Old Humphrey's country strolls1844 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 31
Página 31
... huge and awful , turbulent and terrible in na- tural scenery , the far - famed fairy - land of Devil's Bridge . Dark traditions , and dark unearthly stories , are yet perpetuated concerning the place ; and truly its general character is ...
... huge and awful , turbulent and terrible in na- tural scenery , the far - famed fairy - land of Devil's Bridge . Dark traditions , and dark unearthly stories , are yet perpetuated concerning the place ; and truly its general character is ...
Página 33
... huge , craggy frag- ments , loosely scattered here and there ; caves , fissures , ponds of crystal water , endless cascades , brushwood , and mighty mountains , meet the eye , and absolutely bewilder the senses of the beholder . Nothing ...
... huge , craggy frag- ments , loosely scattered here and there ; caves , fissures , ponds of crystal water , endless cascades , brushwood , and mighty mountains , meet the eye , and absolutely bewilder the senses of the beholder . Nothing ...
Página 34
... , the rugged rift , or colossal crack in the huge rock towering above me , the infuriated waters , the re- sounding roar , the fantastic wildness , the over- whelming solemnity , and the extreme novelty of the scene 34 DEVIL'S BRIDGE .
... , the rugged rift , or colossal crack in the huge rock towering above me , the infuriated waters , the re- sounding roar , the fantastic wildness , the over- whelming solemnity , and the extreme novelty of the scene 34 DEVIL'S BRIDGE .
Página 71
... huge Plinlimmon , near whose summit the Wye takes its rise , but on Caplor Hill , one of the many heights which adorn the river . It is evening ; and the setting sun , glaring in the west , like a flaming beacon , lights up the skies ...
... huge Plinlimmon , near whose summit the Wye takes its rise , but on Caplor Hill , one of the many heights which adorn the river . It is evening ; and the setting sun , glaring in the west , like a flaming beacon , lights up the skies ...
Página 72
... huge trees and heaped - up rocks have cast their dark shadows on the ground . At the moment I am making these remarks , the place is full of interest . What a height from the river ! how thick and inaccessible the un- derwood ! What ...
... huge trees and heaped - up rocks have cast their dark shadows on the ground . At the moment I am making these remarks , the place is full of interest . What a height from the river ! how thick and inaccessible the un- derwood ! What ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
Abbey Aconbury admiration adorned Aldham Almighty appearance arresting awful beautiful beneath breeze bridge Burnham Beeches called Carlo Dolci castle church cliff crag dark delight Devil's Bridge distance dwelling earth emotions erected excited fancy fearful feel feet fire gaze gloomy glorious glory glowing goodly Grasmere green grey ground Guy's Cliff hand head heart heaven height Helvellyn Henry VII hills Hollowblast holy huge Kemp Town Kenilworth lake leaves Llantony look Lord Margate mighty mind mountain muse Netley Abbey night ocean once palace passed pier pile pleasant pleasure poor praise ramble Ramsgate rift river river Mynach river Wye rock Roman ruin scene scenery seen shadows Skiddaw skies solemn spectator spirit spot standing stone Stonehenge stood thee things thou thoughts tion tom House tower trees Ullswater village walk walls waves wild wind Windermere wood yonder
Pasajes populares
Página 7 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Página 82 - Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Página 269 - Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
Página 94 - Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.
Página 85 - And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness : And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited : and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Página 127 - FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee.
Página 75 - The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked; the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Página 121 - In every stream his bounty flows, Diffusing joy and wealth; In every breeze his spirit blows, — The breath of life and health.
Página 35 - For the Lord is a great God, And a great King above all gods. In his hand are the deep places of the earth : The strength of the hills is his also. The sea is his, and he made it : And his hands formed the dry land.
Página 196 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten; And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, Yet is their strength labour and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.