A Journey Made in the Summer of 1794Georg Olms Verlag |
Contents
Leyden the Fair | 50 |
Mentz approach to | 179 |
Franckenthal | 244 |
Rheingau | 286 |
German territories inter | 298 |
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A Journey Made in the Summer Of 1794: Through Holland and the Western ... Ann Ward Radcliffe No preview available - 2008 |
A Journey Made in the Summer Of 1794: Through Holland and the Western ... Ann Ward Radcliffe No preview available - 2008 |
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Page 88 - Whose numbers, stealing through thy darkening vale, May not unseemly with its stillness suit ; As musing slow I hail Thy genial loved return. For when thy folding-star * arising shows His paly circlet, at his warning lamp The fragrant Hours, and Elves Who slept in buds the day, And many a Nymph who wreathes her brows with sedge And sheds the freshening dew, and lovelier still The pensive Pleasures sweet Prepare thy shadowy car.
Page 103 - These diminutive observations seem to take away something from the dignity of writing, and therefore are never communicated but with hesitation, and a little fear of abasement and contempt. But it must be remembered, that life consists not of a series of illustrious actions, or elegant enjoyments; the greater part of our time passes in compliance with necessities, in the performance of daily duties, in the removal of small inconveniences...
Page 158 - ... mouth, stalking before the door. This is the landlord. He makes no alteration in his pace on perceiving you, or, if he stops, it is to eye you with curiosity; he seldom...
Page 490 - ... distant arches, remains of the nave of the abbey, closed by the woods. This perspective of the ruin is said to be 287 feet in length ; the choir part of it is in width only...
Page 493 - Rocket, the front part of which descended to the girdle, where it ended in a round, and the back part reached down to the middle of the leg behind. Whenever they appeared abroad, they wore a Caul and a full black Hood. This is only a general description of their dress ; for every House had something...
Page 156 - Rhine ; deficiencies which are here fupplied, to the lover of landfcape, by the verdure of the woods and vines. In other parts of Germany they are more to be regretted, where, frequently, only corn and rock colour the land. Fatigued at length by fuch prodigality of beauty, we were glad to be...
Page 333 - Andernach, into one immense body, of which an idea may be formed from the following dimensions. The length is from 700 to 1000 feet ; the breadth from 50 to 90 ; the depth, when manned by the whole crew, is usually seven feet above the surface of the water.
Page 490 - ' The abbey, which was formerly of such magnitude as nearly to fill up the breadth of the glen, is built of a pale red stone, dug from the neighbouring rocks ; now changed by time and weather to a tint of dusky brown, which accords well with the hues of plants and shrubs that every where emboss the mouldering arches. " ' The finest view of the ruin is on the east side, where, beyond the vast shattered frame that once contained a...
Page 309 - 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.
Page 457 - ... with a whitish shivered slate, which threatens to slide down them with every gust of wind. The broken state of this slate makes the present summits seem like the ruins of others—a circumstance as extraordinary in appearance as difficult to be accounted for.