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... Mountains 13. " The Fashion of this World passeth away " 14. The same , concluded 19. Instability of Character 20 ... Mountain of Miseries IBID . 64 Addison . 72 30. The same , concluded Ibid . 75 31. Advantages of a Taste for the ...
... Mountains 13. " The Fashion of this World passeth away " 14. The same , concluded 19. Instability of Character 20 ... Mountain of Miseries IBID . 64 Addison . 72 30. The same , concluded Ibid . 75 31. Advantages of a Taste for the ...
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... mountains yet untrod , Each mother held aloft her child To bless the bow of God . Methinks , thy jubilee to keep ... mountain , tower and town , Or mirrored in the ocean vast , A thousand fathoms down ! As fresh in yon horizon dark , As ...
... mountains yet untrod , Each mother held aloft her child To bless the bow of God . Methinks , thy jubilee to keep ... mountain , tower and town , Or mirrored in the ocean vast , A thousand fathoms down ! As fresh in yon horizon dark , As ...
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... Mountains . - Dwight . Nor THE Notch of the White Mountains is a phrase appropri- ated to a very narrow defile , extending two miles in length between two huge cliffs , apparently rent asunder by some vast convulsion of nature . This ...
... Mountains . - Dwight . Nor THE Notch of the White Mountains is a phrase appropri- ated to a very narrow defile , extending two miles in length between two huge cliffs , apparently rent asunder by some vast convulsion of nature . This ...
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... mountainous height . Before us , the view widened fast to the south - east . Behind us , it closed almost instanta- neously , and presented nothing to the eye but an impassable barrier of mountains . About half a mile from the entrance ...
... mountainous height . Before us , the view widened fast to the south - east . Behind us , it closed almost instanta- neously , and presented nothing to the eye but an impassable barrier of mountains . About half a mile from the entrance ...
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... mountains speedily began to open with increased majesty ; and , in several instances , rose to a per- pendicular height little less than a mile . The bosom of both ranges was overspread , in all the inferior regions , by a mixture of ...
... mountains speedily began to open with increased majesty ; and , in several instances , rose to a per- pendicular height little less than a mile . The bosom of both ranges was overspread , in all the inferior regions , by a mixture of ...
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Page 219 - The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods, against a stormy sky, Their giant branches tost; And the heavy night hung dark...