Letters from Europe: During a Tour Through Switzerland and Italy, in the Years 1801 and 1802, Band 1author, 1805 |
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... foot of which rolls a torrent , beneath a covered bridge - images of confinement so insup- portable to an American that we could not sit down to supper till we had con- vinced ourselves we were at large , by rambling into the adjacent ...
... foot of which rolls a torrent , beneath a covered bridge - images of confinement so insup- portable to an American that we could not sit down to supper till we had con- vinced ourselves we were at large , by rambling into the adjacent ...
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... ; where the Gallic Cock claps his new - fledged wings , and crows over all the beasts in Europe- whether rampant , or couchant , upon the field of honour . We We now set out on foot , and arriving at 48 AMERICAN LETTERS.
... ; where the Gallic Cock claps his new - fledged wings , and crows over all the beasts in Europe- whether rampant , or couchant , upon the field of honour . We We now set out on foot , and arriving at 48 AMERICAN LETTERS.
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... foot , and arriving at Neufchatel , thirty miles from Berne , as the setting sun glittered upon its slender pin- nacles , we passed the famous town- house , without stopping to inquire at whose expense it was erected — and , once seated ...
... foot , and arriving at Neufchatel , thirty miles from Berne , as the setting sun glittered upon its slender pin- nacles , we passed the famous town- house , without stopping to inquire at whose expense it was erected — and , once seated ...
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... foot , after stopping to con- template a little chapel , erected on the spot where ( according to Tradition - in despite of the silence of History ) Tell shot the Tyrant Gessler , and asserted the liberties of his country . Over the ...
... foot , after stopping to con- template a little chapel , erected on the spot where ( according to Tradition - in despite of the silence of History ) Tell shot the Tyrant Gessler , and asserted the liberties of his country . Over the ...
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... foot with an advantage of observa- tion , richly worth the purchase of fatigue . * Here the proud tyrant Gessler fell , And liberty was won by Tell : How long t'will last , you ask , and tremble- Long as the Swiss their Sires resemble ...
... foot with an advantage of observa- tion , richly worth the purchase of fatigue . * Here the proud tyrant Gessler fell , And liberty was won by Tell : How long t'will last , you ask , and tremble- Long as the Swiss their Sires resemble ...
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Altar ancient Antiquity Apartments Appian Arcades Arch Arch of Trajan ascend Baiocc Bas Reliefs Baths of Caracalla Baths of Titus beautiful bronze Cæsar Cardinal Ceiling celebrated ceremony Chamber Chapel Christ Christian Church Coach Colonnade Columns Corridor Court cross descend Dome Domenichino door Edifice Egyptian elevation Emperor Entablature erected exhibits feet diameter fifty feet French Gallery gate Guercino Hall hand head Holy hundred feet Imperial inscriptions Italian Italy Julius Cæsar kneeling lake magnificent ment Michael Angelo miles modern mosaic mountain Nave Obelisk ornamented painted Painter Palace Papal Paul pavement Peter's Pietro da Cortona Pius Pius VI Pontifical Pope Portico Priest Prince Raphael richly Roman Rome Rotunda Saint Scipio Sculpture seen side Sixtus square Stair-case Statues stone Story streets sublimity supported surrounded Switzerland Temple ther thousand tion tomb town twenty Tyber Unterwalden vault venerable Villa Adriana village Virgin walls Zurich
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 228 - Therefore thus saith the LORD God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
Seite 436 - And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Seite 212 - A woman clothed with the sun, having the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
Seite 349 - And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost' and altogetherv such as I am, except these bonds.
Seite 173 - For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
Seite 208 - Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona ; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Seite 184 - Yet hear, alas ! this mournful truth, Nor hear it with a frown ; — Thou canst not make the tea so fast As I can gulp it down.
Seite 109 - Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms ; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's roar But bind him to his native mountains more.
Seite 34 - Tell's exploit of shooting the apple from the head of his son at the command of the tyrant Gessler. The place where the tree stood to which his son was bound, and on which Gessler's hat was placed, is covered by a handsome fountain.
Seite 46 - ... to posterity in the pages of history. Indeed, his name would never have been heard of had it not been for the generous allusion made to him by Vancouver, in his narrative published six years afterwards.