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... situation compelled them to seek for wood and water at the little port where they had before obtained supplies . There they landed , and sought for provision in the forest , with which all the country round was densely covered . They ...
... situation compelled them to seek for wood and water at the little port where they had before obtained supplies . There they landed , and sought for provision in the forest , with which all the country round was densely covered . They ...
Page 13
... situation , it cannot be wondered at that the soldiers earnestly pressed their commander to abandon the enterprise , and return to Panama . However , the only answer they obtained to their entreaties was the concession , that the vessel ...
... situation , it cannot be wondered at that the soldiers earnestly pressed their commander to abandon the enterprise , and return to Panama . However , the only answer they obtained to their entreaties was the concession , that the vessel ...
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... situation of this capital was very beautiful . It stood in a rich valley , which towards the north was defended by a lofty eminence , a spur of the great Cordillera ; and the city was traversed by a river , or rather a small stream ...
... situation of this capital was very beautiful . It stood in a rich valley , which towards the north was defended by a lofty eminence , a spur of the great Cordillera ; and the city was traversed by a river , or rather a small stream ...
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... situation , and through them to make known to the governor their true position . In spite of all the precautions Almagro took to prevent any communication between the soldiers and their friends , by destroying all their letters , his ...
... situation , and through them to make known to the governor their true position . In spite of all the precautions Almagro took to prevent any communication between the soldiers and their friends , by destroying all their letters , his ...
Page 27
... situation and produce , to that of Gallo . Here they were doomed to remain many weary days and months till the expected succours should be sent by the confederates from Panama . At last they came ; and the sanction of the governor ...
... situation and produce , to that of Gallo . Here they were doomed to remain many weary days and months till the expected succours should be sent by the confederates from Panama . At last they came ; and the sanction of the governor ...
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Page 251 - Alas ! — how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood the storm, when waves were rough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships that have gone down at sea, When heaven was all tranquillity...
Page 244 - Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high To bitter scorn a sacrifice And grinning infamy. The stings of falsehood those shall try, And hard unkindness
Page 242 - ODE ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE. Ye distant spires, ye antique towers, That crown the watery glade, Where grateful Science still adores Her Henry's holy shade ; And ye, that from the stately brow Of Windsor's heights th...
Page 241 - Where'er he turns, he meets a stranger's eye, His suppliants scorn him, and his followers fly ; Now drops at once the pride of awful state, The golden canopy, the glitt'ring plate,. The regal palace, the luxurious board, The liv'ried army, and the menial lord.
Page 243 - The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast: Theirs buxom health, of rosy hue, Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer, of vigour born ; The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light That fly th
Page 242 - A stranger yet to pain ! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring. Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace ; Who foremost now delight to cleave With pliant arm, thy glassy wave ? The captive linnet which...
Page 243 - Alas ! regardless of their doom The little victims play ; No sense have they of ills to come Nor care beyond to-day : Yet see how all around...
Page 88 - The time shall come, when, free as seas or wind, Unbounded Thames shall flow for all mankind, Whole nations enter with each swelling tide, And seas but join the regions they divide; Earth's distant ends our glory shall behold, And the new world launch forth to seek the old.
Page 234 - I only have transferr'd it to her Eyes. Such are thy Pictures, Kneller. Such thy Skill, That Nature seems obedient to thy Will: Comes out, and meets thy Pencil in the draught: Lives there, and wants but words to speak her thought.
Page 19 - It was conducted over pathless sierras buried, in snow; galleries were cut for leagues through the living rock ; rivers were crossed by means of bridges that swung suspended in the air ; precipices were scaled by stairways hewn out of the native bed ; ravines of hideous depth were filled up with solid masonry...