The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq, Volume 1John Murray, 1834 - 316 pages |
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Page 2
... wander about the pier heads in fine weather , and watch the parting ships bound to distant climes ! with what longing eyes would I gaze after their lessening sails , and waft myself in imagination to the ends of the earth ! Farther ...
... wander about the pier heads in fine weather , and watch the parting ships bound to distant climes ! with what longing eyes would I gaze after their lessening sails , and waft myself in imagination to the ends of the earth ! Farther ...
Page 3
... wander over the scenes of renowned achieve- ment to tread , as it were , in the footsteps of antiquity- to loiter about the ruined castle - to meditate on the falling tower - to escape , in short , from the common - place realities of ...
... wander over the scenes of renowned achieve- ment to tread , as it were , in the footsteps of antiquity- to loiter about the ruined castle - to meditate on the falling tower - to escape , in short , from the common - place realities of ...
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... in it ! what changes might take place in me , before I should visit it again ! Who can tell , when he sets forth to wander , whither he may be driven by the uncertain currents of existence ; or when he 8 THE VOYAGE .
... in it ! what changes might take place in me , before I should visit it again ! Who can tell , when he sets forth to wander , whither he may be driven by the uncertain currents of existence ; or when he 8 THE VOYAGE .
Page 77
... wandering mechanic , the Man- chester and Birmingham agent , to be her oracles respecting America . From such sources she is content to receive her information respecting a country in a singular state of moral and physical developement ...
... wandering mechanic , the Man- chester and Birmingham agent , to be her oracles respecting America . From such sources she is content to receive her information respecting a country in a singular state of moral and physical developement ...
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... wander farther and farther from the paternal roof , and lament the wayward- ness of the parent that would repel the affections of the child . -- Short - sighted and injudicious , however , as the conduct of England may be in this system ...
... wander farther and farther from the paternal roof , and lament the wayward- ness of the parent that would repel the affections of the child . -- Short - sighted and injudicious , however , as the conduct of England may be in this system ...
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