The Tourist in Switzerland and ItalyR. Jennings, 1830 - 278 pages |
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... person . Eckius acquainted him that he was a stranger , and having heard much of his fame was come to wait upon him . Calvin invited him to come in , and he entered the house with him ; where , discoursing of many things concerning ...
... person . Eckius acquainted him that he was a stranger , and having heard much of his fame was come to wait upon him . Calvin invited him to come in , and he entered the house with him ; where , discoursing of many things concerning ...
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... person is that of a skeleton . In as far as this implies excessive leanness it is just ; but it must be remembered , that this skeleton , this mere composition of skin and bone , has a look of more spirit and vivacity than is generally ...
... person is that of a skeleton . In as far as this implies excessive leanness it is just ; but it must be remembered , that this skeleton , this mere composition of skin and bone , has a look of more spirit and vivacity than is generally ...
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... persons , who dine daily at his table whether he appears or not . For when engaged in pre- paring some new publication for the press , indisposed , or in bad spirits , he does not dine with his company , but satisfies himself with ...
... persons , who dine daily at his table whether he appears or not . For when engaged in pre- paring some new publication for the press , indisposed , or in bad spirits , he does not dine with his company , but satisfies himself with ...
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... persons are seen in the streets , unless on their way to church . But so soon as the services are ended , the day is devoted to gaiety and recreation . As in France , the neighbour- ing places of amusement are crowded with visitors ...
... persons are seen in the streets , unless on their way to church . But so soon as the services are ended , the day is devoted to gaiety and recreation . As in France , the neighbour- ing places of amusement are crowded with visitors ...
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... persons of whom it is composed are all endowed with the virtues best adapted to their age and situation ; and I am encouraged to love the parents as a brother , and the children as a father . Every day we seek and find the opportunities ...
... persons of whom it is composed are all endowed with the virtues best adapted to their age and situation ; and I am encouraged to love the parents as a brother , and the children as a father . Every day we seek and find the opportunities ...
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Page 18 - After laying down my pen I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Page 29 - 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.
Page 38 - Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Page 177 - I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand...
Page 29 - Most cherish'd since his natal hour, His mother's image in fair face. The infant love of all his race.
Page 29 - A light broke in upon my brain, — It was the carol of a bird ; It ceased, and then it came again, The sweetest song ear ever heard...
Page 18 - I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting...
Page 211 - Where the car climbed the Capitol; far and wide Temple and tower went down, nor left a site: Chaos of ruins ! who shall trace the void, O'er the dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say—' Here was or is,
Page 7 - And this is in the night: — Most glorious night! Thou wert not sent for slumber! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight, — A portion of the tempest and of thee!
Page 144 - And music meets not always now the ear: Those days are gone — but Beauty still is here. States fall, arts fade — but Nature doth not die, Nor yet forget how Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy...