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These divide the fall , but the spray rising from pelow , conceals their bases
entirely , and thus produces an effect which sets all description at lefiance .
Indeed , my imagination is so entirey taken up with a splendid passage of the
grand ...
These divide the fall , but the spray rising from pelow , conceals their bases
entirely , and thus produces an effect which sets all description at lefiance .
Indeed , my imagination is so entirey taken up with a splendid passage of the
grand ...
Page 106
it produces when the Braan is swelled . Like Vaucluse , it must be well filled with
water , to produce that sublime and magnificent effect , which no pen can
describe , no pencil delineate . The water being low , the scene is now devested
of that ...
it produces when the Braan is swelled . Like Vaucluse , it must be well filled with
water , to produce that sublime and magnificent effect , which no pen can
describe , no pencil delineate . The water being low , the scene is now devested
of that ...
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The view which we enjoyed produced the same sort of pleasure that is excited by
the perusal of a fairy tale — there was not a breath of air stirring — the " azure
brow " of the lake was not wrinkled by a single furrow -- so that it became like a ...
The view which we enjoyed produced the same sort of pleasure that is excited by
the perusal of a fairy tale — there was not a breath of air stirring — the " azure
brow " of the lake was not wrinkled by a single furrow -- so that it became like a ...
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with the Highlanders ; some of them are exquisitely beautiful , producing that
voluptuous melancholy which is so congenial to persons of a romantic turn of
mind . The bagpipe , when played in the valleys during a fine evening , produces
a ...
with the Highlanders ; some of them are exquisitely beautiful , producing that
voluptuous melancholy which is so congenial to persons of a romantic turn of
mind . The bagpipe , when played in the valleys during a fine evening , produces
a ...
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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