Travels in Russia: &c, &c, Հատոր 1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1828 |
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... Catherine's , St. James's , and Great St. Michael's . The steeple of the latter is a most prominent object , and is seen from a great distance . From the top of it is a most beautiful view of the environs . The Dom , or cathedral ...
... Catherine's , St. James's , and Great St. Michael's . The steeple of the latter is a most prominent object , and is seen from a great distance . From the top of it is a most beautiful view of the environs . The Dom , or cathedral ...
Էջ 184
... Catherine II . , and another portrait of her in miniature , on horseback . In a room ad- joining is a view of Lubeck , and a portrait of Charles XII . , who once held his head - quarters under this roof , and defeated Peter the Great in ...
... Catherine II . , and another portrait of her in miniature , on horseback . In a room ad- joining is a view of Lubeck , and a portrait of Charles XII . , who once held his head - quarters under this roof , and defeated Peter the Great in ...
Էջ 222
... Catherine , who designed to form it entirely of the material from which it derives its name . It occupied twenty - six years to raise the walls , which were founded on a basement of granite ; and the building itself was constructed ...
... Catherine , who designed to form it entirely of the material from which it derives its name . It occupied twenty - six years to raise the walls , which were founded on a basement of granite ; and the building itself was constructed ...
Էջ 230
... Catherine , where is a curious Chinese bed , some antique furniture , and two paltry pictures of the Prince of Wales , and Duke of York , when youths , in robes of state . WINTER PALACE . 231 We could not possibly obtain access.
... Catherine , where is a curious Chinese bed , some antique furniture , and two paltry pictures of the Prince of Wales , and Duke of York , when youths , in robes of state . WINTER PALACE . 231 We could not possibly obtain access.
Էջ 232
... Catherine II . , as it was here she was wont to escape from the monotony of court etiquette , and indulge in the conversation of her friends . No expence was spared by her in collecting paintings , books , antiquities , en- gravings ...
... Catherine II . , as it was here she was wont to escape from the monotony of court etiquette , and indulge in the conversation of her friends . No expence was spared by her in collecting paintings , books , antiquities , en- gravings ...
Common terms and phrases
Alexander altar apartments appear arrived battle of Waterloo beautiful Berlin bridge building capital carriage Catherine centre church colour columns contains copecs Cronstadt Dantzic distance Doric order dress Droshka edifice Elbe elegant Emperor Empress England English entered erected exceedingly extremely feet in length females French front gardens Grand Duke ground Hamburgh honour horses houses imperial inhabitants inscription King knout Königsberg laid Lake Peipus latter Liegnitz magnificent Majesty marble Memel ment miles military Mittau monument Neva Nevsky Nevsky Prospect o'clock object observed occasion occupied ornamented painted palace passed persons Peter Petersburg pieces police portico postilion present Prince princes et princesses principal punishment religion remarkable Riga river road roof royal rubles Russian seen side situate soldiers spot stands statue streets Strelna Sweden theatre tion town travellers trees versts walls WINTER PALACE wood
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Էջ 116 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar: I love not Man the less, but Nature more...
Էջ 296 - Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; every man's work shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
Էջ 50 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
Էջ 34 - SCOTLAND! much I love thy tranquil dales ; But most on Sabbath eve, when low the sun Slants through the upland copse, 'tis my delight, Wandering, and stopping oft, to hear the song Of kindred praise arise from humble roofs...
Էջ 295 - It would make a mere coxcomb of him to suppose he can be pleased with such adulation, or that he desires such homage. We worship no such God. Second commandment. The second commandment prohibits our making " the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, the earth beneath, or the waters under the earth " (Exod. xx. 4) . Let us look, in the first place, at the effect of this prohibition, and then at the character of the act. It effectually cuts off the use of photographs, portraits, and pictures,...
Էջ 296 - Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit... will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after gods whom ye know not; and come and stand before me in this house, and say, we are delivered to do all these abominations?
Էջ 341 - And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, I am a stranger and a sojourner with you : give me a possession of a burying place with you that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Էջ 26 - For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
Էջ 170 - Never were we driven with greater velocity, having travelled about eighteen English miles in the course of two hours and a quarter, the animals proceeding at full gallop, so that we were repeatedly apprehensive that we should be upset ; for as the roads are laid with trunks of trees covered with sand, the jolting was intolerable. There were but few farm houses, the population was scanty, and the houses and villages had a dark and gloomy aspect.
Էջ 20 - ... inactive, the desperate and crazy of either sex, and makes the starving sot behold his rags and nakedness with stupid indolence, or banter both in senseless laughter, and more insipid jests ; it is a fiery lake that sets the brain in flame, burns up the entrails, and scorches every part within ; and at the same time a Lethe of oblivion, in which the wretch immersed drowns his most pinching cares, and, with his reason, all anxious reflection on brats that cry for food, hard winter's frosts, and...