Letters, During a Tour Through Some Parts of France, Savoy, Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands: In the Summer of 1817Kirk & Mercein, 1818 - 312 էջ |
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... close by . We have already witnessed , in this city , the Ro- man Catholic worship in all its pomp . We were at the Cathedral this evening , and heard the vespers . To - morrow is one of the greatest festivals of the Romish church , the ...
... close by . We have already witnessed , in this city , the Ro- man Catholic worship in all its pomp . We were at the Cathedral this evening , and heard the vespers . To - morrow is one of the greatest festivals of the Romish church , the ...
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... close to the railing of the altar ; the rest were concealed from our view . The chanting of the nuns , in the vespers , was most thrilling , and the responses of the female choir in the organ loft not less captivating . At one period I ...
... close to the railing of the altar ; the rest were concealed from our view . The chanting of the nuns , in the vespers , was most thrilling , and the responses of the female choir in the organ loft not less captivating . At one period I ...
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... close and accurate description of the various ob- jects which attract the notice of strangers in Paris . They are far too rapidly surveyed , and blended too much together , for that minuteness of observation or distinctness of ...
... close and accurate description of the various ob- jects which attract the notice of strangers in Paris . They are far too rapidly surveyed , and blended too much together , for that minuteness of observation or distinctness of ...
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... close my letter . I have made too free with the latter for your patience - and should write too warm- ly , perhaps , on the former for my own reputation as to meekness and prudence . Your's , & c . LETTER VIII . Paris . MY DEAR To - day ...
... close my letter . I have made too free with the latter for your patience - and should write too warm- ly , perhaps , on the former for my own reputation as to meekness and prudence . Your's , & c . LETTER VIII . Paris . MY DEAR To - day ...
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... close and narrow streets , filled with perpetual bustle and incessant din , with no relaxation , but a stroll in the Champs Elisees , or the public Gardens - and no amusement or variety , but that which is derived from the cafè or the ...
... close and narrow streets , filled with perpetual bustle and incessant din , with no relaxation , but a stroll in the Champs Elisees , or the public Gardens - and no amusement or variety , but that which is derived from the cafè or the ...
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Letters, During a Tour Through Some Parts of France, Savoy, Switzerland ... Thomas Raffles Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1818 |
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Էջ 157 - Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
Էջ 183 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below.
Էջ 139 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Էջ 139 - Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires ; Hesperus that led The starry host rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw.
Էջ 279 - And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country ; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat : and no man gave unto him.
Էջ 47 - As soon as the king had left the carriage, three guards surrounded him, and would have taken off his clothes ; but he repulsed them with haughtiness : he undressed himself, untied his neckcloth, opened his shirt, and arranged it himself. The guards, whom the determined countenance of the king had for a moment disconcerted, seemed to recover their audacity. They surrounded him again, and would have seized his hands. " What are you attempting ?" said the king, drawing back his hands. " To bind you,
Էջ 48 - I heard him pronounce distinctly these memorable words. — ' / die innocent of all the crimes laid to my charge. I pardon those who have occasioned my death, and I pray to God that the blood you are now going to shed may never be visited on France.
Էջ 236 - To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar— for 'twas trod Until his very steps have left a trace, Worn as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God.
Էջ 48 - Saviour who is about to recompense you;' at these words he raised his eyes to heaven with an expression that can never be described. ' You are right,' said he, ' nothing less than his example should make me submit to such a degradation.' Then, turning to the guards, ' Do what you will, I will drink of the cup even to the dregs.