Rough Notes of a Trip to Réunion, the Mauritius and Ceylon: With Remarks on the Eligibility as Sanitaria for Indian InvalidsThacker, Spink, 1852 - Всего страниц: 139 |
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Rough Notes of a Trip to Reunion, Mauritius, and Ceylon Frederic J. Mouat Ограниченный просмотр - 1997 |
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Стр. 78 - And now the storm-blast came, and he Was tyrannous and strong: He struck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased us south along. With sloping masts and dipping prow, As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled.
Стр. 70 - Above, below, aerial murmurs swell, From hanging wood, brown heath, and bushy dell ! A thousand nameless rills, that shun the light, Stealing soft music on the ear of night.
Стр. 29 - It has torn down the sense of beauty in the human soul, and set up in its place little ugly idols, which it compels us to worship with more than Japanese devotion. It has contradicted nature in the most obvious things, and been listened to with abject submission. Its empire has been no less extensive than deep-seated. The serf to custom points his finger at the slave to fashion — as if it signified whether it is an old, or a new thing which is irrationally conformed to.
Стр. 75 - I should have hecHated to record my impressions of it, were it not that the approaching establishment of steam communication, uniting it with India on the one hand, and the Cape of Good Hope on the other, invests it with a peculiar interest at the present time. When brought within a few days sail of Hindustan, this beautiful and prosperous possession will, I feel convinced, become the frequent resort of many who require a change of air and scene, and are unable to devote ? large amount of time or...
Стр. 29 - Few, however, are those who venture, even for the shortest time, into that hazy world of independent thought, where a man is not upheld by a crowd of other men's opinions, but where he must find a footing of his own. Among the mass of men, there is little or no resistance to conformity. Could the history of opinions be fully written, it would be seen how large a part in human proceedings the love of conformity, or rather the fear of nonconformity, has occasioned. It has triumphed over all other fears...
Стр. 105 - Jamaica ; its latitude, too, is nearly the same, though, being to the southward of the line, the seasons are reversed, summer extending from October to April, and winter during the rest of the year. The principal rainy season is from the end of December to the beginning of April, but showers are frequent at all times, particularly in the high grounds and vicinity of the mountains. The prevailing winds are from south-east to south, and from northeast to north. Easterly winds are rare, and usually...
Стр. 9 - ... or little valleys, rapid rivers, hemmed in by perpendicular ramparts, little mountains thrown into these valleys, by which their course is impeded ; basaltic prisms, often disposed, as in the island of Staffa, in regular columns ; beds of lava in great variety ; deep fissures, that indicate a general convulsion, all attest ancient and dreadful physical revolutions. The narrow flat shore, interrupted in several places, is composed only, as at Teneriffe, of basaltic pebbles or other running lavas...
Стр. 4 - ... finest objects of the adjacent country* The majestic mountains and luxuriant plains, the groves and gardens, the land-locked and open sea in the neighbourhood of many of the principal cities of Greece, presented the finest materials which taste could suggest or desire for such combinations. But the charm of southern landscape depends not solely on the romantic or beautiful features which enter into its composition.
Стр. 29 - Among the mass of men, there is little or no resistance to conformity. Could the history of opinions be fully written, it would be seen how large a part in human proceedings the love of conformity, or rather the fear of nonconformity, has occasioned. It has triumphed over all other fears ; over love, hate, pity, sloth, anger, truth, pride, comfort, self-interest, vanity, and maternal love. It has torn down the sense of beauty in the human soul, and set up in its place little ugly idols, which it...
Стр. 104 - Savanna, and Flacq ; and in the centre of the island are several small lakes. The soil, in many parts, is exceedingly rich, consisting either of a black vegetable mould or a bed of stiff clay of considerable depth ; occasionally the clay is found mixed with iron ore and the debris of volcanic rock. In the neighbourhood of Port Louis, and generally in the immediate vicinity of the sea, there is but a scanty covering of light, friable soil over a rocky surface of coralline formation. The whole coast...