Essays, Letters from AbroadMoxon, 1845 - 164 pages |
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Page v
... expect will testify that the melancholy and the unbridled passion that darkens Byron's verse , flowed from a soul devoured by a keen susceptibility to intensest love , and indignant broodings over the injuries done and suffered by man ...
... expect will testify that the melancholy and the unbridled passion that darkens Byron's verse , flowed from a soul devoured by a keen susceptibility to intensest love , and indignant broodings over the injuries done and suffered by man ...
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... expect to find that most perfect and beloved specimen of humanity on the other shore ; and my belief is , that spiritual improvement in this life prepares the way to a higher existence . Traces of such a faith are found in several ...
... expect to find that most perfect and beloved specimen of humanity on the other shore ; and my belief is , that spiritual improvement in this life prepares the way to a higher existence . Traces of such a faith are found in several ...
Page 92
... expect me to say something of the town itself : there is nothing , however , in it that can repay you for the trouble of walking over its rough stones . The houses are high , the streets narrow , many of them on the ascent , and no ...
... expect me to say something of the town itself : there is nothing , however , in it that can repay you for the trouble of walking over its rough stones . The houses are high , the streets narrow , many of them on the ascent , and no ...
Page 94
... expecting to be swamped . The sail was , however , again held , the boat obeyed the helm , and still in imminent peril from the immensity of the waves , we arrived in a few minutes at a sheltered port , in the village of St. Gingoux . I ...
... expecting to be swamped . The sail was , however , again held , the boat obeyed the helm , and still in imminent peril from the immensity of the waves , we arrived in a few minutes at a sheltered port , in the village of St. Gingoux . I ...
Page 105
... expect longer , if not more entertain- ing , letters soon — that is , in a week or so — when I am a little recovered from my journey . Pray tell us all the news with regard to our own offspring , whom we left at nurse in England ; as ...
... expect longer , if not more entertain- ing , letters soon — that is , in a week or so — when I am a little recovered from my journey . Pray tell us all the news with regard to our own offspring , whom we left at nurse in England ; as ...
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