Dates and distances, showing what may be done in a tour of sixteen months through various parts of Europe in 1829 and 18301831 |
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accommodation afford agreeable Albert Durer Alstetten ancient appearance arrived ascend beautiful Blücher boat Botzen Braunsbach breakfasted bridge Brsch Litewsky Bülow called carriage cathedral church Copenhagen courier course crossed custom-house Danube descended detained distance Dresden eight Elbe Emperor England English miles erected excellent Fahlun feet fortress Frankfort French Germany Gneisenau Goldenen Goteborg Gothic grand army half-past Hannut Helsingborg Herisau horses Hotel hundred inhabitants journey Kiel King lake Langerfeld leaving Linthal lofty long con lower classes magnificent ment monument morning Moscow mountains Napoleon night Nimeguen numerous o'clock observed occupied old castle Oppen palace passed persons picturesque pleasant Post-House Prague Prince procure prospect Prussian Pultusk racter reached remarkable Rhine river road rocks route ruined scarcely scenery Schaffhausen seemed side situated soon spot stranger streets Switzerland thousand tion tomb town traveller Trolhätta valley vessel vicinity Vienna village walks wersts
Brani popolari
Pagina 178 - From the farther bank, the plain gradually elevates itself into an irregular amphitheatre, terminated by a lofty, but rounded range of mountains. The striking feature is, that in the bosom of this amphitheatre, a plain of the most varied beauty, huge columnar hills start up at once from the ground, at great distances from each other, overlooking, in 'onely and solemn grandeur, each its own portion of the domain.
Pagina 177 - Bastion, is the name given to one of the largest masses which rise close by the river on the right bank. One narrow block, on the very summit, projects into the air. Perched on this, not on, but beyond the brink of the precipice, you command a prospect which, in its kind, is unique in Europe. You hover, on the pinnacle, at an elevation of more than eight hundred feet above the Elbe, which sweeps round the bottom of the precipice.
Pagina 298 - The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave; The deep damp vault, the darkness, and the worm; These are the bugbears of a winter's eve, The terrors of the living, not the dead.
Pagina 7 - ... a more palatable drink. 7. INNS. Holland is an expensive country to live in ; the wages of labour and taxes are very high ; the inns are consequently very dear, nearly as dear as in England. Notwithstanding which, they are on the whole, inferior to those of most other countries of Western Europe. " Having entered Holland, the traveller must be prepared for extortion ; during his stay in Holland, he must expect but little civility.
Pagina 178 - K'onigstein, which tower, nearly in the centre of the picture, to a height of above twelve hundred feet above the level of the Elbe. They rise perpendicularly from a sloping base, formed of debris, and now covered with natural wood. The access to the summit is so difficult, that an Elector of Saxony and King of Poland thought the exploit which he performed in scrambling up to the top of the Lilienstein deserving of being commemorated by an inscription.
Pagina 277 - Uniting every beauty of wild nature with the charms attendant upon the scenes of more active life ; echoing the clamour of the bustling populace amidst rocks, that have not yet ceased to ring with the woodman's axe ; rivalling at one display the boasted cliffs of Edinburgh, the broad lake of Geneva, and the streets and shipping of Venice ; its view presents a romantic vision, o2 that scarcely even the highest powers of poetry itself could successfully delineate.
Pagina 18 - God, or something in order to his service; and at night also, let him close thine eyes: and let your sleep be necessary and healthful, not idle and expensive of time, beyond the needs and conveniences of nature; and sometimes be curious to see the preparation which the sun makes, when he is coming forth from his chambers of the east.
Pagina 151 - ... the capital. Every evening, both the sick and the healthy repair to the lovely valley of St Helena, at whose mouth Baden is situated. It is a dell, rather than a valley. At its entrance, there is scarcely room for more than the ample mountain stream which waters and enlivens it throughout its whole extent. The lofty rocks which, on each side, guard its mouth, still bear the sombre ruins of two ancient fortresses frowning at each other across the valley, like warders posted on hostile towers....
Pagina 33 - Lahn, which is crossed by a bridge, erected full 60O years ago. From the top of the hill, after passing the bridge, is a fine view of the town and of the environs, including Limburg. The pedestrian having climbed this height, should make a circuit to the left, and either passing a small bridge at a distance, or returning to the entrance of the town, he should cross the road, and take a path which leads up to a pavilion, from which the pro448 spect is lovely. He should then traverse the woods to the...
Pagina 109 - L' imagine di sua sorella bianca, Ma poco dura alia sua penna tempra, Lo villanello a cui la roba manca Si leva e guarda, e vede la campagna Biancheggiar tutta ; ond 'ei si batte 1...