The Rhine and its picturesque scenery, illustr. by B. Foster. [2 vols. Vol.2 is entitled The upper Rhine].1856 |
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amid ancient Andernach Archbishop Archbishop of Cologne architect banks beauty behold beneath beside boat Bonn Boppard brass Braubach bright built called castle cathedral century Christian church Coblenz Cologne Cologne Cathedral colour Conrad corner crags crowd dark Dom-Kirche Drachenfels Dutch Eau de Cologne Ehrenbreitstein Emperor exquisite fancy feet formerly fortress French front German German Emperor Goar green head hill Holland honour houses huge legend Liebenstein look Lurlei Marksburg monster moreover Moselle narrow neighbouring night noble once opposite shore pass peeping pile priests Prince-Elector princes quay raft ramparts relics Rhine Rhine Gorge Richberta river rock Rolandseck Roman roof Rotterdam round rude ruins seems seen Seven Mountains side sight skulls spot stands Stavoren steep stone stream streets summit tall tells tints tower town trachyte trekschuit Trèves Ursula vessels village virgins walls
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الصفحة 249 - A well-supplied boiler is at work night and day in the kitchen ; the dinner hour is announced by a basket stuck on a pole, at which signal the pilot gives the word of command, and the workmen run from all quarters to receive their messes. The consumption of...
الصفحة 76 - THE predominant figure was an armed warrior. Its right hand held a banner, in which a red rose was conspicuous ; its left presented a balance. The crest of its helmet was a cock; on its breast was engraven a bear, and the shield depending from its shoulders exhibited a lion in a field full of...
الصفحة 149 - Apollinarius, bishop of Laodicea, who taught that the divinity of Christ was instead of a soul to him ; that his flesh was pre-existent to his appearance upon earth, and that it was sent down from heaven, and conveyed through the Virgin, as through a channel ; that there were two sons, one born of God, the other of the Virgin, &c. Apollinarius was deposed for his opinions in AD 378. APOLLO FRIGATE.
الصفحة 296 - Christmas with the Poets : a Collection of English Poetry relating to the Festival of Christmas. Illustrated by Birket Foster, and with numerous initial letters and borders beautifully printed in gold and colours by Edmund Evans.
الصفحة 249 - ... feet of water. Several smaller ones are attached to it, by way of protection, besides a string of boats, loaded with anchors and cables, and used for the purpose of sounding the river, and going on shore. The domestic economy of an East Indiaman is hardly more complete.
الصفحة 296 - Women mentioned in Scripture, beautifully engraved from Original Drawings, with letterpress Descriptions. Imp. 8vo. handsomely bound, 21s. ; with Plates beautifully coloured, 42s. The Women of the Bible. Eighteen Portraits (forming a Second Series of THE BIBLE GALLERY).
الصفحة 296 - In respect of melody, feeling, pathos, and that exquisite simplicity of expression which is the criterion of a genuine poet, Mr. Longfellow need not shun comparison with any living writer.
الصفحة 296 - LONGFELLOW'S POEMS: INCLUDING "EVANGELINE," "VOICES OF THE NIGHT," "SEASIDE AND FIRESIDE," &c. Illustrated with upwards of One Hundred Engravings on Wood from Designs by JANE E. BENHAM, BIRKET FOSTER, &c. SECOND EDITION, Twenty-One Shillings cloth ; Thirty Shillings morocco. Also, separately, Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie. 10s. 6d. cloth; 16*. morocco. Voices of the Night, &C.
الصفحة 246 - Lurlei, imitatipg the sounds. The next portion of the entertainment is with the musket ; and for this the old guard, waits till the air is perfectly still. Then, directly a lull ensues in the breeze, click goes the trigger, and the report rattles against the wall of the opposite rock as if the crags were tumbling down in a shower ; and no sooner has it burst upon the ear than you hear a second explosion, almost as loud as the first, clattering behind the summit of Lurlei. This...
الصفحة 46 - ... out as lords of the universe, arbiters of the fate of empires, and supreme rulers of the kings and princes of the earth. In this character they proceeded to dispose of kingdoms, and to loose subjects from their allegiance, as is remarkably instanced in the history of John, King of England. At length they affirmed the whole earth to be their property, as well where Christianity had been propagated, as where it had not...