A Northern Summer: Or, Travels Round the Baltic, Through Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Prussia, and Part of Germany, in the Year 1804Lincoln and Gleason, 1806 - 330 من الصفحات |
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... formed of wicker work , and fixed to thin ribs of wood ; the bottom was half - filled with hay , a cross seat or stool was fastened by straps to the sides , and the whole mounted upon high slender wheels ; it runs very lightly , and is ...
... formed of wicker work , and fixed to thin ribs of wood ; the bottom was half - filled with hay , a cross seat or stool was fastened by straps to the sides , and the whole mounted upon high slender wheels ; it runs very lightly , and is ...
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... formed a bridge of ice for the hardy troops of the warlike and ambitious Charles X. , who , contrary to the advice of his council of war , marched over it to give battle to the Danes . During 30 . [ CHAP . 2 . NORTHERN SUMMER .
... formed a bridge of ice for the hardy troops of the warlike and ambitious Charles X. , who , contrary to the advice of his council of war , marched over it to give battle to the Danes . During 30 . [ CHAP . 2 . NORTHERN SUMMER .
الصفحة 32
... formed into berries . 2 Upon our first post in this island , we met with , for the first time in Denmark , a turnpike gate , which was erect- ed at the end of every Danish mile . As the roads were tolerably good , the impost was ...
... formed into berries . 2 Upon our first post in this island , we met with , for the first time in Denmark , a turnpike gate , which was erect- ed at the end of every Danish mile . As the roads were tolerably good , the impost was ...
الصفحة 33
... formed of granite in the shape of a hand- some obelisk , and enumerate the miles and half miles , and bear the names of Christian and sometimes of Fred . V. In our route we saw several storks , who shewed no other symptoms of alarm when ...
... formed of granite in the shape of a hand- some obelisk , and enumerate the miles and half miles , and bear the names of Christian and sometimes of Fred . V. In our route we saw several storks , who shewed no other symptoms of alarm when ...
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... forming part of the ramparts . As we approached Lubel's hotel , to which we were recommended , we passed by the ... formed by a canal , and has several gates ; the principal entrance is of wrought iron , and has a noble effect : the ...
... forming part of the ramparts . As we approached Lubel's hotel , to which we were recommended , we passed by the ... formed by a canal , and has several gates ; the principal entrance is of wrought iron , and has a noble effect : the ...
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admirable adorned amongst appearance attended beautiful beheld brick building carriage Catherine Catherine II celebrated Charles XII church color copecs Courland court covered crown Danish decorated delight Denmark dinner displayed dress ducat elegant Emperor Empress dowager England English miles favorite feet formed French frequently gardens Gatchina graceful grand groschen ground gulf of Finland Gustavus Gustavus III hand handsome honor horses hundred Husum Imperial King knout lady late Empress Livonia look magnificent ment Mittau Neva never night noble observed officer painted palace passed peasants Peter Petersburg post-house presented Prince proceeded Queen raised river road rock royal rubles Russ Russian scene sent servant ship side singular Slesvig soldier sovereign Stockholm stone streets Strelna stuccoed Sweden Swedish taste thousand throne tion town traveller vast versts visited whilst young
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الصفحة 51 - Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it.
الصفحة 35 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them when I consider rival wits placed side by side or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions factions* and debates of mankind.
الصفحة 324 - Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all aloud the wind doth blow And coughing drowns the parson's saw And birds sit brooding in the snow And Marian's nose looks red and...
الصفحة 52 - The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.
الصفحة 294 - I saw young Harry, with his beaver on, His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And witch the world with noble horsemanship.
الصفحة 100 - Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, Till, by broad spreading, it disperse to nought.
الصفحة 221 - Tis not, as heads that never ache suppose, Forgery of fancy and a dream of woes ; Man is a harp whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony, disposed aright, The screws reversed, (a task which if he please God in a moment executes with ease,) Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose, Lost, till he tune them, all their power and use.
الصفحة 26 - And, having dropp'd th' expected bag, pass on. I He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful : messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some; To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and .marriages, epistles wet With tears, that trickled down the writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charg'd with am'rous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him,...
الصفحة 70 - And curd, like eager droppings into milk, The thin and wholesome blood: so did it mine; And a most instant tetter bark'd about, Most lazar-like, with vile and loathsome crust, All my smooth body. Thus was I, sleeping, by a brother's hand, Of life, of crown, of queen, at once dispatch'd...
الصفحة 171 - Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of discovery, and begets In those that suffer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form.