A hand-book for travellers on the continent. [1st] [2 issues of the 16th and 17th eds. The 18th ed. is in 2 pt. Pt.1 only of the 19th ed.]. |
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Seite 262 - Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine ; And hills all rich with blossom'd trees, And fields which promise corn and wine, And scatter'd cities crowning these, Whose far white walls along them shine, Have strew'da scene which I should see With double joy
Seite x - only prick in some flowers of that he hath learned abroad into the customs of his own country."—LORD BACON. Essays, XIX. " Ours is a nation of travellers ; and no wonder, when the elements air, water, fire, attend at our bidding, to transport us from shore to shore ; when the ship
Seite 254 - castles breathing stern farewells From grey but leafy walls, where Ruin greenly dwells. "And there they stand, as stands a lofty mind, Worn, but unstooping to the baser crowd, All tenantless, save to the crannving wind, Or holding dark communion with the cloud. There was a day when they were young and
Seite 255 - Rhine ! How long delighted The stranger fain would linger on his way ! Thine is a scene alike where souls united Or lonely contemplation thus might stray ; And could the ceaseless vultures cease to On self-condemning bosoms, it were here, Where Nature, nor too sombre nor too gay, Wild but not rude, awful yet not
Seite 269 - such a doom, Falling for France, whose rights he battled to resume. " Brief, brave, and glorious was his young career,— His mourners were two hosts, his friends And fitly may the stranger lingering here Pray for his gallant spirit's bright repose ; For he was Freedom's champion, one of
Seite 284 - that were drawing near. For they have swum over the river so deep, And they have climb'd the shores so steep, And now by thousands up they crawl To the holes and windows in the wall. Down on his knees the bishop fell, As louder and louder, drawing near, And faster and faster
Seite 284 - and below ; And all at once to the bishop they go. They have whetted their teeth against the stones, And now they pick the bishop's bones ; They gnaw'd the flesh from every limb, For they were sent to do judgment on him. SOUTH
Seite 269 - on the last day of the 4th year of the French republic." (Sept. 21, 1796.) " By Coblentz, on a rise of gentle ground, . There is a small and simple pyramid, Crowning the summit of the verdant mound ; Beneath its base are heroes' ashes hid, Our enemy's—but let not that forbid Honour to Marceau ! o'er whose early tomb Tears,
Seite 284 - Hatto's door, For he had a plentiful last year's store ; And all the neighbourhood could tell His granaries were furnish'd well. At last Bishop Hatto appointed a day To quiet the poor without delay : He bade them to his great barn repair, And they should have food
Seite 284 - his eyes ; But soon a scream made him arise. He started, and saw two eyes of flame On his pillow, from whence the screaming came. He listen'd and look'd: it was only the cat: But the bishop he grew more fearful for that ; For she sat screaming, mad with fear At the army of rate that were drawing near.