Change of air, or, The philosophy of travelling; autumnal excursions through France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and Belgium1831 |
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... crossed the Channel , for the first time , in stormy weather , and felt the horrors of Neptune's seasoning , must remember its de- pressing influence on every faculty of the soul ! But does the mind fail to repay these acts of civility ...
... crossed the Channel , for the first time , in stormy weather , and felt the horrors of Neptune's seasoning , must remember its de- pressing influence on every faculty of the soul ! But does the mind fail to repay these acts of civility ...
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... crossed London Bridge and ascended Fish - street Hill , eying the Monument as they passed , without hitting on such a pithy sentiment or re- flexion as that with which it inspired Pope ? " Where yon tall column towering to the skies ,
... crossed London Bridge and ascended Fish - street Hill , eying the Monument as they passed , without hitting on such a pithy sentiment or re- flexion as that with which it inspired Pope ? " Where yon tall column towering to the skies ,
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... crossed direct in a balloon from the Cabinet of St. James's - and again he undergoes gendarmerie purification - generally at expense of a franc for his freedom to the next fortified town . This sys- tem is vexatious enough in the ...
... crossed direct in a balloon from the Cabinet of St. James's - and again he undergoes gendarmerie purification - generally at expense of a franc for his freedom to the next fortified town . This sys- tem is vexatious enough in the ...
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... crossing the Simplon , may amuse himself by comparing it with the original , or with some of the copies that happen to be " compagnons de voyage . " Crossing from Gliss to Brigg , the Simplon comes full in view through a gorge or narrow ...
... crossing the Simplon , may amuse himself by comparing it with the original , or with some of the copies that happen to be " compagnons de voyage . " Crossing from Gliss to Brigg , the Simplon comes full in view through a gorge or narrow ...
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... crossed , and lodged on the road , rendering it extremely difficult for carriages to pass , there not being twelve inches to spare between the off wheels and the precipice ! The rolling down of these rocks exemplifies , in a most ...
... crossed , and lodged on the road , rendering it extremely difficult for carriages to pass , there not being twelve inches to spare between the off wheels and the precipice ! The rolling down of these rocks exemplifies , in a most ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Alps ancient animal Apennines arch atmosphere Baveno beautiful body Cæsar Campagna Capitol carriage cliffs climate CLOACINA countenance cretinism descended earth EFFECTS OF TRAVELLING England English Eternal City excitement exercise feelings fertile Florence France French Geneva Genoa gloomy goitre Heaven hills houses human imagination impressions influence inhabitants intellectual invalid Italian Italy journey Jura Jura Mountains labour Lady Morgan lake Lake of Geneva less magnificent maladies malaria marble Martigny mental miles mind modern Mont Blanc moral mountains Naples nature neighbouring never Nice night objects palaces Paris pass pellagra physical Pisa plains pleasure Pompeii Pontine Marshes precipices present Radicofani Rhone road rocks Roman Rome ruins scene scenery seen shew shores side sight Simplon skies snow stream streets summit surface temple THERMÆ thing thousand Tiber tion torrent tower town tramontane valley Vaud villages WEAR and TEAR whole winds wonder
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 221 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies; The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight. Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Seite 20 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity...
Seite 12 - He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Seite 202 - In all her length far winding lay, With promontory, creek and bay, And islands that empurpled bright, Floated amid the livelier light, And mountains, that like giants stand, To sentinel enchanted land.
Seite 12 - tis true, this god did shake : His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried ' Give me some drink, Titinius,
Seite 279 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Seite 252 - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee ; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Seite 2 - Twas his the vast and trackless Deep to rove : Alternate change of Climates has he known, And felt the fierce extremes of either zone, Where polar Skies congeal th...
Seite 128 - ... of Roman citizens. That distinction was generally considered either as a legal qualification or as a proper recompense for the soldier; but a more serious regard was paid to the essential merit of age, strength, and military stature. In all levies, a just preference was given to the climates of the North over those of the South...
Seite 44 - No, never shall I lose the trace Of what I've felt in this bright place. And, should my spirit's hope grow weak, Should I, oh God, e'er doubt thy power, This mighty scene again I'll seek, At the same calm and glowing hour, And here, at the sublimest shrine That Nature ever rear'd to Thee, Rekindle all that hope divine, And feel my immortality ! EXTRACT II.