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Under the pressure of poverty and misfortune , the mind oftentimes forgets its
noble nature , and the proper degree of estimation with which it should regard its
own existence : and this is the case with that description of men here spoken of .
Under the pressure of poverty and misfortune , the mind oftentimes forgets its
noble nature , and the proper degree of estimation with which it should regard its
own existence : and this is the case with that description of men here spoken of .
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hurt , and at the same time a great degree of admiration , both at his truly laconic
answer , as well as at his manner of address , in which pride seemed to be
struggling with poverty ; in such a situation any degree of fenfibility would be to
him ...
hurt , and at the same time a great degree of admiration , both at his truly laconic
answer , as well as at his manner of address , in which pride seemed to be
struggling with poverty ; in such a situation any degree of fenfibility would be to
him ...
Page 132
Of the produce of their daily labour , the stranger is generally welcome , and
though their poverty is obvious , they refuse every recompence but thanks and
civility ; I speak chiefly of the lower orders of the people ; of the higher , or more
opulent ...
Of the produce of their daily labour , the stranger is generally welcome , and
though their poverty is obvious , they refuse every recompence but thanks and
civility ; I speak chiefly of the lower orders of the people ; of the higher , or more
opulent ...
Page 137
The latter , from their intercourse with the rich and mercantile parts of Great
Britain , have unfortunately acquired a relish for riches without the means of
procuring them : hence arises . that pride which prompts them to conceal their
poverty , and ...
The latter , from their intercourse with the rich and mercantile parts of Great
Britain , have unfortunately acquired a relish for riches without the means of
procuring them : hence arises . that pride which prompts them to conceal their
poverty , and ...
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poverty and wretchedness ; and but too true indications of misery and want , and
dren ; the tender plant is produced , but in so cold a foil , and so severe a climate ,
soon withers and dies . It is not uncommon in the Highlands of Scotland , for a ...
poverty and wretchedness ; and but too true indications of misery and want , and
dren ; the tender plant is produced , but in so cold a foil , and so severe a climate ,
soon withers and dies . It is not uncommon in the Highlands of Scotland , for a ...
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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...
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| 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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