An autumn near the Rhine; or, Sketches of courts, society, scenery etc. in some of the German states bordering on the Rhine [by C.E. Dodd]. |
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... four heavy boatmen , without the exchange of a syllable . The fare is fixed— no more is demanded ; you pay it in si- lence , and receive neither thanks nor mur- murs . The postilion cracks his whip ; his horses blunder their way out as ...
... four heavy boatmen , without the exchange of a syllable . The fare is fixed— no more is demanded ; you pay it in si- lence , and receive neither thanks nor mur- murs . The postilion cracks his whip ; his horses blunder their way out as ...
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... four Imperial Cities , which are all that the Diplomatists of Vienna have thought fit to restore to their ancient privileges and republican constitu- tion . A small territory , to the extent of half a league each way , is carved out for ...
... four Imperial Cities , which are all that the Diplomatists of Vienna have thought fit to restore to their ancient privileges and republican constitu- tion . A small territory , to the extent of half a league each way , is carved out for ...
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... four free cities are wrecks of the old fabric of the German Constitution , which I fear are ill calculated to retain a secure and prosperous place in the patched up edifice of modern Germany . Four little sovereign communities of money ...
... four free cities are wrecks of the old fabric of the German Constitution , which I fear are ill calculated to retain a secure and prosperous place in the patched up edifice of modern Germany . Four little sovereign communities of money ...
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... four Cities only enjoy one vote out of the seventeen , and their own little train- bands , by which the semblance of sove- reignty is kept up , have the air of a mock army alongside of the gigantic and well dis- ciplined establishments ...
... four Cities only enjoy one vote out of the seventeen , and their own little train- bands , by which the semblance of sove- reignty is kept up , have the air of a mock army alongside of the gigantic and well dis- ciplined establishments ...
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... four free Cities of Ham- burg , Lubec , Bremen , and Frankfort , each , containing perhaps , a score Mer- chants , of greater opulence and conse- quence than any of the smaller reigning princes , are put off with one vote amongst them ...
... four free Cities of Ham- burg , Lubec , Bremen , and Frankfort , each , containing perhaps , a score Mer- chants , of greater opulence and conse- quence than any of the smaller reigning princes , are put off with one vote amongst them ...
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Page 272 - 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 ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Page 530 - 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.
Page 499 - 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, The negligently grand, the fruitful bloom Of coming ripeness, the white city's sheen.
Page 24 - With goddess-like demeanour forth she went, Not unattended ; for on her, as queen, A pomp of winning graces waited still, And from about her shot darts of desire Into all eyes, to wish her still in sight.
Page 414 - 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.
Page 512 - The western waves of ebbing day Roll'd o'er the glen their level way ; Each purple peak, each flinty spire, Was bathed in floods of living fire. But not a setting beam could glow Within the dark ravines below...
Page 453 - No! we will have her to exalt her mitred front in courts and parliaments. We will have her mixed throughout the whole mass of life, and blended with all the classes of society. The people of England will...
Page 193 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
Page 229 - Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes; At every word a reputation dies.
Page 556 - 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.