Impressions of Australia Felix, During Four Years Residence in that Colony: Notes of a Voyage Round the World; Australian Poems, &c |
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... human spirit - had there invested itself with the light and grandeur of all earth's greatest in all ages and nations . No wonder that Rome , Greece , and the Holy City itself , and their visitation , seemed now 2 JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO.
... human spirit - had there invested itself with the light and grandeur of all earth's greatest in all ages and nations . No wonder that Rome , Greece , and the Holy City itself , and their visitation , seemed now 2 JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO.
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... human nature . There are already too many of us always seeking for some paradise , yet wandering away from it . How strange ! the new emigrant goes to Aus- tralia without his knowledge or consent . Well , other children do the same ...
... human nature . There are already too many of us always seeking for some paradise , yet wandering away from it . How strange ! the new emigrant goes to Aus- tralia without his knowledge or consent . Well , other children do the same ...
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... human nature in the ship were as much swallowed up in the vision as the most cultivated . The deep crimson clouds - with a purple flood of light high above , all gold , and lemon - coloured below , deepening into a browner tone , very ...
... human nature in the ship were as much swallowed up in the vision as the most cultivated . The deep crimson clouds - with a purple flood of light high above , all gold , and lemon - coloured below , deepening into a browner tone , very ...
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... human nature ! what bursts of eloquence ! his is the true soul of Poetry -imagination and power . Homer , like Milton , must have been D old when he gave to the world this - with VAN DIEMEN'S LAND AND AUSTRALIA FELIX . 33.
... human nature ! what bursts of eloquence ! his is the true soul of Poetry -imagination and power . Homer , like Milton , must have been D old when he gave to the world this - with VAN DIEMEN'S LAND AND AUSTRALIA FELIX . 33.
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... human civilised residence . What a still sadness must sleep amongst those deserted abodes ! How must that old church in decay and utter solitude diffuse about it a feeling of silentness - of mortality , as in mockery of human ...
... human civilised residence . What a still sadness must sleep amongst those deserted abodes ! How must that old church in decay and utter solitude diffuse about it a feeling of silentness - of mortality , as in mockery of human ...
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