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... river and the smiling meadows , the more so as I had been received so hospitably by Mr. Leason , one of the members , who made me acquainted with the interior . I had accidentally made acquaintance with this gentleman in a bookseller's ...
... river and the smiling meadows , the more so as I had been received so hospitably by Mr. Leason , one of the members , who made me acquainted with the interior . I had accidentally made acquaintance with this gentleman in a bookseller's ...
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... river to the grand hospital of Greenwich , on one of the most cheerful mornings . Here quite another view of the incomparable panorama of the metropolis is offered to our eyes . What a continual change of prospect on both sides ! What a ...
... river to the grand hospital of Greenwich , on one of the most cheerful mornings . Here quite another view of the incomparable panorama of the metropolis is offered to our eyes . What a continual change of prospect on both sides ! What a ...
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... river , which is still suffi- ciently rough . The ease , cleanliness , and comfort , which , in my former travels , I had found in all the villages of Holstein , are here confirmed . Houses , rooms and furniture , are all superior to ...
... river , which is still suffi- ciently rough . The ease , cleanliness , and comfort , which , in my former travels , I had found in all the villages of Holstein , are here confirmed . Houses , rooms and furniture , are all superior to ...
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... river Kuma , which , from the Caucasean region , falls into the Black Sea . We find , in history , a branch of the Magyare people ex- tending to Caucasus , and on the banks of the Kuma , are the ruins of a town called Madschar , or ...
... river Kuma , which , from the Caucasean region , falls into the Black Sea . We find , in history , a branch of the Magyare people ex- tending to Caucasus , and on the banks of the Kuma , are the ruins of a town called Madschar , or ...
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... rivers of Europe , with a number of tributary streams . The soil , in general , in the lowlands , possesses an uncommon degree of fertility , and the mountains , where , from their height , they are deprived of cultivation , are not ...
... rivers of Europe , with a number of tributary streams . The soil , in general , in the lowlands , possesses an uncommon degree of fertility , and the mountains , where , from their height , they are deprived of cultivation , are not ...
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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.