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... French Revolution , the armies of that nation overran the country , Napoleon controlled it , and finally , after serious troubles , in September , 1848 , the present Federal Constitution was put into operation , and the Swiss ...
... French Revolution , the armies of that nation overran the country , Napoleon controlled it , and finally , after serious troubles , in September , 1848 , the present Federal Constitution was put into operation , and the Swiss ...
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... French Revolution began , went into exile here . His daughter , the celebrated Madame de Staël , held her intellectual court at Coppet , dying in 1817 , and her portrait by David , painted to represent Sappho , hangs on the walls . As ...
... French Revolution began , went into exile here . His daughter , the celebrated Madame de Staël , held her intellectual court at Coppet , dying in 1817 , and her portrait by David , painted to represent Sappho , hangs on the walls . As ...
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... French pro- nounced it Higuenos , whence was derived the name of Huguenots , so well known in the subsequent relig- ious wars . The great Reformation had begun and Geneva espoused it , against the Catholic House of Sa- voy . The bishop ...
... French pro- nounced it Higuenos , whence was derived the name of Huguenots , so well known in the subsequent relig- ious wars . The great Reformation had begun and Geneva espoused it , against the Catholic House of Sa- voy . The bishop ...
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... French Revolution , Geneva was the capital of a French Department , but in 1814 , it became a Canton of the Swiss Confedera- tion , its small territory enclosing the outlet of the lake . It has been since 1847 practically a republic ...
... French Revolution , Geneva was the capital of a French Department , but in 1814 , it became a Canton of the Swiss Confedera- tion , its small territory enclosing the outlet of the lake . It has been since 1847 practically a republic ...
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... French saying signifying to make good cheer . He built here an establishment housing a thousand monks , and behind the seven towers of the extensive pile , there stretched the ter- raced hills where grew the famous Chablais wines ...
... French saying signifying to make good cheer . He built here an establishment housing a thousand monks , and behind the seven towers of the extensive pile , there stretched the ter- raced hills where grew the famous Chablais wines ...
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Page 387 - 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 387 - 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 24 - Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God.
Page 308 - And in at the windows, and in at the door, And through the walls by thousands they pour; And down from the ceiling and up through the floor, From the right and the left, from behind and before, From within and without, from above and below, — And all at once to the Bishop they go.
Page 311 - I saw the blue Rhine sweep along, — I heard, or seemed to hear, The German songs we used to sing, in chorus sweet and clear; And down the pleasant river, and up the slanting hill...
Page 11 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Page 307 - 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.
Page 310 - Tell my brothers and companions, when they meet and crowd around To hear my mournful story in the pleasant vineyard ground, That we fought the battle bravely, and when the day was done Full many a corse lay ghastly pale beneath the setting sun. "And 'mid the dead and dying...
Page 387 - And peasant girls, with deep blue eyes, And hands which offer early flowers, Walk smiling o'er this paradise ; Above, the frequent feudal towers Through green leaves lift their walls of gray, And many a rock which steeply lowers, And noble arch in proud decay, Look o'er this vale of vintage-bowers.
Page 309 - A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers; There was lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears; But a comrade stood beside him, and he took that comrade's hand, And he said, "I never more shall see my own, my native land.