Franklin's Letters to His Kinsfolk, Written During the Years 1818, '19 & '20, from Edinburgh, London, The Highlands of Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1J. Maxwell, 1822 - England |
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... dark night , my imagination sometimes trans- ports me into those gloomy forests described in the Arabian Tales , and the lofty edifices at a distance , give me the idea of those fairy en- chanted palaces , which spring up before the VOL ...
... dark night , my imagination sometimes trans- ports me into those gloomy forests described in the Arabian Tales , and the lofty edifices at a distance , give me the idea of those fairy en- chanted palaces , which spring up before the VOL ...
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... darkness of the valley prevent you from seeing the hou- ses and other objects in the Loch , and you discern nothing but the lights which glimmer in the windows . You fancy that a real lake floats before you , and that her " mirror blue ...
... darkness of the valley prevent you from seeing the hou- ses and other objects in the Loch , and you discern nothing but the lights which glimmer in the windows . You fancy that a real lake floats before you , and that her " mirror blue ...
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... dark streets , the intermi- nable stairs which lead to the tops of the aerial mansions , the fantastic emblems and endless variety of carved work on the windows and doors , and the hieroglyphics on the shields , rests and pavilions ...
... dark streets , the intermi- nable stairs which lead to the tops of the aerial mansions , the fantastic emblems and endless variety of carved work on the windows and doors , and the hieroglyphics on the shields , rests and pavilions ...
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... dark passages , with which this old city is perforated , like an ancient cheese , or a worm - eaten chest of drawers . This irregular assemblage offers , by night especially , says the great unknown Scotch no- velist , " a spectacle ...
... dark passages , with which this old city is perforated , like an ancient cheese , or a worm - eaten chest of drawers . This irregular assemblage offers , by night especially , says the great unknown Scotch no- velist , " a spectacle ...
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... dark- ned by fierce enthusiasm , which they express- d in strong and emphatic language , rendered nore impressive by the orientalism of Scrip- ure . The gloom which hung over presbyterianism as in a great measure vanished before the en ...
... dark- ned by fierce enthusiasm , which they express- d in strong and emphatic language , rendered nore impressive by the orientalism of Scrip- ure . The gloom which hung over presbyterianism as in a great measure vanished before the en ...
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