| 1783 - 736 pages
...The exception I mean is, that during the laft 60 miles before itsjunclion with the Ganges, it form* a ftream which is regularly from four to five miles...adequate idea of the grandeur of this magnificent objecr. ; for Scarce the mofé Da res (belch her wing o'er this enormous m ais Of rufhing water ; to... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1800 - 614 pages
...Ganges, it forms a ftrearn which is regularly from four to five miles wide, and but for its freflinefs might pafs for an arm of the fea. Common defcription...to convey an adequate idea of the grandeur of this nigmheuit objeft ; for, — — S«r« the mufe Dares ftretch her wing o'er this enonnouf nuls Of rulhing... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1781 - 506 pages
...to five miles wide, and "but for its frefhnefs might pafj for an arm of the fea. Common deicription fails in an attempt to convey an adequate idea of the grandeur of this magnificeo^ ebjecT: ; for, ... " Scarce the mufe Pares ftretch her wing o'er this enormous mafs Of... | |
| 1800 - 624 pages
...Ganges, it forms a ftream which is regularly from four to five miles wide, and but for its frtfhnefs might pafs for an arm of the fea. Common defcription...to convey an adequate idea of the grandeur of this mgnificent objeft ; for, -Scarce the mufe Dares ftretch her wing o'er tins enormous mid Of rufliing... | |
| 1800 - 620 pages
...to five miles wide, and but for its frelhnefs might pafs for an arm of the fen. Common dclcription fails in an attempt to convey an adequate idea of the grandeur of this mgnifictnt objeil ; for, Scare? the mufc Dares ilretch her wing o'er this enormoul mais Of ruining... | |
| Richard Brookes - 1801 - 788 pages
...a ftreani which is regularly fn>m four to five mile» wide ; ard, but for itsfreihnefs, might pals for an arm of the fea. Common defcription fails in...adequate idea of the grandeur of this magnificent object. BURSA, or PRUSA, one ot the iargeft cities of Turkey in Afia, capital of lieo fangil. It was the capital... | |
| 1783 - 742 pages
...its courfe for fome hundred miles above its mouth, appeared to him to be a continuation of the river convey an adequate idea of the grandeur of this magnificent...the mufe Dares ftretch her wing o'er this enormous maft Of milling water ; to whofe dread expanfe, Continuous depth, and wondrous length ot* courfe. Our... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1800 - 726 pages
...to five miles wide, and but for its freflmefs might pafs for an arm of the fea. Common delcription fails in an attempt to convey an. adequate idea of the grandeur of this mgnificent pbjeft ; for, Scarce the mufe Dares ftretch her wing o'er ihij enormous rmfs Ofruihing-water... | |
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