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anticipating centuries , and prosecuting , under the auspices of its chief , a
stupendous system of modern improvement , Mr. Munroe is putting in requisition
its best talents , to render us secure at home and respected abroad , to make us
feel ...
anticipating centuries , and prosecuting , under the auspices of its chief , a
stupendous system of modern improvement , Mr. Munroe is putting in requisition
its best talents , to render us secure at home and respected abroad , to make us
feel ...
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Shut up in my apartment , I feel as secluded as if I were in a desert ; I have full
leisure to observe the outward aspect and general movements of London , and I
listen , as it were , to the awful roar of its billows breaking round me like the tides
of ...
Shut up in my apartment , I feel as secluded as if I were in a desert ; I have full
leisure to observe the outward aspect and general movements of London , and I
listen , as it were , to the awful roar of its billows breaking round me like the tides
of ...
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Never shall I forget the feeling of animated lelight with which I enjoyed this most
agreeable excursion . I will love to speak of it to chose whom I love ; and often
and often will my romantic imagination recur to it , in those reveries when I feel a
...
Never shall I forget the feeling of animated lelight with which I enjoyed this most
agreeable excursion . I will love to speak of it to chose whom I love ; and often
and often will my romantic imagination recur to it , in those reveries when I feel a
...
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After leaving the delightful scenery described in my last letters , I feel , ( to talk
medically , ) the languor of previous excitement . At this moment , I experience a
lassitude of mind similar to that which we feel after having been powerfully
agitated ...
After leaving the delightful scenery described in my last letters , I feel , ( to talk
medically , ) the languor of previous excitement . At this moment , I experience a
lassitude of mind similar to that which we feel after having been powerfully
agitated ...
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Her agony was such “ As those who feel could paint too well , And none e'er felt
and lived to tell . " You may easily imagine how I was affected ; the picture was
too heart - rending for my feel ings , and , to use the emphatic language of
Scripture ...
Her agony was such “ As those who feel could paint too well , And none e'er felt
and lived to tell . " You may easily imagine how I was affected ; the picture was
too heart - rending for my feel ings , and , to use the emphatic language of
Scripture ...
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| Title | Franklin's Letters to His Kinsfolk, Written During the Years 1818, '19 & '20, from Edinburgh, London, The Highlands of Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1 Franklin's Letters to His Kinsfolk, Written During the Years 1818, '19 & '20, from Edinburgh, London, The Highlands of Scotland, and Ireland, Franklin James Didier |
| Author | Franklin James Didier |
| Publisher | J. Maxwell, 1822 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 7 Jul 2016 |
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