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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... feet , but the embat- tlements , which are ten feet high , are mod- ern . Cork is a city of ancient origin , dating back to the ninth century , when the Danes invaded and held possession of it up to the twelfth century , when it was ...
... feet , but the embat- tlements , which are ten feet high , are mod- ern . Cork is a city of ancient origin , dating back to the ninth century , when the Danes invaded and held possession of it up to the twelfth century , when it was ...
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... feet high , remarkable for its fine echo , which the boatmen will awaken for the amusement of the traveler . About a mile farther we arrive at the antiquated structure called the Old Weir Bridge , under which the boat is carried by the ...
... feet high , remarkable for its fine echo , which the boatmen will awaken for the amusement of the traveler . About a mile farther we arrive at the antiquated structure called the Old Weir Bridge , under which the boat is carried by the ...
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... feet long , and has a fine portico of six Corinthian columns supporting a pedi- ment surmounted by a statue of Moses , with figures of Justice and Mercy on either hand . The building is crowned by a mag - essary . nificent dome , under ...
... feet long , and has a fine portico of six Corinthian columns supporting a pedi- ment surmounted by a statue of Moses , with figures of Justice and Mercy on either hand . The building is crowned by a mag - essary . nificent dome , under ...
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... feet high its length is 350 feet . The Dunker- ry Cave is over 600 feet long , and about 70 feet high above low water . Its entrance resembles a Gothic arch , and the rise and fall of the swell is much greater than in the Portcoon Cave ...
... feet high its length is 350 feet . The Dunker- ry Cave is over 600 feet long , and about 70 feet high above low water . Its entrance resembles a Gothic arch , and the rise and fall of the swell is much greater than in the Portcoon Cave ...
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... feet long and 100 wide . The walls are 14 feet thick and 60 high . There is an immense circular dungeon , called Wallace's Beef - barrel , 25 feet deep by 12 wide . The ruins , which are now covered with ivy and beautiful wall - flowers ...
... feet long and 100 wide . The walls are 14 feet thick and 60 high . There is an immense circular dungeon , called Wallace's Beef - barrel , 25 feet deep by 12 wide . The ruins , which are now covered with ivy and beautiful wall - flowers ...
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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.