A Tour in Switzerland: Or, a View of the Present State of the Governments and Manners of Those Cantons, المجلد 1P. Byrne, 1798 |
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الصفحة 71
... seemed to think right and wrong , in historical fact , of far lefs im- portance than right and wrong in religious fentiment ; and above all , in human action . There was more of feeling than of logic in his conclufions ; and he appeared ...
... seemed to think right and wrong , in historical fact , of far lefs im- portance than right and wrong in religious fentiment ; and above all , in human action . There was more of feeling than of logic in his conclufions ; and he appeared ...
الصفحة 127
... seemed rather the illufive dream of fancy than founded on any folid basis of hope . That revo- lution had not yet taken place , which appears destined to break the fetters of mankind in whatever region they are found , and which ...
... seemed rather the illufive dream of fancy than founded on any folid basis of hope . That revo- lution had not yet taken place , which appears destined to break the fetters of mankind in whatever region they are found , and which ...
الصفحة 156
... seemed fhivered from their fides , forming vaft fields of rock . This paffage , which in fummer is fuffici- ciently terrific , becomes dangerous in win- ter by the frequent avalanches that rush from those tremendous heights , and so de ...
... seemed fhivered from their fides , forming vaft fields of rock . This paffage , which in fummer is fuffici- ciently terrific , becomes dangerous in win- ter by the frequent avalanches that rush from those tremendous heights , and so de ...
الصفحة 160
... seemed lefs marvellous than expectation had pictured it , and we were perhaps the more difappoint- ed , as we remembered that " the wonder- ous art pontifical , " was a part of architecture with which his infernal majesty was per ...
... seemed lefs marvellous than expectation had pictured it , and we were perhaps the more difappoint- ed , as we remembered that " the wonder- ous art pontifical , " was a part of architecture with which his infernal majesty was per ...
الصفحة 173
... seemed to forbid all ken beyond , we were , how- ever , gratified with one of those burfts through an opening to the north , which displayed in rich fucceffion the fummits of all the mountains we had paffed , and others at an immense ...
... seemed to forbid all ken beyond , we were , how- ever , gratified with one of those burfts through an opening to the north , which displayed in rich fucceffion the fummits of all the mountains we had paffed , and others at an immense ...
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affembly againſt Airolo almoſt Alps amidſt amuſement Bafil bailiff Bellinzone burghers Canton of Bafil Canton of Uri Canton of Zug Cantons of Switzerland CHAP confiderable croffed defcending diſtance Duke of Milan enthuſiaſm Faido fame faſhionable favage fcene feemed ferved feven fhould fide fince firft firſt fituated fnows focieties folemn fome fometimes foothing fovereign France French ftreams fubject fublime fuch fuffered fufficient fummit fure fwelled Gothard Grifons heart herſelf hills himſelf hiſtory houſe huſband increaſed inhabitants inſtead intereſting itſelf lady lake landſcape laſt leaſt lefs lofty Lucerne Lugano Madame moft Monf moſt moun mountain muſt obferved ourſelves paffage paffed Paris perfons pictureſque pleaſure precipices prefent purchaſe raiſed refpect road rocks ſcene ſeemed ſhe ſome ſpot ſtate ſteep ſtruggle Swifs Swiſs Switzerland Teffino thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion torrent town uſe valley Victoire vifit village whofe whoſe worſhip Zeltner
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الصفحة 299 - I mould have found in fome place of my foul A drop of patience. But, alas, to make me A fixed figure for the hand of fcorn To point his flow, unmoving finger at— Yet could I bear that too, well, very well : But there, where I have garner'd up my heart...
الصفحة 344 - O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, O how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ? These charms shall work thy soul's eternal health, And love, and gentleness, and joy, impart.
الصفحة 30 - ... in a flat purfe of Morocco leather, only large enough to contain a few louis, at the fide of her neck, and giving her fnuff-box and her pocket-handkerchief to the care of the gentleman who attends her, and to whom fhe applies for them whenever (lie has occafion.
الصفحة 27 - The fetes of the court, it is aflerted by the few perfons remaining in France, by whom they were frequented, were but tawdry fplendour compared with the clatlical elegance which prevails at the fetes of our republican contractors.
الصفحة 118 - Mr. Le Grand, member of the grea.t council, an ardent and enlightened friend of the French Republic, had taught his in,fants to lifp the cheriflied founds of liberty, and chaunt its favorite airs with fuch fond 0 enthufiafm, that his houfe feemed to me a chapel worthy of William Tell.
الصفحة 7 - Bafil is a town of clubbifts, containing no lefs than twelve fmoking focieties, each compofed of about fixty members, who meet every afternoon at an early hour, drink tea amidft the exhilarating fumes of tobacco, difcufs the political fituation,. but far more indefatigably the commercial affairs of the town, calculate the gains and...
الصفحة 49 - His gardens next your admiration call; On every side you look, behold the wall! No pleasing intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene ; Grove nods at grove, each alley has a brother, And half the platform just reflects the other.
الصفحة 115 - Cox, that he found mopkeepers in this city reading Virgil, Horace, and Plutarch ; from which he was, no doubt, well authorized to draw his conclufion, that there is no country in the world where the people are fo happy. • But whatever were the Halcyon days of tafte and learning at the period of Mr. Cox's vifit, it is a melancholy fact, that this literary fpirit has entirely evaporated fince his departure. Thefe lettered triumphs, the
الصفحة 30 - The fair Grecians being determined not , to injure the contour of fine forms by fuperfluous incumbrances, no fafhionable lady at Paris wears any pockets, and the inconvenience of being without is obviated by...
الصفحة 10 - tis useless to excel; Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle; Beauty, like wit, to judges should be shown; Both most are valued, where they best are known.