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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... 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 " reflects the starry host with which the firma- ment is spangled ...
... 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 " reflects the starry host with which the firma- ment is spangled ...
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... object of his choice , to enjoy that sweet existence breathing in words of sensibility , which the tongue frames and the lip utters with delight . The continual variations in the Scotch at mosphere , and the sharp winds which prevail ...
... object of his choice , to enjoy that sweet existence breathing in words of sensibility , which the tongue frames and the lip utters with delight . The continual variations in the Scotch at mosphere , and the sharp winds which prevail ...
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... objects ; they iew all nature bit by bit ; now the proboscis , now the antennæ , ow the pinnæ of a flea ! Thus they ... object , and a single mite shall fill their hole mind's capacity . the choicest fruits " of the Augustan age ; they 33.
... objects ; they iew all nature bit by bit ; now the proboscis , now the antennæ , ow the pinnæ of a flea ! Thus they ... object , and a single mite shall fill their hole mind's capacity . the choicest fruits " of the Augustan age ; they 33.
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... object ; black soot sticks to the clothes and linen , or lights on the face ; the smoke from the houses prevents a satisfac tory view at a distance , and seems , when view- ed from an eminence , a great dark cloud at- tached to the ...
... object ; black soot sticks to the clothes and linen , or lights on the face ; the smoke from the houses prevents a satisfac tory view at a distance , and seems , when view- ed from an eminence , a great dark cloud at- tached to the ...
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... object recals to mind that period , " When Jonson sate in Drummond's social shade " We walked along the river side , which cost . us no small trouble and pains , but at length we got into the broad frequented path which leads to ...
... object recals to mind that period , " When Jonson sate in Drummond's social shade " We walked along the river side , which cost . us no small trouble and pains , but at length we got into the broad frequented path which leads to ...
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