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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... soon leaves the rocky glen , through which the river forces its way , and traverses an open country , where barley , rye , potatoes , and tobacco are the staple crops . Not an isolated house there presents itself , the people all living ...
... soon leaves the rocky glen , through which the river forces its way , and traverses an open country , where barley , rye , potatoes , and tobacco are the staple crops . Not an isolated house there presents itself , the people all living ...
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... soon forgotten , as the goblet circulated freely , and the sturdy mountaineer led off his lady fair in the mazes of the dance . This is a sort of religion against which the natural man will not rebel . How pleasant to sin freely all the ...
... soon forgotten , as the goblet circulated freely , and the sturdy mountaineer led off his lady fair in the mazes of the dance . This is a sort of religion against which the natural man will not rebel . How pleasant to sin freely all the ...
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... soon . Lovers of painting and antiques may delight in its fine art galleries ; but there is far too much indolence and luxury for us . We had seen all the lions and longed for the country once more . Tired of spending day after day in ...
... soon . Lovers of painting and antiques may delight in its fine art galleries ; but there is far too much indolence and luxury for us . We had seen all the lions and longed for the country once more . Tired of spending day after day in ...
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... soon were outside " the re- nowned city which was strong in the sea . " The reader wonders that we have said nothing about Titian's pictures , the Doge's palace , its sunken dungeons , and stately halls , that we have not quoted largely ...
... soon were outside " the re- nowned city which was strong in the sea . " The reader wonders that we have said nothing about Titian's pictures , the Doge's palace , its sunken dungeons , and stately halls , that we have not quoted largely ...
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... soon as you emerge from the deep ravine of the Adige into the great Italian plain , or cross from the upper Engadine to the baths of Bormio , another language meets your ear , new manners and customs attract your eye . Hollanders do not ...
... soon as you emerge from the deep ravine of the Adige into the great Italian plain , or cross from the upper Engadine to the baths of Bormio , another language meets your ear , new manners and customs attract your eye . Hollanders do not ...
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Impressions of Central and Southern Europe: Being Notes of Successive ... William Edward Baxter Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2009 |
Impressions of Central and Southern Europe: Being Notes of Successive ... William Edward Baxter Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2009 |
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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.