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... covered by a rich and mystic drapery of twilight . The floating bath- houses of the Neva , with their variegated tressel - work and brilliant colors , resemble fairy palaces ; and the plash- ing of the bathers falls upon the ear like ...
... covered by a rich and mystic drapery of twilight . The floating bath- houses of the Neva , with their variegated tressel - work and brilliant colors , resemble fairy palaces ; and the plash- ing of the bathers falls upon the ear like ...
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... covered with a cushion , extending lengthwise in the same direction as the horse , so that the rider sits astride of it as if riding on horse- back ; some , however , have been modernized so as to afford a more convenient seat in the ...
... covered with a cushion , extending lengthwise in the same direction as the horse , so that the rider sits astride of it as if riding on horse- back ; some , however , have been modernized so as to afford a more convenient seat in the ...
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... covered shores slope down to the water like a green carpet outspread under the trees , we soon reached the Little Nevka , about three miles from our starting - point . We disembarked on the Krestofskoi Island , near the bridge which ...
... covered shores slope down to the water like a green carpet outspread under the trees , we soon reached the Little Nevka , about three miles from our starting - point . We disembarked on the Krestofskoi Island , near the bridge which ...
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... covered cottages , the little flower - gardens , the orchards . and green lanes , the festive days , when the air resound- ed to the merry voices of laughing damsels and village beaux- " The hawthorn bush , with seats beneath the shade ...
... covered cottages , the little flower - gardens , the orchards . and green lanes , the festive days , when the air resound- ed to the merry voices of laughing damsels and village beaux- " The hawthorn bush , with seats beneath the shade ...
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... covered roofs of the houses , over the interminable patches of scrubby pine . It is not a country that presents such attractive features as to in- duce the mere tourist to get out and spend a few days rambling through it . In these ...
... covered roofs of the houses , over the interminable patches of scrubby pine . It is not a country that presents such attractive features as to in- duce the mere tourist to get out and spend a few days rambling through it . In these ...
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Page 341 - O God! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run, How many make the hour full complete; How many hours bring about the day; How many days will finish up the year; How many years a mortal man may live.
Page 17 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page 41 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree, While many a pastime circled in the shade...
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