A description of Westfield, Ryde, Isle of Wight [by sir A.W.J. Clifford].

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Halaman 18 - ... stated, but the picture filled up with every minute and collateral feature. In short, the whole period of my existence seemed to be placed before me in a kind of panoramic review, and each act of it seemed to be accompanied by a consciousness of right or wrong, or by some reflection on its cause or its consequences ; indeed, many trifling events which had been long forgotten then crowded into my imagination, and with the character of recent familiarity.
Halaman 26 - Empire, never laid aside The simplicity and moderation of a private citizen: Who infused into Oriental despotism the spirit of British Freedom: Who never forgot that the end of Government is The...
Halaman 57 - L'Orient, that when you have finished your military career in this world, you may be buried in one of your trophies. But that that period may be far distant, is the earnest wish of your sincere friend, Benjamin Hallowell.
Halaman 18 - Though the senses were thus deadened, not so the mind ; its activity seemed to be invigorated in a ratio which defies all description — for thought rose after thought with a rapidity of succession that is not only indescribable, but probably inconceivable, by any one who has not himself been in a similar situation.
Halaman 105 - I regret not the freedom of will, Or sigh, as uncertain I tread; I am freer and happier still, When by thee, I am carefully led. Ere my Sight I was doomed to resign, My heart I surrendered to thee; Not a Thought or an Action was mine, But I saw as thou badst me to see.
Halaman 48 - When the ear heard her, then it blessed her; and when the eye saw her, it gave witness to her; because she delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon her, and she caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Halaman 17 - ... the floating sculls were fruitless. The transaction had not been observed by the sentinel on the gangway, and therefore it was not till the tide had drifted me some distance astern of the ship that a man in the foretop saw me splashing in the water, and gave the alarm. The first...
Halaman 18 - ... indeed, many trifling events which had been long forgotten then crowded into my imagination, and with the character of recent familiarity. May not all this be some indication of the almost infinite power of memory with which we may awaken in another world, and thus be compelled to contemplate our past lives'!
Halaman 96 - That, scap'd from bondage, rolls the rocks between. Hence flows the Reuss to seek her wedded love, And with the Rhine, Germanic climes explore; Her stream I mark'd, and saw her wildly move Down the bleak mountain, thro
Halaman 108 - Mercy's voice has hush'd the blast. The wind is heard in whispers low, The White Man, far away must go; — But ever in his heart will bear Remembrance of the Negro's care.

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