A tour to Milford Haven in ... 1791

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Página 355 - But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave.
Página 355 - That cast an awful look below; Whose ragged walls the ivy creeps, And with her arms from falling keeps. So both a safety from the wind On mutual dependence find. 'Tis now the raven's bleak abode; 'Tis now th...
Página 22 - Bring me unto my trial when you will. Dy'd he not in his bed
Página 30 - ... that I have thought fome of nature's journeymen had made men, and not made them well, they imitated humanity fo abominably.
Página 18 - ... forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall ; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
Página 300 - The tail was continually moving in a circular manner. The form of its body and arms was entirely human, but its arms and hands seemed rather thick and short in proportion to its body. The form of the head, and all the features of the face, were human also ; but the nose rose high between its eyes, was pretty long, and seemed to terminate very sharp. Its head was white like its body, without hair ; but from its forehead there arose a brownish substance, of three or four fingers...
Página 301 - ... or neck, or back ; for the creature lifted it up from its neck, and washed under it It washed frequently under Its arms and about its body ; it swam about the bay, and particularly round a little rock which Reynolds was within ten or twelve yards of. He staid about an hour looking at it. It was so near him, that he could perceive its motion through the water was very rapid ; and that, when it turned, it put one hand into the water, and moved itself round very quickly. It never dipped under the...
Página 299 - ... in the county of Pembroke, a simple farmer, and esteemed by all who knew him to be a truth-telling man, declares the following most extraordinary story to be an absolute fact, and is willing, in order to satisfy those who will not take his bare word for it, to swear to the truth of the same.
Página 337 - Which GOD hath in his mighty angels plac'd ! Their arms away they threw, and to the hills (For earth hath this variety from...
Página 301 - This substance did not at all resemble hair, but was thin, compact, and flat, not much unlike a ribbon. It did not adhere to the back part of its head, or neck, or back ; for the creature lifted it up from its neck, and washed under it. It washed frequently under its arms and about its body ; it swam about the bay, and particularly round a little rock which Reynolds was within ten or twelve yards of. He staid about an hour looking at it. It was...

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