A hand-book for travellers on the continent. [1st] [2 issues of the 16th and 17th eds. The 18th ed. is in 2 pt. Pt.1 only of the 19th ed.]. |
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... rises sometimes to the height of 40 feet . A road runs along the top , or immediately within it . " The dykes , when seen only at one spot , may probably not strike the merely cursory observer as very extraordinary ; but when it is ...
... rises sometimes to the height of 40 feet . A road runs along the top , or immediately within it . " The dykes , when seen only at one spot , may probably not strike the merely cursory observer as very extraordinary ; but when it is ...
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... rises , must necessarily overflow the dykes behind it . In 1799 , when the very existence of a large part of Holland ... rise a quarter of an hour longer the dyke must have been overflowed , and perhaps have given way , and Amster- dam ...
... rises , must necessarily overflow the dykes behind it . In 1799 , when the very existence of a large part of Holland ... rise a quarter of an hour longer the dyke must have been overflowed , and perhaps have given way , and Amster- dam ...
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... rise . ease ; 6 " These little buildings are so very numerous as to form a characteristic feature of the country . Each villa has its name or some motto inscribed over the gateway , the choice of which is generally meant to bespeak ...
... rise . ease ; 6 " These little buildings are so very numerous as to form a characteristic feature of the country . Each villa has its name or some motto inscribed over the gateway , the choice of which is generally meant to bespeak ...
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... rises in front , and the driver directs it with his foot . A person unaccustomed to its use could never drive a Dutch waggon , which re- quires great skill and judgment to steer it . A drunken driver is discovered a long way off by the ...
... rises in front , and the driver directs it with his foot . A person unaccustomed to its use could never drive a Dutch waggon , which re- quires great skill and judgment to steer it . A drunken driver is discovered a long way off by the ...
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... rises commonly 10 or 12 ft . The communication between different parts of the town is maintained by a great number of drawbridges sus- pended by heavy beams of wood over- head ; but across several of the havens , which are too wide for ...
... rises commonly 10 or 12 ft . The communication between different parts of the town is maintained by a great number of drawbridges sus- pended by heavy beams of wood over- head ; but across several of the havens , which are too wide for ...
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15th cent Altenahr Amsterdam ancient antiquity Antwerp artist Baden bank baths beautiful Belgium Berlin bridge Bruges Brussels building built called canal carriage carved castle chapel Charlemagne choir church Coblenz Cologne colour contains cross curious Dresden Duke Duke of Nassau Dutch dykes Elbe Elector English erected excursion fortress France Frankfurt French gardens Gate Germ German Ghent Gothic guilders Haarlem hill Holland horses Hotel Inhab Inns King Lahn land Liége Mayence ment Meuse monument Moselle Namur Nassau nearly opposite ornamented Ostend painted Palace passes passport picture picturesque portraits Post Prince Prussian railroad railway remarkable residence Rhine river road rock Roman Rotterdam round ROUTE Rubens ruins Saxon Schloss Schnellpost side situated spot Stat steamer stone streets style tion tower town traveller Treves valley village Virgin walk walls wine wood Zuider Zee
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Page 162 - 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 ix - TRAVEL, in the younger sort, is a part of education, in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel.
Page 262 - 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 blossom'd trees, And fields which promise corn and wine, And scatter'd cities crowning these, Whose far white walls along them shine, Have strew'da scene, which I should see With double joy wert thou with me ! 2.
Page ix - The things to be seen and observed are, the courts of princes, especially when they give audience to ambassadors; the courts of justice, while they sit and hear causes ; and so of consistories ecclesiastic...
Page 284 - Another came running presently, And he was pale as pale could be : ' Fly ! my lord bishop, fly,' quoth he ; ' Ten thousand rats are coming this way ; The Lord forgive you for yesterday ! ' ' I'll go to my tower on the Rhine...
Page 262 - 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!
Page 8 - This indigested vomit of the sea Fell to the Dutch by just propriety. Glad then, as miners who have found the ore, They, with mad labour...
Page 269 - Brief, brave, and glorious was his young career, — His mourners were two hosts, his friends and foes ; And fitly may the stranger lingering here Pray for his gallant spirit's bright repose ; For he was Freedom's champion, one of those, The few in number, who had not o'erstept 550 The charter to chastise which she bestows On such as wield her weapons ; he had kept The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept.
Page 255 - 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, LXI.
Page 254 - 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.