Instructive Rambles: In London, and the Adjacent Villages. Designed to Amuse the Mind, and Improve the Understanding of Youth. By Elizabeth HelmeT.N. Longman, and O. Rees; and E. Newbery, 1800 - 284 Seiten |
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... entered Piccadilly , which Charles ob- ferving was a very wide and populous street , his father replied , " It is indeed fo now , " Charles , but fome years back it was little better than wafte land , and firft built upon by one Higgins ...
... entered Piccadilly , which Charles ob- ferving was a very wide and populous street , his father replied , " It is indeed fo now , " Charles , but fome years back it was little better than wafte land , and firft built upon by one Higgins ...
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... entered the fortrefs . Charles's at- tention was greatly attracted by the wea pons placed in the armory in different forms , and Mary was equally pleased with the fplendour of the crown - jewels ; but no- thing interested either fo much ...
... entered the fortrefs . Charles's at- tention was greatly attracted by the wea pons placed in the armory in different forms , and Mary was equally pleased with the fplendour of the crown - jewels ; but no- thing interested either fo much ...
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... entered the fields when their at- tention was attracted by two young failors , apparently not above fixteen or feventeen years of age , one of whom had loft a leg , and feen.ed , by the difficulty with which he walked , and his leaning ...
... entered the fields when their at- tention was attracted by two young failors , apparently not above fixteen or feventeen years of age , one of whom had loft a leg , and feen.ed , by the difficulty with which he walked , and his leaning ...
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... entered ; on which " h gave me a guinea , and kept me to << dinner . · 66 66 " This fpecimen delighted me ; I thought my fortune made ; and the day paffed jovially , drinking more than ever I had " done in my life ; fo that towards even ...
... entered ; on which " h gave me a guinea , and kept me to << dinner . · 66 66 " This fpecimen delighted me ; I thought my fortune made ; and the day paffed jovially , drinking more than ever I had " done in my life ; fo that towards even ...
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... entered failors being all closely " watched for fear of desertion ; what put it yet more out of my power was , that in a few days we cleared the river and " went to fea . William's Captain , I have already told you , Sir , was the best ...
... entered failors being all closely " watched for fear of desertion ; what put it yet more out of my power was , that in a few days we cleared the river and " went to fea . William's Captain , I have already told you , Sir , was the best ...
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Seite 179 - ... when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read the several dates of the tombs, of" some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Seite 190 - LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done.
Seite 191 - E'en such is man ; whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers ; the blossom blasteth ; The flower fades ; the morning hasteth ; The sun sets, the shadow flies ; The gourd consumes; the man he dies...
Seite 104 - As by their choice collections may appear Of what is rare in Land, in Sea, in Air, Whilst they (as Homer's Iliad in a nut) A world of wonders in one closet shut. These famous Antiquarians that had been Both gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen...
Seite 104 - As by their choice collections may appear, Of what is rare, in land, in sea in air ; Whilst they (as Homer's Iliad in a nut) A world of wonders in one closet shut ; These famous Antiquarians that had been Both...
Seite iii - Let us consider that youth is of no long duration, and that in maturer age, when the enchantments of fancy shall cease, and Phantoms of delight dance no more about us, we shall have no comforts but the esteem of wise men, and the means of doing Good.
Seite 178 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow...