An autumn near the Rhine; or, Sketches of courts, society, scenery etc. in some of the German states bordering on the Rhine [by C.E. Dodd]. |
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... moun- tains , which form a natural fortification lower down the Rhine , has marked it out in all ages for a frontier fortress and consequently for a scene of battle and bloodshed . The Romans built it under the name of Moguntiacum , to ...
... moun- tains , which form a natural fortification lower down the Rhine , has marked it out in all ages for a frontier fortress and consequently for a scene of battle and bloodshed . The Romans built it under the name of Moguntiacum , to ...
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... firm in their resistance , and were at last suffered to return home to their moun- tains . What the ill - judged harshness of the Elector's officers could not accomplish , DETTINGEN . 135 has since been effected by the French.
... firm in their resistance , and were at last suffered to return home to their moun- tains . What the ill - judged harshness of the Elector's officers could not accomplish , DETTINGEN . 135 has since been effected by the French.
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... Mountain - road , is a fine chaussee stretching from Darmstadt to Heidelberg . On the left , the wooded and vine - covered range of mountains , with their old castles , forming the boundary of the Odenwald , runs parallel with the road ...
... Mountain - road , is a fine chaussee stretching from Darmstadt to Heidelberg . On the left , the wooded and vine - covered range of mountains , with their old castles , forming the boundary of the Odenwald , runs parallel with the road ...
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... A rapid stream descends through this opening down the windings of the valley from the moun- tainous Odenwald , rattling along the village street - the village housewives washing M 162 VILLAGES ON THE BERG - STRASSE . their clothes-
... A rapid stream descends through this opening down the windings of the valley from the moun- tainous Odenwald , rattling along the village street - the village housewives washing M 162 VILLAGES ON THE BERG - STRASSE . their clothes-
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... mountain on the right , at the mouth of the valley , is crowned by the mouldering walls of the old castle of Starkenburg , which I mentioned in a former letter , and which is one of the most consi- derable of the many ruins along the ...
... mountain on the right , at the mouth of the valley , is crowned by the mouldering walls of the old castle of Starkenburg , which I mentioned in a former letter , and which is one of the most consi- derable of the many ruins along the ...
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admiration amusing appear Aschaffenburg Baden bank Baron baths BATTLE OF HANAU beautiful Berg-strasse Bingen 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 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 round Royal ruins saloon scene scenery Schiller side sometimes sort Sovereign Stutgard table d'hôte tains taste Theatre thee tion tower town troops valley village vineyards walls wild wine Wirtemburg wood young
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الصفحة 272 - 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 530 - 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 499 - 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, and soft, — the glories of old days, The negligently grand, the fruitful bloom Of coming ripeness, the white city's sheen.
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 414 - 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 512 - The western waves of ebbing day Roll'd o'er the glen their level way ; Each purple peak, each flinty spire, Was bathed in floods of living fire. But not a setting beam could glow Within the dark ravines below...
الصفحة 453 - No! we will have her to exalt her mitred front in courts and parliaments. We will have her mixed throughout the whole mass of life, and blended with all the classes of society. The people of England will...
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 229 - 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 556 - 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.