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... wanderer of the hills the firm assurance of a glorious day . Soon afterwards the great moun- tain became visible from summit to base , and its round head and broad shoulders stood dark against the bright blue sky . A sagacious - looking ...
... wanderer of the hills the firm assurance of a glorious day . Soon afterwards the great moun- tain became visible from summit to base , and its round head and broad shoulders stood dark against the bright blue sky . A sagacious - looking ...
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... wanderer sitting or standing unconsciously on its edge , the mist at his feet is suddenly blown away , reveal- ing a vista twelve hundred feet down . Such an incident is apt to confirm Burke's theory that the sublime is made emphatic by ...
... wanderer sitting or standing unconsciously on its edge , the mist at his feet is suddenly blown away , reveal- ing a vista twelve hundred feet down . Such an incident is apt to confirm Burke's theory that the sublime is made emphatic by ...
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... wanderer has perhaps indulged himself in the belief that he has been traversing these solitudes quite alone - how will he feel if he shall discover that he has been accompanied in every step and motion by a shadowy figure of huge ...
... wanderer has perhaps indulged himself in the belief that he has been traversing these solitudes quite alone - how will he feel if he shall discover that he has been accompanied in every step and motion by a shadowy figure of huge ...
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... wanderer is to suppose himself again at the Linn of Dee . As he proceeds up the stream , the banks become flatter , and the valleys wider and less interesting , until , after a good many miles , the river turns somewhat northwards , and ...
... wanderer is to suppose himself again at the Linn of Dee . As he proceeds up the stream , the banks become flatter , and the valleys wider and less interesting , until , after a good many miles , the river turns somewhat northwards , and ...
Side 64
... wanderer indulge in thoughts of this description beyond the bounds of a pleas- ant imaginativeness . Let him take it for granted that neither cayman nor rattlesnake will disturb his rest ; and having pitched on a dry spot , let him ...
... wanderer indulge in thoughts of this description beyond the bounds of a pleas- ant imaginativeness . Let him take it for granted that neither cayman nor rattlesnake will disturb his rest ; and having pitched on a dry spot , let him ...
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