Recollections of a Tour: A Summer Ramble in Belgium, Germany, and SwitzerlandJohn Snow, 1846 - 548 sider |
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Side iii
... . The first part of the following " Recollections " tran- scribed for the press , was prepared for his pleasure , and the whole volume was designed to have been devoted to his advantage . Months passed of silence to the bereaved.
... . The first part of the following " Recollections " tran- scribed for the press , was prepared for his pleasure , and the whole volume was designed to have been devoted to his advantage . Months passed of silence to the bereaved.
Side 5
... whole artillery , baggage , standards , and ammunition , fell into the hands of the conquerors ; and by some it is stated that 6,000 men were killed in the battle . More than half the men engaged were either killed or desperately ...
... whole artillery , baggage , standards , and ammunition , fell into the hands of the conquerors ; and by some it is stated that 6,000 men were killed in the battle . More than half the men engaged were either killed or desperately ...
Side 6
... whole Spanish force and their most celebrated engineers and tacticians for nearly four years . The attack and the defence were conducted with equal courage , perseverance , and military science ; and the protracted operations kept alive ...
... whole Spanish force and their most celebrated engineers and tacticians for nearly four years . The attack and the defence were conducted with equal courage , perseverance , and military science ; and the protracted operations kept alive ...
Side 7
... whole town was a confused mass ; the undaunted garrison had scarcely left sufficient footing on which to prolong their desperate defence . The victors marched in on September 22 , 1604 , over its crumbled walls and shattered batteries ...
... whole town was a confused mass ; the undaunted garrison had scarcely left sufficient footing on which to prolong their desperate defence . The victors marched in on September 22 , 1604 , over its crumbled walls and shattered batteries ...
Side 16
... whole . In the efforts which the thieves make to disengage themselves from the cross , he has successfully encountered the diffi- culty of the art ; and the expression of grief and resigna- tion in the Virgin is admirable . This picture ...
... whole . In the efforts which the thieves make to disengage themselves from the cross , he has successfully encountered the diffi- culty of the art ; and the expression of grief and resigna- tion in the Virgin is admirable . This picture ...
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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.