New voyages and travels: originals and translations [ed. by sir R. Phillips].1823 |
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... lake , known under the name of the Dollart , which we passed over , afforded rich matter for contemplation , by the remembrance of the former ages which here lay buried . Here , where restless floods are now streaming , stood , 500 ...
... lake , known under the name of the Dollart , which we passed over , afforded rich matter for contemplation , by the remembrance of the former ages which here lay buried . Here , where restless floods are now streaming , stood , 500 ...
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... lake , with thepleasing rays of the morning dawn , spread itself out like a refulgent silver coverlid . But reflection drew the eye down into the deep . It might have been able to look down into the dreadful abysses in which so many ...
... lake , with thepleasing rays of the morning dawn , spread itself out like a refulgent silver coverlid . But reflection drew the eye down into the deep . It might have been able to look down into the dreadful abysses in which so many ...
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... lake Balaton , and the lake Neusiedel . The former is about sixteen leagues from S. W. to N. E .; its greatest width is nearly three leagues . Its situation is between the comitats of Szala and Sumegh . The lake of Neusiedel , from N ...
... lake Balaton , and the lake Neusiedel . The former is about sixteen leagues from S. W. to N. E .; its greatest width is nearly three leagues . Its situation is between the comitats of Szala and Sumegh . The lake of Neusiedel , from N ...
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... lake of Neusiedel , where the finest cloths are made , and some , but inferior , at Modern , Tyrnau , and Ska- litz ; all others are of the coarsest description , and the men employed very few . The comitat of Zips has many manufac ...
... lake of Neusiedel , where the finest cloths are made , and some , but inferior , at Modern , Tyrnau , and Ska- litz ; all others are of the coarsest description , and the men employed very few . The comitat of Zips has many manufac ...
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... lake of Neusiedler , with others too numerous to quote . In general , Hungary takes the lead even of France , in the variety of its wines ; it has many not unlike our best Burgundy , from along the Rhone , & c .; also others like our ...
... lake of Neusiedler , with others too numerous to quote . In general , Hungary takes the lead even of France , in the variety of its wines ; it has many not unlike our best Burgundy , from along the Rhone , & c .; also others like our ...
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Page 66 - No flocks that range the valley free To slaughter I condemn : Taught by that power that pities me, I learn to pity them : ' But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring ; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. ' Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares are wrong : Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Page 109 - Awake : The morning shines, and the fresh field Calls us ; we lose the prime, to mark how spring Our tender plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How nature paints her colours, how the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.
Page 16 - The Mahometans divide their religion into two general parts, faith and practice; of which the first is divided into six distinct branches : Belief in God, in his angels, in his scriptures, in his prophets, in the resurrection and final judgment, and in God's absolute decrees. The points relating to practice are, prayer, with washings, &c., alms, fasting, pilgrimage to Mecca, and circumcision.
Page 108 - Canighul, decorated with innumerable tents and pavilions, which displayed the luxury of a great city and the spoils of a victorious camp. Whole forests were cut down to supply fuel for the kitchens ; the plain was spread with pyramids of meat, and vases of every liquor, to which thousands of guests were courteously invited...
Page 96 - W]K> sent a horse for Scott to ride upon, and 27 dollars to buy provisions. After recruiting himself for three days longer, Scott, accompanied by the Moor, set off, and arrived safe at Mogador in five days, during which they travelled at the rate of at least thirty miles per day. As the place where Scott encountered the Moor is not above a mile and a half from Wadnoon, that place may be considered as about 150 miles from Mogador. Near the Moor's house was a river as large as canals usually are in...
Page 96 - Scott by the hand, told him he was safe, led him to his house, and gave him food. He afterwards desired Scott to write to the English Consul at Mogador ; and Scott did so. This man, leaving Scott under the care of his brother and his son, set off with the letter ; and after an absence of eight days, returned with a letter from William Willshire, Esq.