The Old World and the New: Or, A Journal of Reflections and Observations Made on a Tour in Europe, Volum 1Harper & Brothers, 1836 |
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Side 41
... head , and helmets and swords hung on the walls - the service , I say , in such circumstances , seemed as if it ought to be held by no common people - but by the high born and high bred - by renowned knights , or heroes going forth to ...
... head , and helmets and swords hung on the walls - the service , I say , in such circumstances , seemed as if it ought to be held by no common people - but by the high born and high bred - by renowned knights , or heroes going forth to ...
Side 48
... head or promontory advances forward perhaps a hundred and fifty feet in front of the general line of the precipice , and on each side the columns retreat in the form of an amphitheatre . There are several others indeed , but this is the ...
... head or promontory advances forward perhaps a hundred and fifty feet in front of the general line of the precipice , and on each side the columns retreat in the form of an amphitheatre . There are several others indeed , but this is the ...
Side 50
... Head is the most imposing cliff I have ever seen . I must not forget to mention the ruins of the Castle of Dunluce , on this coast , a little above the Causeway . It stands upon , and completely covers , a small island which is about ...
... Head is the most imposing cliff I have ever seen . I must not forget to mention the ruins of the Castle of Dunluce , on this coast , a little above the Causeway . It stands upon , and completely covers , a small island which is about ...
Side 55
... head ? " " To be sure it is not ; and what then ? " he re- joined . Why then , " said I , " it follows that the disso- lution of the body has nothing to do with the soul . The soul does not consist of materials that can be dissolved ...
... head ? " " To be sure it is not ; and what then ? " he re- joined . Why then , " said I , " it follows that the disso- lution of the body has nothing to do with the soul . The soul does not consist of materials that can be dissolved ...
Side 63
... head of the principal staircase where they dragged him down ; the partition by which that spot is cut off from the stateroom , and apparently cut off for no other reason - thus giving colour to the tradition which alleges that this is ...
... head of the principal staircase where they dragged him down ; the partition by which that spot is cut off from the stateroom , and apparently cut off for no other reason - thus giving colour to the tradition which alleges that this is ...
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Alps America amid appearance beautiful beneath bosom building built by-the-by castle cathedral certainly Chamouni chapel Charles the Bold Christianity church clouds coach colour cottages dark deep dress Edinburgh Old Town Eiger England feel feet high field Geneva give Gothic ground Haddon Hall heard heart height hills houses human hundred feet immense Jungfrau lake Lake Maggiore Lake of Geneva land Lauterbrunnen Llanberis look Lord Grosvenor manners mass Melrose Abbey Menai Bridge mighty miles mind Mont Blanc morning moun mountains never objects Old World paintings passed pinnacles political precipice religion religious Rhine ride Righi rising road ruins scarcely scene scenery Schaffhausen seat seemed seen shore side Simplon spot stone streets striking stupendous sublime Swiss Switzerland tain things thought thousand Thun tion to-day towers town travellers trees valley village visited walk walls Wengernalp whole Windsor Castle women
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Side 139 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath, and near his favorite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next, with dirges due in sad array, Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) th« lay Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Side 139 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn Or busy housewife ply her evening care: No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Side 24 - Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.
Side 232 - Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart ; Go forth, under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings...
Side 139 - One morn I miss'd him on the custom'd hill, Along the heath, and near his favourite tree ; Another came ; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he. ' The next with dirges due in sad array Slow thro' the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Side 138 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap. Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Side 90 - He remarked afterward that although he was known to the world only as a poet, he had given twelve hours' thought to the condition and prospects of society, for one to poetry.
Side 84 - Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among, Leaps the live thunder ! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue ; And Jura answers through her misty shroud Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud...
Side 95 - The fading light trembled upon the bosom of the waters, which were here slightly ruffled, and there lay as a mirror to reflect the serenity of heaven. The dark mountains lay beyond, with every varying shade that varying distance could give them. The farthest ridges were sowed with light, as if it were resolved into separate particles and showered down into the darkness below, to make it visible. The mountain side had a softness of shadowing upon it, such as I never saw before, and such as no painting...
Side 90 - W converses with great earnestness, and has a habit, as he walks and talks, of stopping every fourth or fifth step, and turning round to you to enforce what he is saying.