A tour through Holland ... to the south of Germany, in ... 18061807 |
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Strana 13
... remarkably rigorous , formed a compact road of ice for the infantry , cavalry , and artillery , of the invaders dreadful as the winter was , the French were in want of the most necessary articles of cloathing ; even whole battalions ...
... remarkably rigorous , formed a compact road of ice for the infantry , cavalry , and artillery , of the invaders dreadful as the winter was , the French were in want of the most necessary articles of cloathing ; even whole battalions ...
Strana 29
... remarkably rigorous , and they were obliged to pass over frozen canals , rivers and deep snows , many by the most wretched open conveyances , in their way to Helvoetsluys , where they embarked for that country , which , since the time ...
... remarkably rigorous , and they were obliged to pass over frozen canals , rivers and deep snows , many by the most wretched open conveyances , in their way to Helvoetsluys , where they embarked for that country , which , since the time ...
Strana 50
... remarkably pleasant to the touch ; and as a proof of its purity , it will bear to be frequently bent , without breaking . Upon almost every part of the continent this coin bears a pre- mium , and is current throughout Europe . A double ...
... remarkably pleasant to the touch ; and as a proof of its purity , it will bear to be frequently bent , without breaking . Upon almost every part of the continent this coin bears a pre- mium , and is current throughout Europe . A double ...
Strana 52
... remarkably excel- lent , and are submitted to the eye in the cleanest and most attractive manner . The Dutch potatoes are small , and uncommonly good ; I think they are , if possible , su- perior to those of Ireland . The proximity of ...
... remarkably excel- lent , and are submitted to the eye in the cleanest and most attractive manner . The Dutch potatoes are small , and uncommonly good ; I think they are , if possible , su- perior to those of Ireland . The proximity of ...
Strana 101
... remarkably fine and extensive ; but the beauty of the scenery is principally at a distance , as the land immediately surrounding the town . is boggy , dotted with piles of white turf . The chimes of this church , or as they are called ...
... remarkably fine and extensive ; but the beauty of the scenery is principally at a distance , as the land immediately surrounding the town . is boggy , dotted with piles of white turf . The chimes of this church , or as they are called ...
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A Tour Through Holland ... to the South of Germany, in ... 1806 John Carr, Sir Náhled není k dispozici. - 2016 |
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Strana 185 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them : the oars were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Strana 326 - This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye! I feel my heart new open'd. O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes...
Strana 343 - But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd, Than that, which, withering on the virgin thorn, Grows, lives, and dies, in single blessedness.
Strana 367 - When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
Strana 110 - We must not make a scare-crow of the law, ' Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.
Strana 75 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Strana 3 - In my school-days, when I had lost one shaft I shot his fellow of the self-same flight The self-same way, with more advised watch To find the other forth ; and by adventuring both I oft found both : I urge this childhood proof, Because what follows is pure innocence.
Strana 247 - Why, this. Will lug your priests and servants from your sides, Pluck stout men's pillows from below their heads : This yellow slave Will knit and break religions ; bless the accursed ; Make the hoar leprosy adored ; place thieves, And give them title, knee and approbation With senators on the bench...
Strana 403 - Fruitless embraces ; or they led the vine To wed her elm ; she spoused about him twines Her marriageable arms, and with her brings Her dower, the adopted clusters, to adorn His barren leaves.
Strana 10 - That dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations...