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 Seiten |
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... scarcely be called a weariness ; for , no sooner did the chapel clock strike twelve , than every coffee - house and wine - shop opened , to regale those merry votaries of Rome . The sins of the week were soon forgotten , as the goblet ...
... scarcely be called a weariness ; for , no sooner did the chapel clock strike twelve , than every coffee - house and wine - shop opened , to regale those merry votaries of Rome . The sins of the week were soon forgotten , as the goblet ...
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... scarcely have time to admire it , when a sudden turn brings us into the grand watery thoroughfare which bisects the town , and is bridged by the massive Rialto . On every side are those splendid dwellings which tell of a bygone age ...
... scarcely have time to admire it , when a sudden turn brings us into the grand watery thoroughfare which bisects the town , and is bridged by the massive Rialto . On every side are those splendid dwellings which tell of a bygone age ...
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... scarcely a single curve . You see many miles in a straight line ahead , on both sides are stupid willow trees , each one the exact counterpart of its neighbour , while every now and then a cloud of penetrating dust over- whelms the ...
... scarcely a single curve . You see many miles in a straight line ahead , on both sides are stupid willow trees , each one the exact counterpart of its neighbour , while every now and then a cloud of penetrating dust over- whelms the ...
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... scarcely meet on the road without being charged by cuirassiers -and this Englishmen call good government ! We should like to see these admiring friends subjected to it for one short year . Few statesmen have for any length of time di ...
... scarcely meet on the road without being charged by cuirassiers -and this Englishmen call good government ! We should like to see these admiring friends subjected to it for one short year . Few statesmen have for any length of time di ...
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... scarcely be called superior to that of Russian serfs or Lacedemonian helots , for few of them do not owe money to their masters which they may never be able to repay ; and those few must con- tinue to toil in their vineyards from the ...
... scarcely be called superior to that of Russian serfs or Lacedemonian helots , for few of them do not owe money to their masters which they may never be able to repay ; and those few must con- tinue to toil in their vineyards from the ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 371 - Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause; An awful pause! prophetic of her end.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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
Seite 151 - God is a Spirit, and must be worshipped in spirit and in truth.