The Youthful Travellers; Or, Letters Chiefly Descriptive of Scenes Visited by Some Young People During a Summer Excursion,: Designed as Examples of the Epistolary Style for Children..William Darton, 1823 - 178 pages |
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... till we get to Southampton , and then papa means to strike across the country into Wales , and to go to Abervale to spend a few weeks with my dear grandmamma . I am quite delighted with the thought of going into Wales , because my ...
... till we get to Southampton , and then papa means to strike across the country into Wales , and to go to Abervale to spend a few weeks with my dear grandmamma . I am quite delighted with the thought of going into Wales , because my ...
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... till at length the storm began to abate , and we ventured forth in hopes of finding a hut or house where we might beg some refreshment . However , neither hut nor house was to be seen ; so we scrambled up some stone steps , cut in the ...
... till at length the storm began to abate , and we ventured forth in hopes of finding a hut or house where we might beg some refreshment . However , neither hut nor house was to be seen ; so we scrambled up some stone steps , cut in the ...
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... till we reached a hut , and such a hut even more miserable than the Irish cabins we read of ; but the inhabitants seemed so contented and happy that I was particularly struck with the truth of mamma's observation , that happiness is not ...
... till we reached a hut , and such a hut even more miserable than the Irish cabins we read of ; but the inhabitants seemed so contented and happy that I was particularly struck with the truth of mamma's observation , that happiness is not ...
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... till the shrubbery intervened and it could be seen no longer . At that moment my heart was quite full , and I wept outright , but the reflection that crying would be of no use soon occur- red to me , so I dried my tears and en ...
... till the shrubbery intervened and it could be seen no longer . At that moment my heart was quite full , and I wept outright , but the reflection that crying would be of no use soon occur- red to me , so I dried my tears and en ...
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... made of camels ' hair fastened in a quill . Unfor- tunately there were no camels in Ame- rica , and he could not think of any thing that would do instead , till he happened to cast his eyes on his father's favourite black cat 34.
... made of camels ' hair fastened in a quill . Unfor- tunately there were no camels in Ame- rica , and he could not think of any thing that would do instead , till he happened to cast his eyes on his father's favourite black cat 34.
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Abergavenny Abervale Adieu admiration amused Andromache autumn balloon Beachy Head beautiful blossom blue boat Burton Farm called Car-a-diff CAROLINE to ELLEN Carwood castle Chepstow Chepstow Castle Clara cliffs colours cottage cousin Lucy curious dear Caroline dear Ellen dear Emily dear girl dear Louisa delightful donkeys Earl Talbot ELLEN to CAROLINE Emmy enjoyed fancied Fanny favourite flowers fond garden glad going Goodrich Castle green grotto happy hear hills indigo indigo plant LETTER little girl Little Malvern look LOUISA STANLEY Malvern mamma says Monmouth morning mountains nice old woman ourselves papa says papa's petrifactions Piercefield plant pleasure rambled ride river river Wye road rocks round ruins scene scenery seated shewed side sister sketch SMALLFIELD soon spring sundew suppose tell thought Tintern Abbey told tower town trees village Wales walk Welsh WILLIAM DARton William the Conqueror winter wood write
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Page 60 - I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot. Where once we dwelt our name is heard no more, Children not thine have trod my nursery floor ; And where the gardener, Robin, day by day, Drew me to school along the public way, Delighted with my bauble coach, and wrapped In scarlet mantle warm, and velvet capped, 'Tis now become a history little known, That once we called the pastoral house our own.
Page 93 - Thus having spoke, the illustrious chief of Troy Stretch'd his fond arms to clasp the lovely boy. The babe clung crying to his nurse's breast, Scared at the dazzling helm, and nodding crest. With secret pleasure each fond parent smiled, And Hector hasted to relieve his child, The glittering terrors from his brows unbound, And placed the beaming helmet on the ground; Then kiss'd the child, and, lifting high in air, Thus to the gods preferr'da father's prayer: "O thou!
Page 59 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was.
Page 96 - The river nobly foams and flows, The charm of this enchanted ground, And all its thousand turns disclose Some fresher beauty varying round ; The haughtiest breast its wish might bound Through life to dwell delighted here ; Nor could on earth a spot be found To nature and to me so dear, Could thy dear eyes in following mine Still sweeten more these banks of Rhine ! LVI. By Coblentz, on a rise of gentle ground, There is a small and simple pyramid, Crowning the summit of the verdant mound ; Beneath...
Page 145 - A million torches lighted by Thy hand Wander unwearied through the blue abyss. They own Thy power, accomplish Thy command, All gay with life, all eloquent with bliss. What shall we call them ? Piles of crystal light — A glorious company of golden streams — Lamps of celestial ether burning bright — Suns lighting systems with their joyous beams ; But Thou to these art as the noon to night.
Page 92 - Too daring prince! ah, whither dost thou run? Ah, too forgetful of thy wife and son! And think'st thou not how wretched we shall be, A widow I, a helpless orphan he? For sure such courage length of life denies, And thou must fall, thy virtue's sacrifice. Greece in her single heroes strove in vain; Now hosts oppose thee, and thou must be slain.
Page 153 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Page 29 - TV ambrosial gold that swells his thighs. " Perhaps his fragrant load may bind His limbs ; — we'll set the captive free — I sought the LIVING BEE to find, And found the PICTURE of a BEE.
Page 155 - Vaga echoes through her winding bounds, And rapid Severn hoarse applause resounds. Who hung with woods yon mountain's sultry brow ? From the dry rock who bade the waters flow ? Not to the skies in useless columns tost...
Page 36 - It did not occur to any of the family to provide him with better materials, till a party of Indians being amused with little Benjamin's sketches of birds and flowers,taught him to prepare the red and yellow colours with which they painted their ornaments...