A Tour Through Holland, Along the Right and Left Banks of the Rhine, to the South of Germany, in the Summer and Autumn of 1806 ...Phillips, 1807 - 301 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة iii
... calumniated , and still bleeding from many a wound . Soon after the elevation of your Grace to this august situation , pub- lic symptoms appeared which called for sagacity and energy of no ordinary nature . Instead of listening ,
... calumniated , and still bleeding from many a wound . Soon after the elevation of your Grace to this august situation , pub- lic symptoms appeared which called for sagacity and energy of no ordinary nature . Instead of listening ,
الصفحة iv
Sir John Carr. energy of no ordinary nature . Instead of listening , in the sunshine of vice - regal magnificence , to the vague reports of the idle , the ignorant , or the mischievous , you penetrated into the wild recesses of that ...
Sir John Carr. energy of no ordinary nature . Instead of listening , in the sunshine of vice - regal magnificence , to the vague reports of the idle , the ignorant , or the mischievous , you penetrated into the wild recesses of that ...
الصفحة xi
... natural history : attractions of the university ; its present condition ; severity of its examina- tions : anecdotes of Rembrandt ; his genius and rapaciousness : a stratagem : criticisms on his works : Mr. Desenfan's splendid gallery ...
... natural history : attractions of the university ; its present condition ; severity of its examina- tions : anecdotes of Rembrandt ; his genius and rapaciousness : a stratagem : criticisms on his works : Mr. Desenfan's splendid gallery ...
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... nature of the remarks I have to offer . In company with two highly esteemed friends , I proceeded to Gravesend : upon the road , we were charmed , by occasional views of the majestic Thames , formed by a rich setting sun into the ...
... nature of the remarks I have to offer . In company with two highly esteemed friends , I proceeded to Gravesend : upon the road , we were charmed , by occasional views of the majestic Thames , formed by a rich setting sun into the ...
الصفحة 6
... nature ; " And when the sea does in upon them break , " And drowns a province , does but spring a leak ; " That always ply the pump , and never think " They can be safe , but at the rate they stink ; " That live as if they had been run ...
... nature ; " And when the sea does in upon them break , " And drowns a province , does but spring a leak ; " That always ply the pump , and never think " They can be safe , but at the rate they stink ; " That live as if they had been run ...
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admiration afterwards agreeable amongst Amsterdam anecdote appearance arms army artist bank Batavian republic beautiful boat building called canals celebrated church Cologne confederation consequence council Darmstadt delight displayed Dutch Elector elegant Emperor empire England English florins formed France French frequently gardens German Germanic empire grand Duke grand pensionary guilders Haarlem Hague handsome high mightinesses Holland honour hour house of Orange hundred illustrious imperial inhabitants king King of Bavaria Leyden lordships magnificent majesty manner Mayence ment merchants miles minister Napoleon nation never noble officers Orange painted painter palace passed persons picture possession present Prince Prince of Orange Prince Primate principal province racter received residence Rhine river Rotterdam scarcely scene side soldiers spirit Stadtholder stiver piece stranger streets taste thousand tion tower town treckschuyt trees troops Utrecht vast village visited whilst wine wood
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الصفحة 116 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them : the oars were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
الصفحة 38 - Who deserves greatness Deserves your hate: and your affections are A sick man's appetite, who desires most that Which would increase his evil. He that depends Upon your favours, swims with fins of lead, And hews down oaks with rushes. Hang ye ! Trust ye ? With every minute you do change a mind; And call him noble, that was now your hate, Him vile, that was your garland.
الصفحة 69 - We must not make a scare-crow of the law, ' Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.
الصفحة 231 - When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
الصفحة 46 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
الصفحة 273 - When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die...
الصفحة 60 - This common body, Like to a vagabond flag upon the stream, Goes to and back, lackeying the varying tide, To rot itself with motion.
الصفحة 216 - But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd Than that which, withering on the virgin thorn, Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness.
الصفحة 278 - If true, here only, and of delicious taste: Betwixt them lawns, or level downs, and flocks Grazing the tender herb, were interposed, Or palmy hillock, or the flowery lap Of some irriguous valley spread her store, Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose...
الصفحة 259 - Fruitless embraces ; or they led the vine To wed her elm ; she spoused about him twines Her marriageable arms, and with her brings Her dower, the adopted clusters, to adorn His barren leaves.