Gleanings Through Wales, Holland and Westphalia: With Views of Peace and War at Home and Abroad. To which is Added Humanity; Or, The Rights of Nature, Volume 1T.N. Longman and L.B. Seeley, 1795 - Europe |
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... an abfurdity to confound their for- mer with their prefent conduct , as to com- pare utter darkness with the manifest rays of returning light . 3 While While the French people were the most flagitious amongst exifting INTRODUCTION . ix.
... an abfurdity to confound their for- mer with their prefent conduct , as to com- pare utter darkness with the manifest rays of returning light . 3 While While the French people were the most flagitious amongst exifting INTRODUCTION . ix.
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... prefent converfation , the work fhall owe its title to an idea that is this moment suggested by the agricultural images you have fo agreeably played with . I will call my book that that is to be , GLEANINGS , & c . 4 < GLEANINGS , & c .
... prefent converfation , the work fhall owe its title to an idea that is this moment suggested by the agricultural images you have fo agreeably played with . I will call my book that that is to be , GLEANINGS , & c . 4 < GLEANINGS , & c .
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... prefent moment , I give you : I give it you , in the grateful warmth of my heart , for pleasure received , not without an earneft hope , at the fame time , that you , and others who have taste and affections to relifh the blooms of na ...
... prefent moment , I give you : I give it you , in the grateful warmth of my heart , for pleasure received , not without an earneft hope , at the fame time , that you , and others who have taste and affections to relifh the blooms of na ...
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... . But my enthusiasm is running my letter into too much length . Invoking , therefore , the bleffing of that God on you , I bid you for the prefent - adieu . LETTER 1 LETTER III.5 TO THE SAME . South Wales . GLEANINGS , & c . 15.
... . But my enthusiasm is running my letter into too much length . Invoking , therefore , the bleffing of that God on you , I bid you for the prefent - adieu . LETTER 1 LETTER III.5 TO THE SAME . South Wales . GLEANINGS , & c . 15.
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... prefent him with fomething to admire and imitate fomething , which , though admired and defcribed before , will fupply new defcription , new imitation . In truth , the proper objects of genius can here never be exhaufted , nor genius ...
... prefent him with fomething to admire and imitate fomething , which , though admired and defcribed before , will fupply new defcription , new imitation . In truth , the proper objects of genius can here never be exhaufted , nor genius ...
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affured againſt almoſt amongſt anſwer Barmouth beauty becauſe benevolence beſt bleffed Britiſh Cambrian cauſe cottage courſe cuſtom defcribed facred faid fairy fame fcenery feel feemed feen fentiment fhall fhew fhould fide fince fingular firſt fituation fome fomething fometimes foon foul fpirit ftill ftrangers fubject fublime fuch fuffer fufficient fure Gleaner Gleanings happineſs happy heart himſelf hofpitality horfe horſe houfe houſe human induſtry inftance inftead intereſting itſelf juſt labours laft laſt leaſt lefs leſs LETTER mafter moft moſt mountains Mufe muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary obfervation occafion paffed paſs peaſants perfons pleaſed pleaſure poor prefent purpoſe reafon refidence refpect ſay ſcene ſeems ſeen ſhall ſhe South Wales ſpeak ſpot thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion traveller truft uſe veffel vifit village Wales Welch whofe whoſe wiſh worfe
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