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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... four heavy boatmen , without the exchange of a syllable . The fare is fixed- no more is demanded ; you pay it in si- lence , and receive neither thanks nor mur- murs . The postilion cracks his whip ; his horses blunder their way out as ...
... four heavy boatmen , without the exchange of a syllable . The fare is fixed- no more is demanded ; you pay it in si- lence , and receive neither thanks nor mur- murs . The postilion cracks his whip ; his horses blunder their way out as ...
الصفحة 71
... four Imperial Cities , which are all that the Diplomatists of Vienna have thought fit to restore to their ancient privileges and republican constitu- tion . A small territory , to the extent of half a league each way , is carved out for ...
... four Imperial Cities , which are all that the Diplomatists of Vienna have thought fit to restore to their ancient privileges and republican constitu- tion . A small territory , to the extent of half a league each way , is carved out for ...
الصفحة 74
... four free cities are wrecks of the old fabric of the German Constitution , which I fear are ill calculated to retain a secure and prosperous place in the patched up edifice of modern Germany . Four little sovereign communities of money ...
... four free cities are wrecks of the old fabric of the German Constitution , which I fear are ill calculated to retain a secure and prosperous place in the patched up edifice of modern Germany . Four little sovereign communities of money ...
الصفحة 75
... four Cities only enjoy one vote out of the seventeen , and their own little train- bands , by which the semblance of sove- reignty is kept up , have the air of a mock army alongside of the gigantic and well dis- ciplined establishments ...
... four Cities only enjoy one vote out of the seventeen , and their own little train- bands , by which the semblance of sove- reignty is kept up , have the air of a mock army alongside of the gigantic and well dis- ciplined establishments ...
الصفحة 95
... four free Cities of Ham- burg , Lubec , Bremen , and Frankfort , each , containing perhaps , a score Mer- chants , of greater opulence and conse- quence than any of the smaller reigning princes , are put off with one vote amongst them ...
... four free Cities of Ham- burg , Lubec , Bremen , and Frankfort , each , containing perhaps , a score Mer- chants , of greater opulence and conse- quence than any of the smaller reigning princes , are put off with one vote amongst them ...
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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...