Impressions of Central and Southern Europe: Being Notes of Successive Journeys in Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, and the LevantLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1850 - 388 páginas |
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... carriages in which to per- form the tedious journey from the banks of the Leck to the city of Munich . A dull uninteresting plain it certainly is ; but beyond its sandy downs , far in the distance , we could see the bold outline of the ...
... carriages in which to per- form the tedious journey from the banks of the Leck to the city of Munich . A dull uninteresting plain it certainly is ; but beyond its sandy downs , far in the distance , we could see the bold outline of the ...
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... carriage along with him , are heavy lumbering omnibuses , vehicles , the ex- cessive ponderosity and slowness of which would awake , on behalf of the unenergetic population , the loudest sympathies of Brother Jonathan . The modern maxim ...
... carriage along with him , are heavy lumbering omnibuses , vehicles , the ex- cessive ponderosity and slowness of which would awake , on behalf of the unenergetic population , the loudest sympathies of Brother Jonathan . The modern maxim ...
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... carriage , or tread of prancing steed . Nothing was visible but marble palaces , nothing audible but the warning cry of gondoliers , the chime of bells , and the breaking of the waves on the Lido's shore . - We passed under the Rialto ...
... carriage , or tread of prancing steed . Nothing was visible but marble palaces , nothing audible but the warning cry of gondoliers , the chime of bells , and the breaking of the waves on the Lido's shore . - We passed under the Rialto ...
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... carriages and horsemen : Austrian officers dashed past on their war steeds , Italian beauties reclined in equipages which rivalled those of Hyde Park itself for splendour , and young nobles drove along their handsome teams . In how ...
... carriages and horsemen : Austrian officers dashed past on their war steeds , Italian beauties reclined in equipages which rivalled those of Hyde Park itself for splendour , and young nobles drove along their handsome teams . In how ...
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... carriages and hire chars - à - banc to convey them over the rough road leading to Chamouni , crowds of clamorous dirty children , and even adults , followed us demanding charity . The spectacle is distressing to the observer . At the ...
... carriages and hire chars - à - banc to convey them over the rough road leading to Chamouni , crowds of clamorous dirty children , and even adults , followed us demanding charity . The spectacle is distressing to the observer . At the ...
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Página 268 - SLOW sinks, more lovely ere his race be run, ^ Along Morea's hills the setting sun ; Not, as in Northern climes, obscurely bright, But one unclouded blaze of living light ! O'er the hushed deep the yellow beam he throws, Gilds the green wave, that trembles as it glows.
Página 249 - God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands...
Página 108 - Jura, whose capt heights appear Precipitously steep ; and drawing near, There breathes a living fragrance from the shore, Of flowers yet fresh with childhood ; on the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar, Or chirps the grasshopper...
Página 99 - Thy habitation from eternity! 0 dread and silent mount ! I gazed upon thee, Till thou, still present to the bodily sense, Didst vanish from my thought: entranced in prayer 1 worshipped the Invisible alone.
Página 268 - O'er the hushed deep the yellow beam he throws, Gilds the green wave, that trembles as it glows. On old ^Egina's rock, and Idra's isle, The god of gladness sheds his parting smile ; O'er his own regions lingering, loves to shine, Though there his altars are no more divine. Descending fast the mountain shadows kiss Thy glorious gulf...
Página 371 - Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause; An awful pause! prophetic of her end.
Página 268 - Salamis ! Their azure arches through the long expanse More deeply purpled meet his mellowing glance, And tenderest tints, along their summits driven, Mark his gay course and own the hues of heaven ; Till, darkly shaded from the land and deep, Behind his Delphian cliff he sinks to sleep.
Página 26 - Vain, very vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centres in the mind. Why have I stray'd from pleasure and repose, To seek a good each government bestows ? In every government, though terrors reign, Though tyrant kings or tyrant laws restrain, How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure...
Página 144 - He looks and laughs at a' that. A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith he mauna fa' that ! For a
Página 151 - God is a Spirit, and must be worshipped in spirit and in truth.