Recollections of a Tour: A Summer Ramble in Belgium, Germany, and SwitzerlandJohn Snow, 1846 - 548 sider |
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... side of France , is now only deserving our notice as the Belgian port for seaward passengers from other coun- tries . As an entrepôt for goods it is sinking into decay , since the sea is gradually abandoning the harbour and leaving only ...
... side of France , is now only deserving our notice as the Belgian port for seaward passengers from other coun- tries . As an entrepôt for goods it is sinking into decay , since the sea is gradually abandoning the harbour and leaving only ...
Side 21
... in his own day ( A.D. 1400 ) as one of the strongest cities of Europe , which would have required an army of 200,000 to besiege it on every side , so as to shut up all access by the Lys and Scheldt . The Counts of Flanders and the Dukes of.
... in his own day ( A.D. 1400 ) as one of the strongest cities of Europe , which would have required an army of 200,000 to besiege it on every side , so as to shut up all access by the Lys and Scheldt . The Counts of Flanders and the Dukes of.
Side 23
... side into a church that joined his house ; but it was so broken that four hundred persons were entered in , and finally there he was taken and slain without mercy ; and one Thomas Denys gave him his death - stroke . " One hundred years ...
... side into a church that joined his house ; but it was so broken that four hundred persons were entered in , and finally there he was taken and slain without mercy ; and one Thomas Denys gave him his death - stroke . " One hundred years ...
Side 24
... side aisles . The walls are lined with black marble , the balustrades are of white or varie- gated marble ; the gates of the chapels are of brass . In front of the high altar are four tall silver candlesticks , once belonging to ...
... side aisles . The walls are lined with black marble , the balustrades are of white or varie- gated marble ; the gates of the chapels are of brass . In front of the high altar are four tall silver candlesticks , once belonging to ...
Side 28
... sides the natives , and the French , who were numerous , there resided at Antwerp , in 1560 , six principal foreign nations— Danes , Germans , Italians , English , Spaniards , and Portu- guese : more than a thousand merchants ...
... sides the natives , and the French , who were numerous , there resided at Antwerp , in 1560 , six principal foreign nations— Danes , Germans , Italians , English , Spaniards , and Portu- guese : more than a thousand merchants ...
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amidst ancient antique Antwerp appeared archbishop Archbishop of Cologne associations attractions authorities banks Basel baths beauty Belgium bishop Brussels building called canton castle cathedral Catholic celebrated century chapel character Christ Christian church citizens cloth Coblentz Cologne Colognese Divine doctrine Duke Duke of Nassau ecclesiastical Eisenach emperor English erected evangelical excited exhibition feet fortress France Frankfort French friends Geneva German gospel holy holy tunic honour houses hundred indulgence inhabitants intercourse Jesus Johannes Ronge king labour lake land Lausanne liberty looked Luther ment miles mind minister monument Moselle mountain occupied palace papal passed pastor persecution population priests princes principles professors Protestant Protestantism Prussia Reformation relics religion religious residence retiarius Rhine river rock Roman Rome ruins scene scenery Schwyz side spirit stone Strasburg stream streets thought thousand tion tower town traveller Treves truth valley Vaud Vesdre walls whilst whole worship
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Side 416 - Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God.
Side 188 - Avaunt ! and quit my sight ! Let the earth hide thee ! Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold ; Thou hast no speculation in those eyes Which thou dost glare with ! Lady M.
Side 168 - Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned.
Side 420 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Side 123 - The river Rhine, it is well known, Doth wash your city of Cologne ; But tell me, Nymphs ! what power divine Shall henceforth wash the river Rhine ? ON MY JOYFUL DEPARTURE FROM THE SAME CITY.
Side 339 - When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder: 27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
Side 111 - Earth paved like Heaven; and to seem such to me Even now what wants thy stream? — that it should Lethe be.
Side 420 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Side 223 - God is a spirit, and they who worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Side 176 - THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign, Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 2 There everlasting spring abides, And never-withering flowers : Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours.