The Footpath and Highway: Or, Wanderings of an American in Great Britain, in 1851 and '52Lippincott, Grambo, 1853 - 391 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 27
... throng of beggars , at once the lowest and meanest I ever saw . They followed us , pleading for pence , and hung to us like wax . There was no shaking them off , unless you put them aside by force , or gave them into the charge of a ...
... throng of beggars , at once the lowest and meanest I ever saw . They followed us , pleading for pence , and hung to us like wax . There was no shaking them off , unless you put them aside by force , or gave them into the charge of a ...
Σελίδα 28
... throng off as well as we could , and managed to shelter ourselves in a hotel . Here , while partaking of refreshments , we were welcomed , on behalf of some gentle- men present , in a neat and appropriate speech by one of the com- pany ...
... throng off as well as we could , and managed to shelter ourselves in a hotel . Here , while partaking of refreshments , we were welcomed , on behalf of some gentle- men present , in a neat and appropriate speech by one of the com- pany ...
Σελίδα 37
... throngs of poor on their way to witness a military review about to take place in honor of the Queen's birthday . It was probably a favorable time to observe the mendicant inhabitants of Cork , as on such occasions they generally turn ...
... throngs of poor on their way to witness a military review about to take place in honor of the Queen's birthday . It was probably a favorable time to observe the mendicant inhabitants of Cork , as on such occasions they generally turn ...
Σελίδα 38
... throng was similar to that of the laboring men we had seen in our morning's ride . Their clothing was rags , their conduct debased . One of the first objects that attracted my attention in Cork was a small donkey , harnessed to a cart ...
... throng was similar to that of the laboring men we had seen in our morning's ride . Their clothing was rags , their conduct debased . One of the first objects that attracted my attention in Cork was a small donkey , harnessed to a cart ...
Σελίδα 43
... Throngs of Irish immigrants , on their way to the land of their brightest hopes , America , meet him at every turn ; while Germans and French , Hollanders and Swedes , Spaniards and Italians , Jews and Gentiles . cross him in his ...
... Throngs of Irish immigrants , on their way to the land of their brightest hopes , America , meet him at every turn ; while Germans and French , Hollanders and Swedes , Spaniards and Italians , Jews and Gentiles . cross him in his ...
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Σελίδα 177 - Row, vassals, row, for the pride of the Highlands ! Stretch to your oars, for the evergreen Pine...
Σελίδα 248 - Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Σελίδα 88 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherits, shall dissolve ; And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind ! we are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.
Σελίδα 109 - JOHN NEWTON, CLERK, Once an infidel and libertine, A servant of slaves in Africa, Was by the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST, Preserved, restored, pardoned, And appointed to preach the faith he Had long laboured to destroy, Near 16 years at Olney in Bucks ; And — years in this church.
Σελίδα 297 - E'en from the grave thou shalt have power to charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent, like thee ; Bid them in duty's sphere as meekly move : And, if so fair, from vanity as free, As firm in friendship, and as fond in love, Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die, ('Twas, e'en to thee,) yet, the dread path once trod, Heaven lifts its everlasting portals high, And bids "the pure in heart behold their God.
Σελίδα 71 - twere the cape of a long ridge of such, Save that there was no sea to lave its base, But a most living landscape...
Σελίδα 191 - Now, Spring returns ; but not to me returns The vernal joy my better years have known ; Dim in my breast life's dying taper burns, And all the joys of life with health are flown.
Σελίδα 297 - Ev'n from the grave thou shalt have power to charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent, like thee ; Bid them in duty's sphere as meekly move; And if so fair, from vanity as free ; As firm in friendship, and as fond in love— Tell them...
Σελίδα 88 - Life is a Jest, and all Things show it; I thought so once, but now I know it.
Σελίδα 71 - Another ! even now she loved another ; And on the summit of that hill she stood Looking afar , if yet her lover's steed Kept pace with her expectancy , and flew.