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... to it , particularly to arrest the attention of a transatlan- tic visiter . It is smoky and black , and extends two miles or more along the river , and an equal distance 14 DOCKS AND PIER . inland . The general style 2.
... to it , particularly to arrest the attention of a transatlan- tic visiter . It is smoky and black , and extends two miles or more along the river , and an equal distance 14 DOCKS AND PIER . inland . The general style 2.
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Charles Samuel Stewart. 14 DOCKS AND PIER . inland . The general style of architecture is more heavy than in the United States , and the material for building , except in the public edifices , being prin- cipally unpainted brick ...
Charles Samuel Stewart. 14 DOCKS AND PIER . inland . The general style of architecture is more heavy than in the United States , and the material for building , except in the public edifices , being prin- cipally unpainted brick ...
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... style of building . To my eye , they are alike only so far , as both are modern cities ; both active commercial marts , into which merchandise for exchange with every clime , is pouring by ships from sea , and by ri- ver , canal , and ...
... style of building . To my eye , they are alike only so far , as both are modern cities ; both active commercial marts , into which merchandise for exchange with every clime , is pouring by ships from sea , and by ri- ver , canal , and ...
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... style of modern Grecian architec- ture ; but parts of it are coeval with the walls , par- ticularly a massive round tower , still bearing the name of Cæsar . The whole panorama presented in the walk is di- versified and exciting , rich ...
... style of modern Grecian architec- ture ; but parts of it are coeval with the walls , par- ticularly a massive round tower , still bearing the name of Cæsar . The whole panorama presented in the walk is di- versified and exciting , rich ...
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... style was in the height of its perfection and richness in the kingdom . In the whole exterior , however , except where some recent repairs and new facings have been made , the tracery of the chisel has long since given place to the fret ...
... style was in the height of its perfection and richness in the kingdom . In the whole exterior , however , except where some recent repairs and new facings have been made , the tracery of the chisel has long since given place to the fret ...
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Página 3 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, — Calm or convulsed, in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving — boundless, endless, and sublime, The image of eternity, the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Página 106 - Thou art, of what sort the eternal life of the saints was to be, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Página 76 - Snatch'd through the verdant maze, the hurried eye Distracted wanders; now the bowery walk Of covert close, where scarce a speck of day Falls on the lengthen'd gloom, protracted sweeps: Now meets the bending sky; the river now Dimpling along, the breezy ruffled lake, The forest darkening round, the glittering spire, Th' ethereal mountain, and the distant main.
Página 28 - Heavens! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, i And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays...
Página 164 - Walk about Zion, and go round about her ; tell the towers thereof : mark ye well her bulwarks, and consider her palaces;" — if her elevation, it was,
Página 164 - Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion. God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
Página 236 - To Norman Abbey whirl'd the noble pair, — An old, old monastery once, and now Still older mansion, — of a rich and rare Mix'd Gothic, such as artists all allow Few specimens yet left us can compare Withal: it lies perhaps a little low, Because the monks preferr'da hill behind, To shelter their devotion from the wind.
Página 47 - ... from the neatness within and without, and the more to be remarked, as many of them are rude, lowly, and time-stricken structures. The white-washed fences and walls look cleanly and carefully kept; the honey-suckle and jessamine, clustering roses and graceful laburnums, with their thick blossoms overhanging and festooning the doors and windows with sweet drapery, add a charm, so rare with us, but strongly reminding one of the cottage homes of England. With an attention all alive to the beautiful,...
Página 83 - Certainly one of the most famous inscriptions is that marking Shakespeare's burial place: Good frend, for Jesus sake forbeare To digg the dust encloased here; . Bleste be ye man y' spares thes stones, And curst be he y' moves my bones, — But this is as much a curse as an epitaph.
Página 8 - It is one and a quarter miles in length, and is one of the most beautiful structures of the kind in the world.