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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... deep valley of the North Loch , in a 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 ...
... deep valley of the North Loch , in a 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 ...
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... deep green moss , which afford a relief to the eye- but on the southern side , the citadel is " cased in the unfeeling armour of old time . " Wheth- er the sky is cloudless , or the mist circle around the fissured rocks , the effect is ...
... deep green moss , which afford a relief to the eye- but on the southern side , the citadel is " cased in the unfeeling armour of old time . " Wheth- er the sky is cloudless , or the mist circle around the fissured rocks , the effect is ...
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... deep , " till they get flustered . A certain recipient , which shall be nameless , is ready in a corner , to receive what the diu- retic powers of the wine have produced ( cre- dite posteri ! ) and then the Messieurs " talk parrot ...
... deep , " till they get flustered . A certain recipient , which shall be nameless , is ready in a corner , to receive what the diu- retic powers of the wine have produced ( cre- dite posteri ! ) and then the Messieurs " talk parrot ...
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... deep the foundations of that system of civil and po- litical liberty , * which is at no distaut day to cheer and rouse the benumbed energies of Eu- rope , and shaking Tyranny , Superstition and Ignorance from their seats . The execution ...
... deep the foundations of that system of civil and po- litical liberty , * which is at no distaut day to cheer and rouse the benumbed energies of Eu- rope , and shaking Tyranny , Superstition and Ignorance from their seats . The execution ...
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... deep stillness of the heavens To shroud them in the desert.- WILSON'S City of the Plague . London , March 1st , 1819 . As I left Edinburgh a mist hung over the town , so that I could only catch here and there a glimpse of the castle as ...
... deep stillness of the heavens To shroud them in the desert.- WILSON'S City of the Plague . London , March 1st , 1819 . As I left Edinburgh a mist hung over the town , so that I could only catch here and there a glimpse of the castle as ...
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