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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As cleapness requires attention and industry , the cleanness of ome savages
must be the work of nature ; and the dirtiness of thers must proceed from
indolence counteracting nature . In ' act , cleanness is agreeable to all , and
nastiness ...
As cleapness requires attention and industry , the cleanness of ome savages
must be the work of nature ; and the dirtiness of thers must proceed from
indolence counteracting nature . In ' act , cleanness is agreeable to all , and
nastiness ...
Page 104
The park and lawns present too much the appearance of art to please a lover of
wild Nature ; and this studied cultivation shrinks in comparison with the
surrounding mountainous scenery . The luxuriant beauty and the majestic
appearance of ...
The park and lawns present too much the appearance of art to please a lover of
wild Nature ; and this studied cultivation shrinks in comparison with the
surrounding mountainous scenery . The luxuriant beauty and the majestic
appearance of ...
Page 113
Forms such as Nature moulds , when she would vie With Fancy's pencil , and
give birth to things Lovely beyond its fairest picturings . Lalla Rookh . Stewart's ,
May 19th , 1819 . JAMES STEWART is the Cicerone of the Tro . sachs ; he keeps
...
Forms such as Nature moulds , when she would vie With Fancy's pencil , and
give birth to things Lovely beyond its fairest picturings . Lalla Rookh . Stewart's ,
May 19th , 1819 . JAMES STEWART is the Cicerone of the Tro . sachs ; he keeps
...
Page 127
picturesque rivers serpentining over the vales , and above all the lochs clear as
glass and full to the brim , and embosomed amidst mountains on whose tops the
clouds repose , -present the most magnificent idea of the omnipotence of nature ...
picturesque rivers serpentining over the vales , and above all the lochs clear as
glass and full to the brim , and embosomed amidst mountains on whose tops the
clouds repose , -present the most magnificent idea of the omnipotence of nature ...
Page 190
All writers bear strong testimony to the natural richness of the soil of Ireland . ...
world - how has it happened that this island , so profusely gifted in the prodigality
of nature , has dwindled into comparative insignificance and national poverty ?
All writers bear strong testimony to the natural richness of the soil of Ireland . ...
world - how has it happened that this island , so profusely gifted in the prodigality
of nature , has dwindled into comparative insignificance and national poverty ?
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