The American Travellers' Guides: Hand-books for Travellers in Europe and the East, Being a Guide Through Great Britain and Ireland, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Egypt, Syria, Turkey, Greece, Switzerland, Tyrol, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Spain, and Portugal, Volúmenes 7-8Fetridge & Company, 1868 |
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... saint . The sword of that famous warrior still hangs in the chapel . There is rather a romantic story in con- nection with this family , which , if true , shows the regard posterity has in some in- stances for a pledge given by their ...
... saint . The sword of that famous warrior still hangs in the chapel . There is rather a romantic story in con- nection with this family , which , if true , shows the regard posterity has in some in- stances for a pledge given by their ...
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... saints perpendicular ; the countless columns are ( having arrived from Ireland in an open beautifully jointed and most symmetrical boat ) in the year 568. Tytler says that by throughout . The ends of the columns , the courage , zeal ...
... saints perpendicular ; the countless columns are ( having arrived from Ireland in an open beautifully jointed and most symmetrical boat ) in the year 568. Tytler says that by throughout . The ends of the columns , the courage , zeal ...
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... saint of Edinburgh , retains much of its ancient Gothic work , and its irregular appearance renders it attractive , and bears comparison with many of the finest speci- mens of this style of architecture . In 1446 it became a collegiate ...
... saint of Edinburgh , retains much of its ancient Gothic work , and its irregular appearance renders it attractive , and bears comparison with many of the finest speci- mens of this style of architecture . In 1446 it became a collegiate ...
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... Saints ' , Great St. Mary's , and Great St. Stephen's . The last contains a tomb erected in honor of Cap- tain Cook . The town is supplied with wa- ter conveyed by an aqueduct from a fount- ain three miles distant . this improvement to ...
... Saints ' , Great St. Mary's , and Great St. Stephen's . The last contains a tomb erected in honor of Cap- tain Cook . The town is supplied with wa- ter conveyed by an aqueduct from a fount- ain three miles distant . this improvement to ...
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... numbers now about 531 vessels in active service . Over one hundred are steamers of about 12,000 horse power . There are 12,411 guns now afloat . Fountain of Saint Sulpice ; the Luxem- bourg ( palace 107 PARIS . PARIS . [ FRANCE . ]
... numbers now about 531 vessels in active service . Over one hundred are steamers of about 12,000 horse power . There are 12,411 guns now afloat . Fountain of Saint Sulpice ; the Luxem- bourg ( palace 107 PARIS . PARIS . [ FRANCE . ]
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Página 443 - All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
Página 13 - ... the Constitution and government of the United States against all enemies, whether domestic or foreign, and that I will bear true faith, allegiance and loyalty to the same, any ordinance, resolution or law of any State convention or legislature to the contrary notwithstanding ; and, further, that I do this with a full determination, pledge and purpose, without any mental reservation or evasion whatsoever ; and, further, that I will well and faithfully perform all the duties which may be required...
Página 549 - And in at the windows, and in at the door, And through the walls by thousands they pour, And down through the ceiling, and up through the floor, From the right and the left, from behind and before, From within and without, from above and below, And all at once to the bishop they go. They have whetted their teeth against the stones, And now they pick the bishop's bones ; They gnawed the flesh from every limb, For they were sent to do judgment on him.
Página 469 - The Scian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute, Have found the fame your shores refuse ; Their place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires
Página 469 - The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea. And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free, For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave.
Página 469 - Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his ! He counted them at break of day, And when the sun set where were they...
Página 235 - ... in the execution of the work. The striking brilliancy of his colours, and their lively opposition to each other, the flowing liberty and freedom of his outline, the animated pencil, with which every object is touched, all contribute to awaken and keep alive the attention of the spectator ; awaken in him, in some measure, correspondent sensations, and make him feel a degree of that enthusiasm with which the painter was carried away. To this we may add the complete uniformity in all the parts of...
Página 236 - Lorrain finished more minutely, as becomes a Professor in any particular branch, yet there is such an airiness and facility in the landscapes of Rubens, that a painter would as soon wish to be the author of them, as those of Claude, or any other artist whatever.
Página 475 - ... a noble, full-bodied, arrowy stream, which leaps rejoicing over the obstacles which before had stayed its progress, and hastens through fertile valleys towards a freer existence, and a final union in the ocean with the boundless and the infinite.
Página 72 - The next things observable are the fine paintings in the great west window, of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob ; Moses and Aaron, and the Twelve Patriarchs ; the arms of King Sebert, King Edward the Confessor, Queen Elizabeth, King George, and Dean Wilcocks, Bishop of Rochester.