The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq, Volume 1John Murray, 1834 - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) |
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... antiquity- to loiter about the ruined castle - to meditate on the falling tower - to escape , in short , from the common - place realities of the present , and lose myself among the shadowy grandeurs of the past . I had , besides all ...
... antiquity- to loiter about the ruined castle - to meditate on the falling tower - to escape , in short , from the common - place realities of the present , and lose myself among the shadowy grandeurs of the past . I had , besides all ...
Page 21
... antiquity , he has inter- woven the history of his life with the history of his native town , and has made the foundations of its fame the monuments of his virtues . Where- ever you go in Liverpool , you perceive traces of his footsteps ...
... antiquity , he has inter- woven the history of his life with the history of his native town , and has made the foundations of its fame the monuments of his virtues . Where- ever you go in Liverpool , you perceive traces of his footsteps ...
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... antiquity and with posterity ; with antiquity , in the sweet com- munion of studious retirement ; and with posterity , in 22 32 ROSCOE .
... antiquity and with posterity ; with antiquity , in the sweet com- munion of studious retirement ; and with posterity , in 22 32 ROSCOE .
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... antiquity , having been founded by some of the Dutch colonists , in the earlier times of the pro- vince , just about the beginning of the government of the good Peter Stuyvesant ; ( may he rest in peace ! ) and there were some of the ...
... antiquity , having been founded by some of the Dutch colonists , in the earlier times of the pro- vince , just about the beginning of the government of the good Peter Stuyvesant ; ( may he rest in peace ! ) and there were some of the ...
Page 84
... antiquities of our race- the birth - place and mausoleum of the sages and heroes of our paternal history . After our own country , there was none in whose glory we more delighted -none whose good opinion we were more anxious to possess ...
... antiquities of our race- the birth - place and mausoleum of the sages and heroes of our paternal history . After our own country , there was none in whose glory we more delighted -none whose good opinion we were more anxious to possess ...
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