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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... fine amphitheatre on the opposite side of the river , while the loaded orchards and the ripe harvest , which the peasants were just beginning to cut , B gave an air of fertility to the uninclosed and uniform LETTER I. ...
... fine amphitheatre on the opposite side of the river , while the loaded orchards and the ripe harvest , which the peasants were just beginning to cut , B gave an air of fertility to the uninclosed and uniform LETTER I. ...
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... side the Rhine are so well contented with their condition , that they have refused to sign the general Address to the Diet for the restoration of the States of the Country - asserting that they have every reason to hope for just rule ...
... side the Rhine are so well contented with their condition , that they have refused to sign the general Address to the Diet for the restoration of the States of the Country - asserting that they have every reason to hope for just rule ...
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... side the river - and 1900 years afterwards , when Gaul had again pushed her frontier to the Rhine , the Gallic Republic and the Gallic Empire kept it strongly garrisoned for the same object . The Germans now hold it as a bulwark against ...
... side the river - and 1900 years afterwards , when Gaul had again pushed her frontier to the Rhine , the Gallic Republic and the Gallic Empire kept it strongly garrisoned for the same object . The Germans now hold it as a bulwark against ...
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... side of the Rhine , would ap- pear an imposing river . Both sides of the Rhine are now once more German ; but it is not till you have passed the river that CROSSING THE MAIN . 15 you begin to feel yourself 14 CROSSING THE RHINE . LETTER ...
... side of the Rhine , would ap- pear an imposing river . Both sides of the Rhine are now once more German ; but it is not till you have passed the river that CROSSING THE MAIN . 15 you begin to feel yourself 14 CROSSING THE RHINE . LETTER ...
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... side in kreutzers , a little coin , sixty of which make a florin . At Mayence , you find French cafés , French restaurateurs , French barbers , French commissionaires . Every body at Mayence speaks French , bad or good ; at Cassel ...
... side in kreutzers , a little coin , sixty of which make a florin . At Mayence , you find French cafés , French restaurateurs , French barbers , French commissionaires . Every body at Mayence speaks French , bad or good ; at Cassel ...
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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
Pasajes populares
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...