Franklin's Letters to His Kinsfolk, Written During the Years 1818, '19 & '20, from Edinburgh, London, The Highlands of Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1 |
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... will not be perceived by the generality of readers : if this celebrated writer errs ,
it is the wandering of a great mind dazzled with its own splendours , and which
like the throne of Milton's heaven , dark with excessive bright . ” seem LETTER
XV ...
... will not be perceived by the generality of readers : if this celebrated writer errs ,
it is the wandering of a great mind dazzled with its own splendours , and which
like the throne of Milton's heaven , dark with excessive bright . ” seem LETTER
XV ...
Page 85
The very act of speaking seems an exertion too great for a mind which has been
bowed down by a complication of sufferings . Alas ! are not the pomp of
declamation , and the aids by which passion is wont to express its miseries and ...
The very act of speaking seems an exertion too great for a mind which has been
bowed down by a complication of sufferings . Alas ! are not the pomp of
declamation , and the aids by which passion is wont to express its miseries and ...
Page 110
We came mind ! ” The two old men whom I accosted , seemed to have been “
forgotten by Provi . dence ; " but they did not return the compliment , for they were
both extremely pious , and never neglected their duty to Him who had preserved
...
We came mind ! ” The two old men whom I accosted , seemed to have been “
forgotten by Provi . dence ; " but they did not return the compliment , for they were
both extremely pious , and never neglected their duty to Him who had preserved
...
Page 126
Virtuous minds alone can relish the charms of such a sweet solitude ; to worldly
and sordid beings , it would prove the ... At this moment , I experience a lassitude
of mind similar to that which we feel after having been powerfully agitated by ...
Virtuous minds alone can relish the charms of such a sweet solitude ; to worldly
and sordid beings , it would prove the ... At this moment , I experience a lassitude
of mind similar to that which we feel after having been powerfully agitated by ...
Page 161
The coffin was soon deposited in the chasm that appeared to yawn for it ; the
hollow sound produced by the clods falling on the bier , made an impression on
my mind which I will never forget . Upon inquiry of one of the attendants , I
learned ...
The coffin was soon deposited in the chasm that appeared to yawn for it ; the
hollow sound produced by the clods falling on the bier , made an impression on
my mind which I will never forget . Upon inquiry of one of the attendants , I
learned ...
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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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