still increased by the calmness and serenity of the weather ; not a breeze, not a cloud, which might be supposed to put all nature thus into motion. I therefore warned my companions that an earthquake was approaching ; and, after some time making for the shore with all possible diligence, we landed at Tropaea, happy and thankful for having escaped the threatening dangers of the sea.
Сторінка 135 - ... to our view. We quickly perceived, that what the ignorant natives had been terrified at as a giant was nothing more than a sparry concretion, formed by the water dropping from the roof of the cave, and by degrees hardening into a figure that their fears had formed into a monster.
Сторінка 155 - Therefore my heart is glad , and my glory rejoiceth : my flefli alfo fliall reft iu hope. For thou wilt not leave my foul in hell , neither wilt thou fuffer thine holy one to fee corruption. Thou wilt fliow me the path of life : in thy prefence is fulnefs of joy, at thy right hand there are pleafures for evermore.
Сторінка 258 - Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul, Is the best gift of Heaven : a happiness That even above the smiles and frowns of fate Exalts great Nature's favourites ; a wealth That ne'er encumbers, nor can be transferr'd.
Сторінка 134 - OF all the subterraneous caverns now known, the grotto of Antiparos is the most remarkable, as well for its extent as for the beauty of its sparry incrustations. This celebrated cavern was first explored by one Magni, an Italian traveller, about one hundred years ago, at Antiparos, an inconsiderable island of the Archipelago.
Сторінка 136 - ... magnificent part of the cavern. " Our candles being now all lighted up, and the whole place completely illuminated, never could the eye be presented with a more glittering, or a more magnificent scene.
Сторінка 129 - Charybdis, which we approached, seemed whirled round in such a manner, as to form a vast hollow, verging to a point in the centre. Proceeding onward, and turning my eyes to...
Сторінка 128 - Having hired a boat, in company with four more, two friars of the order of St.