The Continent in 1835: Sketches in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Savoy, and France ; Including Historical Notices ; and Statements Relative to the Existing Aspect of the Protestant Religion in Those Countries |
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... snow , while we were feeling the heat of summer : some are near ; others at a great distance ; and on the south - west , Mount Pilate towers boldly above the lake , to the height of six thousand feet ; the lake itself being thirteen ...
... snow , while we were feeling the heat of summer : some are near ; others at a great distance ; and on the south - west , Mount Pilate towers boldly above the lake , to the height of six thousand feet ; the lake itself being thirteen ...
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... snow , or rearing their bare forms , destitute of verdure ; and the chalets , or cots , which here and there presented them- selves , formed a scene which was to us altogether novel . In OBERHASLI . 163 the afternoon we arrived on the ...
... snow , or rearing their bare forms , destitute of verdure ; and the chalets , or cots , which here and there presented them- selves , formed a scene which was to us altogether novel . In OBERHASLI . 163 the afternoon we arrived on the ...
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... snow , and clear above ; but belted with strata of clouds below : for the weather , which had been fine and very warm in our ascent of the Brünig , began to change before we reached the lake ; and a prodigious , black cloud was ...
... snow , and clear above ; but belted with strata of clouds below : for the weather , which had been fine and very warm in our ascent of the Brünig , began to change before we reached the lake ; and a prodigious , black cloud was ...
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... snow . The scene from the valley is sublime , bordering on the ter- rible ; -for there is a savage wildness in the aspect of several of the mountains of this vast group , which rear their tremend- ous heads towards heaven , hoary with ...
... snow . The scene from the valley is sublime , bordering on the ter- rible ; -for there is a savage wildness in the aspect of several of the mountains of this vast group , which rear their tremend- ous heads towards heaven , hoary with ...
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... snow . It is a well - known fact , that some plants , which have no odor in the lower valleys , become delightfully fragrant at the surprising elevation of nearly seven thousand feet a beautiful emblem of the human soul ; -which often ...
... snow . It is a well - known fact , that some plants , which have no odor in the lower valleys , become delightfully fragrant at the surprising elevation of nearly seven thousand feet a beautiful emblem of the human soul ; -which often ...
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Page 20 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed. The mustering squadron, and the clattering car. Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Page 20 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, - alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass...
Page 194 - In vain for him the officious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing, and the vestment warm, In vain his little children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home.
Page 218 - A double dungeon wall and wave Have made — and like a living grave. Below the surface of the lake The dark vault lies wherein we lay...
Page 75 - 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, and soft,— the glories of old days...
Page 218 - 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 155 - And sometimes whole brigades of marching troops, Or hamlets sleeping in the dead of night, Are deep beneath the smothering ruin whelm'd.
Page 121 - 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 71 - Beneath these battlements, within those walls, Power dwelt amidst her passions ; in proud state Each robber chief upheld his armed halls, Doing his evil will, nor less elate Than mightier heroes of a longer date.
Page 153 - When the glaciers, dark with death, Hang o'er precipices wild, Hang — suspended by a breath ; If a pulse but throb alarm, Headlong down the steeps they fall ; — For a pulse will break the charm, — Bounding, bursting, burying all. Struck with horror, stiff and pale. When the chaos breaks on high, All that view it from the vale, All that hear...