The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, EsqB. Tauchnitz, 1843 - 361 pages |
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... look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery . But Europe held forth all the charms of storied and poeti- cal association . There were to be seen the masterpieces of art , the refinements of highly ...
... look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery . But Europe held forth all the charms of storied and poeti- cal association . There were to be seen the masterpieces of art , the refinements of highly ...
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... look over the hints and memorandums I have taken down for the purpose , my heart almost fails me at finding how my idle humour has led me aside from the great objects studied by every regular traveller who would make a book . I fear I ...
... look over the hints and memorandums I have taken down for the purpose , my heart almost fails me at finding how my idle humour has led me aside from the great objects studied by every regular traveller who would make a book . I fear I ...
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... look wild and threatening , and gave indications of one of those sudden storms that will sometimes break in upon the serenity of a summer voyage . As we sat round the dull light of a lamp in the cabin , that made the gloom more ghastly ...
... look wild and threatening , and gave indications of one of those sudden storms that will sometimes break in upon the serenity of a summer voyage . As we sat round the dull light of a lamp in the cabin , that made the gloom more ghastly ...
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... looks and stifled sighs , and was not to be deceived by his sickly and vapid attempts at cheerfulness . She tasked all her sprightly powers and tender blandishments to win him back to happiness ; but she only drove the arrow deeper into ...
... looks and stifled sighs , and was not to be deceived by his sickly and vapid attempts at cheerfulness . She tasked all her sprightly powers and tender blandishments to win him back to happiness ; but she only drove the arrow deeper into ...
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... look . A wild vine had overrun one end with a profusion of foliage : a few trees threw their branches gracefully over it ; and I observed several pots of flowers taste- fully disposed about the door , and on the grass - plot in front ...
... look . A wild vine had overrun one end with a profusion of foliage : a few trees threw their branches gracefully over it ; and I observed several pots of flowers taste- fully disposed about the door , and on the grass - plot in front ...
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