My travels, or, An unsentimental journey through France, Switzerland and Italy, Том 3Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1855 |
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... Palermo - but the mails are not sent by them ; there is a post - office on board , and the writer must take his letter on board , if he requires it to go in one night ; if it is put in the post - office , in the Largo de Castello , it ...
... Palermo - but the mails are not sent by them ; there is a post - office on board , and the writer must take his letter on board , if he requires it to go in one night ; if it is put in the post - office , in the Largo de Castello , it ...
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... Palermo is not yet lit by gas ? who would believe , in this otherwise en- lightened age , that even carriage - roads are not universal ? that inns , that is , houses of resort for travellers , in which travellers can venture to resort ...
... Palermo is not yet lit by gas ? who would believe , in this otherwise en- lightened age , that even carriage - roads are not universal ? that inns , that is , houses of resort for travellers , in which travellers can venture to resort ...
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... Palermo , and after the traveller comes to their end , his carriage is almost use- less , and mules are his best assistants . The absence of all improvement may be seen in the state of the square in which stands the palace , the ...
... Palermo , and after the traveller comes to their end , his carriage is almost use- less , and mules are his best assistants . The absence of all improvement may be seen in the state of the square in which stands the palace , the ...
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... Palermo ; and the calm , clear April night , the phosphorescent flashing of the sea , the cool , delicious air , kept us from the close- ness of the cabin , and recalled in my mind many scenes of my youth , when my home was on these ...
... Palermo ; and the calm , clear April night , the phosphorescent flashing of the sea , the cool , delicious air , kept us from the close- ness of the cabin , and recalled in my mind many scenes of my youth , when my home was on these ...
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... Palermo . The police , that dreadful engine of tyranny , were soon aboard : we were mustered , and examined , and questioned , as if we were a cargo of Socialists ; the Custom House harpies were as vigilant as if the Ercolano had come ...
... Palermo . The police , that dreadful engine of tyranny , were soon aboard : we were mustered , and examined , and questioned , as if we were a cargo of Socialists ; the Custom House harpies were as vigilant as if the Ercolano had come ...
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Сторінка 136 - ... a land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of oil olive and honey; a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
Сторінка 136 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy GOD chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy GOD, to walk in His ways, and to fear Him. For the LORD thy GOD bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Сторінка 214 - Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give: When thou hast it by thee.
Сторінка 312 - There is a fixed and pale composure upon the features: she seems sad and stricken down in spirit, yet the despair thus expressed is lightened by the patience of gentleness. Her head is bound with folds of white drapery from which the yellow strings of her golden hair escape, and fall about her neck.
Сторінка 226 - But thou, of temples old, or altars new, Standest alone — with nothing like to thee — Worthiest of God, the holy and the true. Since Zion's desolation, when that He Forsook His former city, what could be, Of earthly structures, in His honour piled, Of a sublimer aspect? Majesty, Power, Glory, Strength, and Beauty, all are aisled In this eternal ark of worship undefiled.
Сторінка 185 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
Сторінка 202 - Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Сторінка 103 - Angel of life! thy glittering wings explore Earth's loneliest bounds, and Ocean's wildest shore. Lo! to the wintry winds the pilot yields His bark careering o'er...
Сторінка 312 - In the whole mien there is a simplicity and dignity which, united with her exquisite loveliness and deep sorrow, are inexpressibly pathetic.
Сторінка 102 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty : For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors to my blood ; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility ; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly...