Franklin's Letters to His Kinsfolk, Written During the Years 1818, '19 & '20, from Edinburgh, London, The Highlands of Scotland, and Ireland, Том 1J. Maxwell, 1822 |
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... idea of the comparative littleness of all human works : but when this magnificent scene is lighted up by the sun , the effect pro- duced beggars all description . When the fir- mament is all one canopy of crystal blue , and full in the ...
... idea of the comparative littleness of all human works : but when this magnificent scene is lighted up by the sun , the effect pro- duced beggars all description . When the fir- mament is all one canopy of crystal blue , and full in the ...
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... idea be- yond the tying of his cravat , or the set of his clothes . The letters of introduction which I brought to Edinburgh , were not of so much service as I anticipated . The Scotch are so distant with strangers , that it is very ...
... idea be- yond the tying of his cravat , or the set of his clothes . The letters of introduction which I brought to Edinburgh , were not of so much service as I anticipated . The Scotch are so distant with strangers , that it is very ...
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... idea of a parterre of flow- ers . The whole zest of this polite resort , con- sists in the agreeable Scotch airs which enliven the dulness of fashion , " And pour a torrent of sweet notes around , Fast as the thirsting ear can drink the ...
... idea of a parterre of flow- ers . The whole zest of this polite resort , con- sists in the agreeable Scotch airs which enliven the dulness of fashion , " And pour a torrent of sweet notes around , Fast as the thirsting ear can drink the ...
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... , at last , their ideas , ever employed upon minute things , contract the size of the diminutive object , and a single mite shall fill their whole mind's capacity . the choicest fruits " of the Augustan age ; they 33.
... , at last , their ideas , ever employed upon minute things , contract the size of the diminutive object , and a single mite shall fill their whole mind's capacity . the choicest fruits " of the Augustan age ; they 33.
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... idea of the loud and continued cheers , and the expressions of attachment with which the people hailed this eminently popular personage . Hobhouse and his friend Kinneard appeared now and then at the windows of their committee room ...
... idea of the loud and continued cheers , and the expressions of attachment with which the people hailed this eminently popular personage . Hobhouse and his friend Kinneard appeared now and then at the windows of their committee room ...
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