A Hand-book for Travellers on the Continent: Being a Guide Through Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Northern Germany, and Along the Rhine, from Holland to Switzerland : Containing Descriptions of the Principal Cities ... with an Index Map |
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... ancient dominion , - so much of the land lies below the level of the sea ; and an extensive tract of the country would be reduced to the state of those vast wastes , composed of sand and mud - banks , quite unfit for human habitation ...
... ancient dominion , - so much of the land lies below the level of the sea ; and an extensive tract of the country would be reduced to the state of those vast wastes , composed of sand and mud - banks , quite unfit for human habitation ...
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... ancient people . The Papyri , a small but entire tomb of stones , some musical instruments , inscriptions , numerous fine stone ta- blets of a very early period , many sarcophagi and mummies , as well as rich ornaments in gold and ...
... ancient people . The Papyri , a small but entire tomb of stones , some musical instruments , inscriptions , numerous fine stone ta- blets of a very early period , many sarcophagi and mummies , as well as rich ornaments in gold and ...
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... ancient fortifications of the town , which probably withstood the attacks of the Spaniards during the memor- able siege . Outside of the gates the traveller has before him a singularly mono- tonous prospect . The high road to Amsterdam ...
... ancient fortifications of the town , which probably withstood the attacks of the Spaniards during the memor- able siege . Outside of the gates the traveller has before him a singularly mono- tonous prospect . The high road to Amsterdam ...
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... ancient statues , of chemical and mathematical instruments , and a very fine concert - room and observatory . Lectures are given in various branches of art , science , and literature . Though there is little in the building , perhaps ...
... ancient statues , of chemical and mathematical instruments , and a very fine concert - room and observatory . Lectures are given in various branches of art , science , and literature . Though there is little in the building , perhaps ...
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... ancient times ; it has 9000 inhabit- ants , and is another example of Dutch neatness and good order , in its streets and houses , that to a traveller is very striking . The Hôtel de Ville is a highly ornamented edifice , with gothic ...
... ancient times ; it has 9000 inhabit- ants , and is another example of Dutch neatness and good order , in its streets and houses , that to a traveller is very striking . The Hôtel de Ville is a highly ornamented edifice , with gothic ...
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Page 212 - 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...
Page 212 - The castled Crag of Drachenfels Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine ; And hills all rich with blossomed trees, And fields which promise corn and wine, And scattered cities crowning these, Whose far white walls along them shine, Have strewed a scene, which I should see With double joy wert thou with me.
Page 232 - tis an excellent bonfire ! " quoth he, " And the country is greatly obliged to me, For ridding it in these times forlorn Of Rats that only consume the corn." So then to his palace returned he, And he sat down to supper merrily, And he slept that night like an innocent man ; But Bishop Hatto never slept again. In the morning as he...
Page 204 - The negligently grand, the fruitful bloom Of coming ripeness, the white city's sheen, The rolling stream, the precipice's gloom, The forest's growth, and Gothic walls between, The wild rocks shaped as they had turrets been, In mockery of man's art ; and these withal A race of faces happy as the scene, Whose fertile bounties here extend to all, Still springing o'er thy banks, though Empires near them fall.
Page 204 - Adieu to thee, fair Rhine ! How long delighted The stranger fain would linger on his way ! Thine is a scene alike where souls united Or lonely Contemplation thus might stray ; And could the ceaseless vultures cease to prey On self-condemning bosoms it were here, Where Nature, nor too sombre, nor too gay, Wild but not rude, awful yet not austere, Is to the mellow earth as Autumn to the year...
Page 201 - The river Rhine, it is well known, Doth wash your city of Cologne; But tell me, Nymphs! what power divine Shall henceforth wash the river Rhine?
Page 203 - 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. There was a day when they were young and proud, Banners on high, and battles pass'd below ; But they who fought are in a bloody shroud, And those which waved are shredless dust ere now, And the bleak battlements shall bear no future blow.
Page 125 - 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 Which now beneath them, but above shall grow In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low.
Page 125 - 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...