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 páginas |
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... not resist the offer , and actually took the oath of allegiance , before an English Ambassador , to the English King , for the castle and town of Homburg . FRANKFORT ON THE MAINE . LETTER IV . But who 66 HOMBURG ONCE A FIEF OF ENGLAND .
... not resist the offer , and actually took the oath of allegiance , before an English Ambassador , to the English King , for the castle and town of Homburg . FRANKFORT ON THE MAINE . LETTER IV . But who 66 HOMBURG ONCE A FIEF OF ENGLAND .
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... MAINE . LETTER IV . But who can emulate the man enrich'd By commerce ? Rarities to him are cheap- Look at the facing house - the stucco white , Voluting green , and new the slates , and large The shining sash , where hot the sun - beams ...
... MAINE . LETTER IV . But who can emulate the man enrich'd By commerce ? Rarities to him are cheap- Look at the facing house - the stucco white , Voluting green , and new the slates , and large The shining sash , where hot the sun - beams ...
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... Maine . On the left you trace the ample course of the river towards Mayence ; and a few leagues beyond the town rises the bold wooded chain of the Taunus mountains , the highest points of which , are just opposite Frankfort . The road ...
... Maine . On the left you trace the ample course of the river towards Mayence ; and a few leagues beyond the town rises the bold wooded chain of the Taunus mountains , the highest points of which , are just opposite Frankfort . The road ...
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... Maine gliding along the southern side , and the luxuriant public shrubberies and the gardens of the merchants skirting round it in other quarters . The Zeil , a noble wide street , traversing the town , is the only one which can boast ...
... Maine gliding along the southern side , and the luxuriant public shrubberies and the gardens of the merchants skirting round it in other quarters . The Zeil , a noble wide street , traversing the town , is the only one which can boast ...
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... Maine at which I was present , the officers of the different persua- sions decided by lot whether the preacher of the day should be a Lutheran or a Cal- THE FREE CITIES . 73 vinistic divine . The share 72 CONSTITUTION OF THE FREE CITIES .
... Maine at which I was present , the officers of the different persua- sions decided by lot whether the preacher of the day should be a Lutheran or a Cal- THE FREE CITIES . 73 vinistic divine . The share 72 CONSTITUTION OF THE FREE CITIES .
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An Autumn Near the Rhine Or Sketches of Courts, Society, Scenery in Germany ... Charles Edward Dodd Sin vista previa disponible - 2008 |
An Autumn Near the Rhine Or Sketches of Courts, Society, Scenery in Germany ... Charles Edward Dodd Sin vista previa disponible - 2008 |
Términos y frases comunes
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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Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...