Letters from Europe: Comprising the Journal of a Tour Through Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Italy, and Switzerland in the Years 1825, '26, and '27G. & C. Carvill, 1829 |
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... seen to the best ad- vantage . The natural situation of the town is admirably fit- ted for a great military and naval depot ; and men less skill- ed in war than Louis XIV . or Napoleon might have selected it as the bulwark of the ...
... seen to the best ad- vantage . The natural situation of the town is admirably fit- ted for a great military and naval depot ; and men less skill- ed in war than Louis XIV . or Napoleon might have selected it as the bulwark of the ...
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... seen glistening in all direc- tions ; the harbour is filled with ships of war ; piles of can- non and balls cover the wharves ; parades of troops , accom- panied by bands of martial music , are witnessed at almost every hour of the day ...
... seen glistening in all direc- tions ; the harbour is filled with ships of war ; piles of can- non and balls cover the wharves ; parades of troops , accom- panied by bands of martial music , are witnessed at almost every hour of the day ...
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... seen clinging to the sunny wall , sheltered from the winds , and finding a tropical climate . Among the other most curious plants , were all the varieties of coffee in full bearing . That from Mocha is a beautiful shrub , six or eight ...
... seen clinging to the sunny wall , sheltered from the winds , and finding a tropical climate . Among the other most curious plants , were all the varieties of coffee in full bearing . That from Mocha is a beautiful shrub , six or eight ...
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... and other religious edifices upon high places . In France the practice almost universally prevails , and numerous chapels and convents were this day seen , hanging like the nest of the eagle in LETTERS FROM EUROPE . 19.
... and other religious edifices upon high places . In France the practice almost universally prevails , and numerous chapels and convents were this day seen , hanging like the nest of the eagle in LETTERS FROM EUROPE . 19.
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... seen , hanging like the nest of the eagle in the topmost crags of the mountains . Passing the old towns of Solier ... seen in France . The wea- ther was as mild , and the season as forward , as it is in New- York on the first of May ...
... seen , hanging like the nest of the eagle in the topmost crags of the mountains . Passing the old towns of Solier ... seen in France . The wea- ther was as mild , and the season as forward , as it is in New- York on the first of May ...
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Alps altar ancient Andrew Doria Angelo antique Apennines appeared Appian arches Arno artist bank bas-relief beautiful borders bridge brow buildings Campagna Campagna di Roma Capitoline Hill Cathedral celebrated chapel charming church cicerone cliffs coach colossal columns cross descended distance dome Doric order edifice embellishments erected excursion exhibiting extends Florence front gallery garden gate Genoa Genoese grandeur half Herculaneum hills Holy hundred feet Italian Italy Janiculum lake latter lofty magnificent miles monument morning mountains Naples nearly o'clock ornaments palace Parian marble pavement picture picturesque pillars Pisa poet Pompeii Pope porphyry present rich rising road rocks Roman Rome round ruins sarcophagus scene scenery seated seen shaded shore shrine side spacious splendid splendour stands statues streets summit taste temple terrace theatre Tiber tion tomb towers town traveller vale village Virgil walls white marble whole
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Seite 376 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Seite 2 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Seite 308 - Blessed art thou, Simon Bar Jona, because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say to 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 127 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore: his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Seite 185 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Seite 2 - In conformity to the act of Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned ;
Seite 169 - While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand; 'When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; 'And when Rome falls — the World.
Seite 151 - Byron has in three lines presented an exact image of this hill, which — " from out the plain Heaves, like a long swept wave about to break, And on the curl hangs pausing.
Seite 435 - Aonio rediens deducam vertice Musas; primus Idumaeas referam tibi, Mantua, palmas et viridi in campo templum de marmore ponam propter aquam, tardis ingens ubi flexibus errat Mincius et tenera praetexit harundine ripas.
Seite 422 - By turning the latter round to the right or to the left, as the case may be...