Though the sides of this bridge are provided in some parts with a parapet of fixed rocks, yet few men have resolution to walk to them, and look over into the abyss. You involuntarily fall on your hands and feet, creep to the parapet, and peep over it.... Travels Through North America, During the Years 1825 and 1826 - Stran 192avtor: Bernhard (Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach) - 1828Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| Tobias Smollett - 1787 - 510 strani
...parapet, and look over it. Looking down from this height about a minute, gave me a violent head-ach. If the view from the top be painful and intolerable, that from below is delightful to the extreme. It is impoffible for the emotions arifing from the fublime to be felt beyond what thejr... | |
| 1787 - 512 strani
...parapet, and look over it. Looking down from this height about a minute gave nie a violent hcad-ach. If the view from the top be painful and intolerable, that from belo\v is delightful in the extreme.' It is impoflihle for the emotions arifing from the fublime to... | |
| Jedidiah Morse - 1792 - 522 strani
...parapet, and peep over it. Looking down from this height about a minute, gave me a violent head-ach. If the view from the top be painful and intolerable,...from below is delightful in an equal extreme. It is impoffihle for the emotions anfing from the fublime, to be felt beyond what they are here: fo beautiful... | |
| William Winterbotham - 1795 - 558 strani
...into the abyfs. You involuntarily fall on your hands and feet, creep to the parapet and peep over it. If the view from the top be painful and intolerable,...from below is delightful in an equal extreme. It is impoffible for the emotions arifing from the fublime, to be felt beyond what they are here : fo beautiful... | |
| 1808 - 674 strani
...the parapet, and peep over it; but if the view from the top be ¡minrui and intolerable, that frum below is delightful in an equal extreme. It is impossible for the emotions arising from the sublime, to be r'crt beyond what they are here:— so beautiful mi arch,so elevated, so light, and springing as it... | |
| Miscellanea Perthensis - 1801 - 242 strani
...into the abyfs, but involuntarily fall on their handsand feet, creep to the parapet, and peep over it. If the view from the top be painful and intolerable, that from bo low is delightful in an equal extreme. It is impofiible for" D » the the emotions arifing from... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1803 - 388 strani
...over it. Look ing down from this height about a minute gave me a violent head-ach. If the view fe^Si the top be painful and intolerable, that from below is delightful in an equal extreme. It i$ impossible for the emotions arising from the sublime, to be felt beyond what they are here : so... | |
| Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807 - 802 strani
...and peeps over it- Looking down from this height about a misKe, Ea»e Mr Jefferfon a violent headach. If the view from the top be painful and intolerable,...that from below is delightful in an equal extreme. It u impotfible for tbe emotion arifing from the fubtm< to be felt beyond what they are here : fa kautiful... | |
| 1811 - 576 strani
...fall on your hands and feet, creep to the parapet, and look over it. Looking down from this heiglit about a minute gave me a violent head-ache. If the...and intolerable, that from below is delightful in the extreme. It is impossible for the emotions arising from the sublime to be felt beyond what they... | |
| 1816 - 782 strani
...peeps 6ver it. Looking down from this height about a minute, gave Mr Jeflerfon a violent head.ich. If the view from the top be painful and intolerable, that from below is delightful in an erjua! extreme. It is impoflible for the emotions ariling from the fublime to be felt beyond what they... | |
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