A Complete Guide to the Lakes: Comprising Minute Directions for the Tourist : with Mr. Wordsworth's Description of the Scenery of the Country, Etc. : and Three Letters Upon the Geology of the Lake District, by the Rev. Professor SedgwickHudson and Nicholson, 1842 - 271 頁 |
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第 ix 頁
... objects ; in the tender green of the after- grass upon the meadows , interspersed with islands of grey or mossy rock , crowned by shrubs and trees ; in the irre- gular inclosures of standing corn , or stubble - fields , in like manner ...
... objects ; in the tender green of the after- grass upon the meadows , interspersed with islands of grey or mossy rock , crowned by shrubs and trees ; in the irre- gular inclosures of standing corn , or stubble - fields , in like manner ...
第 ix 頁
... , cloudless , and hot days . Thus far concerning the respective advantages and dis- advantages of the different seasons for visiting this coun- try . As to the order in which objects are iv TIME FOR VISITING THE COUNTRY .
... , cloudless , and hot days . Thus far concerning the respective advantages and dis- advantages of the different seasons for visiting this coun- try . As to the order in which objects are iv TIME FOR VISITING THE COUNTRY .
第 ix 頁
... objects are best seen — a lake being composed of water flowing from higher grounds , and expanding itself till its ... object , unless either the summit be reached before sun- rise , or the visitant remain there until sun - set , and ...
... objects are best seen — a lake being composed of water flowing from higher grounds , and expanding itself till its ... object , unless either the summit be reached before sun- rise , or the visitant remain there until sun - set , and ...
第 ix 頁
... object that admits of it ; and is almost always disappointed . For this disappointment there exists , I believe , no general preven- tive ; nor is it desirable that there should . But with re- gard to one class of objects , there is a ...
... object that admits of it ; and is almost always disappointed . For this disappointment there exists , I believe , no general preven- tive ; nor is it desirable that there should . But with re- gard to one class of objects , there is a ...
第 1 頁
... object , and the main North Road might be rejoined at Bowes . Every one has heard of the great fall of the Tees above Middleham , interesting for its gran- deur , as the avenue of rocks that leads to it , is to the geologist . But this ...
... object , and the main North Road might be rejoined at Bowes . Every one has heard of the great fall of the Tees above Middleham , interesting for its gran- deur , as the avenue of rocks that leads to it , is to the geologist . But this ...
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第 10 頁 - Of mountain torrents ; or the visible scene Would enter unawares into his mind With all its solemn imagery, its rocks, Its woods, and that uncertain heaven, received Into the bosom of the steady lake.
第 94 頁 - There is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to this day stands single, in the midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore : Not loth to furnish weapons for the bands Of Umfraville or Percy ere they marched To Scotland's heaths ; or those that crossed the sea And drew their sounding bows at Azincour, Perhaps at earlier Crecy, or Poictiers. Of vast circumference and gloom profound This solitary Tree ! a living thing Produced too slowly ever to decay ; Of form and aspect too magnificent To be...
第 66 頁 - ... unworthy Lord Whom mere despite of heart could so far please, And love of havoc, (for with such disease Fame taxes him,} that he could send forth word To level with the dust a noble horde, A brotherhood of venerable Trees, Leaving an ancient dome, and towers like these, Beggared and outraged!
第 73 頁 - And gleaming and streaming and steaming and beaming, And rushing and flushing and brushing and gushing, And flapping and rapping and clapping and slapping, And curling and whirling and purling and twirling, Retreating and meeting and beating and sheeting, Delaying and straying and playing and spraying, Advancing and prancing and glancing and dancing.
第 72 頁 - Eddying and whisking, Spouting and frisking, Turning and twisting, Around and around With endless rebound: Smiting and fighting, A sight to delight in; Confounding, astounding, Dizzying and deafening the ear with its sound.
第 122 頁 - There sometimes doth a leaping fish Send through the tarn a lonely cheer; The crags repeat the raven's croak, In symphony austere...
第 79 頁 - Fear and trembling Hope, Silence and Foresight ; Death the Skeleton, And Time the Shadow ; there to celebrate, As in a natural temple scattered o'er With altars undisturbed of mossy stone, United worship ; or in mute repose To lie, and listen to the mountain flood Murmuring from Glaramara's inmost caves.
第 49 頁 - Beneath our feet, a little lowly vale, A lowly vale, and yet uplifted high Among the mountains ; even as if the spot Had been from eldest time by wish of theirs So placed, to be shut out from all the world!
第 73 頁 - And falling and brawling and sprawling, And driving and riving and striving, And sprinkling and twinkling and wrinkling, And sounding...
第 39 頁 - ... remind the contemplative spectator of a production of Nature, and may (using a strong expression) rather be said to have grown than to have been erected; — to have risen, by an instinct of their own, out of the native rock — so little is there in them of formality, such is their wildness and beauty..