The Tourist in Europe: Or, A Concise Summary of the Various Routes, Objects of Interest, &c in Great Britain, France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Belgium, and Holland; with Hints on Time, Expenses, Hotels, Conveyances, Passports, Coins, &c; Memoranda During a Tour of Eight Months in Great Britain and on the Continent, in 1836Wiley & Putnam, 1838 - 288 pages |
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... river ; Leicester square ; vicinity of Russell square , Lincoln's Inn fields , & c . , & c . The London fashionable season commen- ces in May , when the city is crowded with strangers . It is scarcely worth while to say to the novice in ...
... river ; Leicester square ; vicinity of Russell square , Lincoln's Inn fields , & c . , & c . The London fashionable season commen- ces in May , when the city is crowded with strangers . It is scarcely worth while to say to the novice in ...
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... , is situated between the Lakes of Thun and Brienz , near the old romantic town of Unterseen , which is watered by a rapid river running between the two lakes . Besides the Hotel there GRINDLEWALD and LAUTERBRUN . BERNE . The Town House .
... , is situated between the Lakes of Thun and Brienz , near the old romantic town of Unterseen , which is watered by a rapid river running between the two lakes . Besides the Hotel there GRINDLEWALD and LAUTERBRUN . BERNE . The Town House .
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... , and surrounded by the river . The Cathedral and Jesuit's College are worthy of notice . There is a good hotel . Charmingly situated on the Lake of Gen- Tour in Switzerland . 31 CASTLE OF CHILLON and back 30 Notes for the Continent .
... , and surrounded by the river . The Cathedral and Jesuit's College are worthy of notice . There is a good hotel . Charmingly situated on the Lake of Gen- Tour in Switzerland . 31 CASTLE OF CHILLON and back 30 Notes for the Continent .
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... river , which it crosses near Riddes , and again at Sierre , amidst fine mountain - scenery . Sierre or Siders is replete with antiquities . From this place the Simplon may be said to commence . It takes nearly a day to cross it ; and ...
... river , which it crosses near Riddes , and again at Sierre , amidst fine mountain - scenery . Sierre or Siders is replete with antiquities . From this place the Simplon may be said to commence . It takes nearly a day to cross it ; and ...
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... river of that name . If Italy be the garden of the world , the Val d'Arno is the garden of Italy . The Etrurian Athens boasts of a pure climate , a pure language , and of being the cradle of Dante and Buon- Ma . Novello arotti , amongst ...
... river of that name . If Italy be the garden of the world , the Val d'Arno is the garden of Italy . The Etrurian Athens boasts of a pure climate , a pure language , and of being the cradle of Dante and Buon- Ma . Novello arotti , amongst ...
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Page 267 - As a sick girl. Ye gods ! it doth amaze me A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone.
Page 258 - 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. But one thing want these banks of Rhine, — Thy gentle hand to clasp in mine...
Page 120 - CALL it not vain :— they do not err, Who say, that when the Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies : Who say, tall cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed Bard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks, in deeper groan, reply ; And rivers teach their rushing wave To murmur dirges round his grave.
Page 216 - Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? GOD! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, GOD!
Page 205 - Though in their souls, which thus each other thwarted, Love was the very root of the fond rage Which blighted their life's bloom, and then departed: Itself expired, but leaving them an age Of years all winters, — war within themselves to wage.
Page 140 - Have then thy wish!' — He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows : On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe...
Page 217 - God! sing ye meadow-streams with gladsome voice! Ye pine-groves, with your soft and soul-like sounds! And they too have a voice, yon piles of snow, And in their perilous fall shall thunder, GOD!
Page 157 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men. A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell...
Page 216 - Ye ice-falls! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice, And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge! Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon ? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows ? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet ? God!
Page 215 - Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.