An Autumn Near the Rhine; Or Sketches of Courts, Society, and Scenery in Germany: With a Tour in the Taunus Mountains in 1820 ...J. Murray, 1821 - 602 من الصفحات |
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... buildings converted into dirty Casernes and busy Cafés - here and there a heap of ruins untouched since the bombardment - pub- lic squares presenting forlorn chasms- remind one of the better days of the city , and of the calamities ...
... buildings converted into dirty Casernes and busy Cafés - here and there a heap of ruins untouched since the bombardment - pub- lic squares presenting forlorn chasms- remind one of the better days of the city , and of the calamities ...
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... Building is converted to a Barracks , and Hospitals and Guard - rooms strike one at every cor- ner . The Bishop of Mayence , appointed by the Pope and subject to the Grand Duke of Hesse , is an impoverished pre- late of little ...
... Building is converted to a Barracks , and Hospitals and Guard - rooms strike one at every cor- ner . The Bishop of Mayence , appointed by the Pope and subject to the Grand Duke of Hesse , is an impoverished pre- late of little ...
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... building , which was a beautiful specimen of Gothic , remains . It was demolished a few years since , having gradually fallen into ruin along with the trade of the city .. LETTER II . The things to be seen and observed.
... building , which was a beautiful specimen of Gothic , remains . It was demolished a few years since , having gradually fallen into ruin along with the trade of the city .. LETTER II . The things to be seen and observed.
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... , relieved by the view of the wooded Bergstrasse mountains at a few leagues ' distance . The handsome white buildings , the neat lodges of the corps - de - garde , the C avenues , the spacious Exercise - Place , the well.
... , relieved by the view of the wooded Bergstrasse mountains at a few leagues ' distance . The handsome white buildings , the neat lodges of the corps - de - garde , the C avenues , the spacious Exercise - Place , the well.
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... buildings , its absence of the bustle of trade , and its air of quiet genti- lity , will perhaps best bear a comparison . The resemblance may be pushed to the inhabitants , in one single particular — a sort of straitened elegance and ...
... buildings , its absence of the bustle of trade , and its air of quiet genti- lity , will perhaps best bear a comparison . The resemblance may be pushed to the inhabitants , in one single particular — a sort of straitened elegance and ...
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admiration amusing appear Baden bank Baron BATTLE OF HANAU beautiful Berg-strasse Bessungen building called capital Carlsruhe castle Cathedral character church Court curious Darmstadt dinner Duchy of Nassau Duke of Hesse Duke of Nassau edifice Elector Elector of Hesse elegant Emperor English feeling florins forest Frankfort French gardens German Goethe Gothic grace Grand Duchess Grand Duchy Grand Duke half Hanau handsome Heidelberg inhabitants interest King ladies leagues Lutheran luxuriant Majesty Manheim Mayence ments moun mountains Murg Napoleon Nassau neat Neckar neighbours night noble Odenwald Odin palace peasants picturesque present Prince Prince Primate Princess Prussian ranks reign residence Rhenish Rhine rich river road rock romantic round Royal ruins saloon scene scenery Schiller side sometimes sort Sovereign Stutgard table d'hôte tains taste Theatre thee tion tower troops valley village vineyards walls wild wine Wirtemburg wood young
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الصفحة 475 - Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence. How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled...
الصفحة 274 - But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves, Long-sounding aisles, and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence., and a dread repose: Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
الصفحة 532 - And there they stand, as stands a lofty mind, Worn, but unstooping to the baser crowd, All tenantless, save to the crannying Wind, Or holding dark communion with the Cloud.
الصفحة 193 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
الصفحة 24 - With goddess-like demeanour forth she went, Not unattended ; for on her, as queen, A pomp of winning graces waited still, And from about her shot darts of desire Into all eyes, to wish her still in sight.
الصفحة 416 - Another age shall see the golden ear Imbrown the slope, and nod on the parterre, Deep harvests bury all his pride has plann'd, And laughing Ceres reassume the land.
الصفحة 501 - Tis with the thankful glance of parting praise; More mighty spots may rise, more glaring shine, But none unite in one attaching maze The brilliant, fair...
الصفحة 231 - Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes; At every word a reputation dies.
الصفحة 558 - And they believe him !— oh ! the lover may Distrust that look which steals his soul away ; — The babe may cease to think that it can play With heaven's rainbow ;— alchymists may doubt The shining gold their crucible gives out ; — But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last.
الصفحة 479 - The river nobly foams and flows, The charm of this enchanted ground, And all its thousand turns disclose Some fresher beauty varying round : The haughtiest breast its wish might bound Through life to dwell delighted here ; Nor could on earth a spot be found To nature and to me so dear, Could thy dear eyes in following mine Still sweeten more these banks of Rhine ! LVI. By Coblentz, on a rise of gentle ground, There is a small and simple pyramid, Crowning the summit of the verdant mound ; Beneath...