 | Edward Baines - 1821 - 680 Seiten
...glowing language of the late Lord Erskine, who, on beholding the town and port of Liverpool, said — " If I were capable of painting in words the impression...imagination, it would form a beautiful picture indeed 1 I had bef«re and often been at the principal sea-ports in this island, and believing that having... | |
 | Edward Baines - 1824 - 678 Seiten
...glowing language of the late Lord Erskine, who, on beholding the town and port of Liverpool, said — " If I were capable of painting in words the impression...would form a beautiful picture indeed ! I had before and often been at the principal sea-ports in this island, and believing that having seen Bristol, and... | |
 | William Henry Pyne - 1831 - 216 Seiten
...traveller, however, we for the present shall quote the language of the late Lord Erskine, who says, " If I were capable of painting in words the impression...that having seen Bristol, and those other towns that justly pass for great ones, 1 had seen every thing in this great nation of navigators, on which a subject... | |
 | 1831 - 746 Seiten
...it for the first time, is thus well described in the words of the celebrated Lord Erskine : " If 1 were capable of painting in words the impression Liverpool...that having seen Bristol, and those other towns, that justly pass for great ones, I had seen every thing in this great nation of navigators, on which a subject... | |
 | 1831 - 722 Seiten
...sees it for the first time, is thus well described in the words of the celebrated Lord Erskine : " If I were capable of painting in words the impression...indeed '. I had before often been at the principal sea- ports in this island, and Iteiieviug that having seen Bristol, and those other towns, that justly... | |
 | British empire - 1847 - 812 Seiten
...sketch which probably owed more to what had passed through his mind than to what had met his eye : — " If I were capable of painting in words the impression...Liverpool made on my imagination, it would form a heautiful picture indeed ! I had before often been at the principal seaports in this island ; and believing... | |
 | 1854 - 188 Seiten
...largest stocks in the United Kingdom, including numerous rare, scarce, and remarkable productions. Of this great commercial city, said the late Lord...towns that deservedly pass for great ones, I had seen every thing in this great nation of navigators on which a subject should pride himself, I own I was... | |
 | Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1866 - 468 Seiten
...any empire in the world, has started up like an enchanted palace even in the memory of living men. I had before often been at the principal sea-ports...Bristol and those other towns that deservedly pass as great ones, I had seen everything in this great nation of navigators on which a subject should pride... | |
 | Sir James Allanson Picton - 1873 - 752 Seiten
...better than employ his eloquent words to bring this chapter to a close. He says, ; I had before and often been at the principal seaports in this island,...that having seen Bristol and those other towns that justly pass for great ones, I had seen everything in this great nation of navigators on which a subject... | |
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If I were capable of painting in words the impression Liverpool made on my imagination, it would form a beautiful picture indeed ! I had before often been at the principal seaports in this island ; and believing that, having seen Bristol, and those other... 