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Page 78
... less Of all that flatter'd , follow'd , sought and sued ; This is to be alone ; this , this is solitude ! XXVII . More blest the life of godly Eremite , Such as on lonely Athos may be seen , Watching at eve upon the giant height , Which ...
... less Of all that flatter'd , follow'd , sought and sued ; This is to be alone ; this , this is solitude ! XXVII . More blest the life of godly Eremite , Such as on lonely Athos may be seen , Watching at eve upon the giant height , Which ...
Page 98
... less barbarians would have cheer'd him less , And fellow - countrymen have stood aloof― ( 27 ) In aught that tries the heart how few withstand the proof ! LXVII . It chanced that adverse winds once drove his bark Full on the coast of ...
... less barbarians would have cheer'd him less , And fellow - countrymen have stood aloof― ( 27 ) In aught that tries the heart how few withstand the proof ! LXVII . It chanced that adverse winds once drove his bark Full on the coast of ...
Page 127
... less degrading than such in- habitants . The Turks have the plea of conquest for their tyranny , and the Greeks have only suffered the fortune of war , incidental to the bravest ; but how are the mighty fallen , when two painters ...
... less degrading than such in- habitants . The Turks have the plea of conquest for their tyranny , and the Greeks have only suffered the fortune of war , incidental to the bravest ; but how are the mighty fallen , when two painters ...
Page 129
... less striking than the approach from the isles . In our second land excursion , we had a narrow escape from a party of Main- notes , concealed in the caverns beneath . We were told afterwards , by one of their prisoners subsequently ...
... less striking than the approach from the isles . In our second land excursion , we had a narrow escape from a party of Main- notes , concealed in the caverns beneath . We were told afterwards , by one of their prisoners subsequently ...
Page 130
... less a resort of painters than of pirates ; there " The hireling artist plants his paltry desk , " And makes degraded Nature picturesque . " ( See Hodgson's Lady Jane Grey , & c . ) But there Nature , with the aid of Art , has done that ...
... less a resort of painters than of pirates ; there " The hireling artist plants his paltry desk , " And makes degraded Nature picturesque . " ( See Hodgson's Lady Jane Grey , & c . ) But there Nature , with the aid of Art , has done that ...
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