A tour through Holland ... to the south of Germany, in ... 18061807 |
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Strana iv
... Soon after the elevation of your Grace to this august situation , public symptoms appeared which called for sagacity and energy of no ordinary nature . Instead of listening , in the sunshine of vice - regal magnificence , to the vague ...
... Soon after the elevation of your Grace to this august situation , public symptoms appeared which called for sagacity and energy of no ordinary nature . Instead of listening , in the sunshine of vice - regal magnificence , to the vague ...
Strana 9
... soon as the firing began , ran from below deck in spite of every exertion of the men to keep it down , and climbing up into the main chains , there kept up a continual barking , and exhibited the most violent rage during the whole of ...
... soon as the firing began , ran from below deck in spite of every exertion of the men to keep it down , and climbing up into the main chains , there kept up a continual barking , and exhibited the most violent rage during the whole of ...
Strana 10
... soon after the Island of Goree , where the wind began to freshen , and just before we made the mouth of the Maas , we met and hailed a fine large fishing smack , the captain of which our com- mander endeavoured to prevail upon , by the ...
... soon after the Island of Goree , where the wind began to freshen , and just before we made the mouth of the Maas , we met and hailed a fine large fishing smack , the captain of which our com- mander endeavoured to prevail upon , by the ...
Strana 14
... soon conciliated by their quiet con- duct and orderly deportment . I afterwards received the same character of the French troops in other parts of Hol- land , from those with whom , I am convinced , they were not very welcome visitors ...
... soon conciliated by their quiet con- duct and orderly deportment . I afterwards received the same character of the French troops in other parts of Hol- land , from those with whom , I am convinced , they were not very welcome visitors ...
Strana 23
... Soon after my arrival I had the pleasure of dining with one of the first families of that persuasion :: our host , a very amiable man , gave us a true Dutch dinner , consisting of nearly fifteen different sorts of fish , exquisitely ...
... Soon after my arrival I had the pleasure of dining with one of the first families of that persuasion :: our host , a very amiable man , gave us a true Dutch dinner , consisting of nearly fifteen different sorts of fish , exquisitely ...
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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...