An Autumn Near the Rhine: Or, Sketches of Courts, Society, Scenery, &c. in Some of the German States Bordering on the RhineLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818 - 524 sider |
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Side 36
... tion of an English garden - often , a little plot of ground , crammed with grotesque seats , rustic bridges over tortuous canals , and ruins and hermitages half hid in tufts of shrubs , to surprise the wanderer in a path meandering like ...
... tion of an English garden - often , a little plot of ground , crammed with grotesque seats , rustic bridges over tortuous canals , and ruins and hermitages half hid in tufts of shrubs , to surprise the wanderer in a path meandering like ...
Side 47
... tion . The Grand Duchy is now , in all respects , one of the most considerable of the smaller states of Germany . Its free- dom of the press , the improvement in its government and laws , and the liberal ideas of the reigning family ...
... tion . The Grand Duchy is now , in all respects , one of the most considerable of the smaller states of Germany . Its free- dom of the press , the improvement in its government and laws , and the liberal ideas of the reigning family ...
Side 55
... tion to little Princes in those days as in these . The Count could not resist the offer , and actually took the oath of allegiance , before an English Ambassador , to the English King , for the castle and town of Homberg . LETTER IV ...
... tion to little Princes in those days as in these . The Count could not resist the offer , and actually took the oath of allegiance , before an English Ambassador , to the English King , for the castle and town of Homberg . LETTER IV ...
Side 57
... tion of the city itself is , in some respects , more picturesque and interesting than that of the above mentioned money - getting Cities . A cockney would , however , no doubt , prefer the tight tenements of Cornhill , denoting the ...
... tion of the city itself is , in some respects , more picturesque and interesting than that of the above mentioned money - getting Cities . A cockney would , however , no doubt , prefer the tight tenements of Cornhill , denoting the ...
Side 59
... tion . A small territory , to the extent of half a league each way , is carved out for it round the city . The two Burgomasters , the Senate , and the Council are again in- vested with the ensigns of republican sove- reignty . The city ...
... tion . A small territory , to the extent of half a league each way , is carved out for it round the city . The two Burgomasters , the Senate , and the Council are again in- vested with the ensigns of republican sove- reignty . The city ...
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admiration amusement appear Baden bank BATTLE OF HANAU beauty Berg-strasse BESSUNGEN Bingen brother Bruchsal capital Carlsruhe Castle Cathedral character church circle Cologne Count Court crowned curious Darmstadt dignity dirty Duke of Hesse Duke of Nassau Elector Elector of Hesse Emperor English fair favourite florins forest Frankfort French gardens Gericht German German language give gloomy Goar Gothic grace Grand Duchess Grand Duchy Grand Duke half Hanau handsome Heidelberg honour inhabitants interest lady leagues little town Ludwigsburg Lutheran Majesty Manheim Margrave Margravine massy Mayence ment moun mountains Murg Neckar neighbours noble Odenwald officers palace passed peasants picturesque present Prince Prince Primate Princess Prussian ranks residence Rhenish Rhine Rhingau river road rocks round Royal ruins saloon scene Seeheim side sometimes Sovereign striking Stutgard table d'hôte tains taste Theatre tion tower tribunal troops valley village vineyards walls wild wine Wirtemberg wood young
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Side 158 - But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves, Long-sounding aisles and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence, and a dread repose : Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades every flower, and darkens every green ; Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Side 296 - 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.
Side 296 - 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...
Side 311 - And they believe him !— oh ! the lover may Distrust that look which steals his soul away ; — The babe may cease to think that it can play With heaven's rainbow ;— alchymists may doubt The shining gold their crucible gives out ; — But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last.
Side 218 - Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought.
Side 231 - Another age shall see the golden ear Imbrown the slope, and nod on the parterre, Deep harvests bury all his pride has plann'd, And laughing Ceres reassume the land.
Side 327 - Saloon, which occupy the gay world till dinner, two or three. This last-mentioned place of rendezvous is the great centre of attraction ; and, with the exception of much more gaiety, more avowed vice, and the absence of all pretence at rational resources, acts the part of the library at an English watering-place. The Redoubt is a large handsome building, the ground-floor open, with a colonnade in front, appropriated to prints, toy-shops, &c.
Side 141 - His eldest son has, perhaps, held a commission in the army — Mrs. Post-mistress has been, or is yet a beauty — or he has a fine family of little ones, who, in such case, frequently adorn the walls of the saloon, and whom I have seen appear in their best dresses after dinner, as if their company must be as interesting to the guests as that of the children of a friend. If the sons and daughters dine at table...
Side 289 - The expenses are so great that a capital of three or four hundred thousand florins is considered necessary to undertake a raft. Their navigation is a matter of considerable skill, owing to the abrupt windings, the rocks, and shallows of the river; and some years ago the secret was thought to be monopolised by a boatman of Riidesheim and his sons.
Side 99 - After proceeding up the valley for some distance, we crossed the fields, gradually ascending a hill, from whence the wild, rich, scenes of the Odenwald with their forests and mountains lay before us as far as the eye could reach. We appeared now in an entirely new world. The...