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... to the Tower - Notice of its Objects of Interest - British Museum - Elgin Marbles - Ruins of Nineveh- Grecian and Roman Antiquities - Zoological Collections , & c . LETTER XVII . SOMERSET PALACE AND WESTMINSTER ABBEY , 185 CONTENTS . vii.
... to the Tower - Notice of its Objects of Interest - British Museum - Elgin Marbles - Ruins of Nineveh- Grecian and Roman Antiquities - Zoological Collections , & c . LETTER XVII . SOMERSET PALACE AND WESTMINSTER ABBEY , 185 CONTENTS . vii.
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... marble columns that sustain two splendid galleries , rising one above the other towards the roof . The central hall , or space between the galle- ries , rises to the points of beautiful arches ascending from the several columns . Minor ...
... marble columns that sustain two splendid galleries , rising one above the other towards the roof . The central hall , or space between the galle- ries , rises to the points of beautiful arches ascending from the several columns . Minor ...
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... marble columns that support the galleries , which galleries , by the way , occupying all but the east end of the building , are three stories high , and the organ is in the upper one over the entry . Looking within the rows of columns ...
... marble columns that support the galleries , which galleries , by the way , occupying all but the east end of the building , are three stories high , and the organ is in the upper one over the entry . Looking within the rows of columns ...
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... marble column , and delivers a sermon in French . He speaks ex- temporaneously , but earnestly , and with his cap in one hand . We could not understand a word he said , but all the people gave the most respectful attention , and at the ...
... marble column , and delivers a sermon in French . He speaks ex- temporaneously , but earnestly , and with his cap in one hand . We could not understand a word he said , but all the people gave the most respectful attention , and at the ...
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... marble , set in rose- wood , and the capitals and cornices ornamented with gold- leaf . The doors are black walnut . From a large entry in front , stairs ascend the companion - way to the poop deck ; and in the rear , two doors open ...
... marble , set in rose- wood , and the capitals and cornices ornamented with gold- leaf . The doors are black walnut . From a large entry in front , stairs ascend the companion - way to the poop deck ; and in the rear , two doors open ...
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Page 255 - midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam along, the world's tired denizen, With none who bless us, none whom we can bless ; Minions of splendour shrinking from distress! None that, with kindred consciousness endued, If we were not, would seem to smile the less Of all that flatter'd, follow'd, sought, and sued ; This is to be alone; this, this is solitude!
Page 209 - Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain, Here earth and water seem to strive again ; Not chaos-like together crush'd and bruis'd, But, as the world, harmoniously confus'd : Where order in variety we see, And where, though all things differ, all agree.
Page 209 - And where, though all things differ, all agree. Here waving groves a chequer'd scene display, And part admit, and part exclude the day ; 'As some coy nymph her lover's warm address Nor quite indulges, nor can quite repress.
Page 93 - Th' enormous monsters rolling o'er the deep Gambol around him on the wat'ry way; And heavy whales in awkward measures play : The sea subsiding spreads a level plain, Exults, and owns the monarch of the main; The parting waves before his coursers fly : The wondering waters leave his axle dry.
Page 59 - Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
Page 365 - Honor and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honor lies.
Page 111 - Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness.
Page 209 - There, interspersed in lawns and opening glades, Thin trees arise that shun each other's shades. Here in full light the russet plains extend : There wrapt in clouds the bluish hills ascend. Ev'n the wild heath displays her purple dyes, And 'midst the desert fruitful fields arise, That, crown'd with tufted trees and springing corn, Like verdant isles, the sable waste adorn.
Page 384 - Tis pleasant, by the cheerful hearth, to hear Of tempests and the dangers of the deep, And pause at times, and feel that we are safe ; Then listen to the perilous tale again, And with an eager and suspended soul, Woo terror to delight us. ... But to hear The roaring of the raging elements, . . . To know all human skill, all human strength, Avail not, . . to look round, and only see The mountain wave incumbent...
Page 91 - Treason, treason!" echoed from every part of the house. Henry faltered not for an instant, but, taking a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of fire, he added " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it...