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Page 5
... his little work will not be extended amongst a very large class of readers ; the
amusement of an individual was originally the fole object of the following letters ,
but he has ventured to make them public , under the hope that they may , in some
...
... his little work will not be extended amongst a very large class of readers ; the
amusement of an individual was originally the fole object of the following letters ,
but he has ventured to make them public , under the hope that they may , in some
...
Page 7
... mountains ; arrived amongst a people , to whose language I am a per" feet
stranger , and whose manners and customs are as eccentric as they are fingular ,
every circumstance attracts attention , and every object excites admiration . But it
is ...
... mountains ; arrived amongst a people , to whose language I am a per" feet
stranger , and whose manners and customs are as eccentric as they are fingular ,
every circumstance attracts attention , and every object excites admiration . But it
is ...
Page 7
But they are not alone sublime situations which excite sublime ideas ; every
object in nature is interesting , and wherever nature is , I feel fimilar sensations ;
mountains and valleys , rivers and rivulets , nay the smallest plants that are
trodden ...
But they are not alone sublime situations which excite sublime ideas ; every
object in nature is interesting , and wherever nature is , I feel fimilar sensations ;
mountains and valleys , rivers and rivulets , nay the smallest plants that are
trodden ...
Page 92
One of my companions was a very skilful botanist , and his botanical furor
induced him at all times to despise danger and difficulty , when in pursuit of a
favourite plant , and this was the object of our present enterprize ; but we had
scarcely set ...
One of my companions was a very skilful botanist , and his botanical furor
induced him at all times to despise danger and difficulty , when in pursuit of a
favourite plant , and this was the object of our present enterprize ; but we had
scarcely set ...
Page 156
The poet and the philosopher are more abstracted in their observations , find
other principles for the materials of thought , and apply the rude unconnected
objects of their contemplation , as so many foundations , upon which to build the
light ...
The poet and the philosopher are more abstracted in their observations , find
other principles for the materials of thought , and apply the rude unconnected
objects of their contemplation , as so many foundations , upon which to build the
light ...
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Page 7 - Oh. how can'st thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her vot'ry yields? The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even ; All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of heaven — Oh, how can'st thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven...
Page 134 - BUT poverty, though it does not prevent the generation, is extremely unfavourable to the rearing of children. The tender plant is produced, but in fo cold a foil, and fo fevere a climate, foon withers and dies. It is not uncommon, I have been frequently told, in the Highlands of Scotland for a mother who has borne twenty children not to have two alive.
Page 134 - In some places, one half the children born die before they are four years of age, in many places before they are seven, and in almost all places before they are nine or ten. This great mortality, however, will...
Page 38 - ... a very high hill, when the vale of Clwyd, in all its beauty, unfolded upon the sight: it appeared like a moving picture, upon which nature had been prodigal of its colours. Hamlets, villages, towns, and castles, rose like enchantment upon this rich carpet, that seemed covered with wood and enclosures; in the midst of it, at the...
Page 127 - ... threatening foe. Strange ferocious manners were blended with the hofpitality of thofe days ; but, happily for mankind, fuch barbarous features of uncivilized ages are at length every where humanized into more refined and focial enjoyments. Whether fociety has not arrived at an excefs of refinement; whether a great degree of refinement is not the parent of vice and corruption ; and if fo, whether an age of barbarity, with honefty and virtue, or an age of refinement, with effeminacy, vice, and...
Page 12 - ... we can discern no quality which marks any distinction or superiority. The capacity of improvement seems to be the same ; and the talents he may afterwards acquire...
Page 127 - Jpoils of a vanquifhed enemy ; the conch does not found to war, nor is the bolfy (hield itruck as the fignal to meet the threatening foe. Strange ferocious manners were blended with the hofpitality of thofe days ; but, happily for mankind, fuch barbarous features of uncivilized ages are at length every where humanized into more refined and focial enjoyments. Whether fociety has not arrived at an excefs of refinement ; whether a great degree of refinement is not the parent of vice and corruption ;...
Page 1 - With gold and gems if Chilian mountains glow ; If bleak and barren Scotia's hills arise ; There plague and poison, lust and rapine grow ; Here peaceful are the vales, and pure the skies, And freedom fires the soul, and sparkles in the eyes. Then grieve not, thou, to whom th...
Page 16 - neath this roof thy wine cheer'd moments pafs, Fill to the good man's name one grateful glafs, To higher zeft mall mem'ry wake thy foul, And virtue mingle in the ennobled bowl. But if like me thro...
Page 16 - Viiions fair, His eyes dance rapture, and his bofom glows ! Friend to the friendlefs, to the fick man Health ; With generous Joy he views th...
Bibliographic information
| Title | A pedestrian tour through North Wales, letters |
| Author | Joseph Hucks |
| Published | 1795 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 26 Apr 2007 |
| Length | 120 pages |
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