Journal of a Tour in Germany, Sweden, Russia, Poland, During the Years 1813 and 1814, Volum 2J. Murray, 1817 |
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Journal of a tour in Germany, Sweden, Russia, Poland, during the ..., Volum 2 John Thomas James Visualització completa - 1817 |
Journal of a Tour in Germany, Sweden, Russia, Poland, During the ..., Volum 2 John Thomas James Visualització completa - 1817 |
Journal of a Tour in Germany, Sweden, Russia, Poland, During the ..., Volum 2 John Thomas James Visualització completa - 1817 |
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Pàgina 1 - He has as often, perhaps, been made the object of satire as of fulsome adulation : but considering the disadvantages of his early life, he must be regarded as one who has, as far as possible, overcome, by natural goodness of temper, those evil habits which circumstances seemed to form for him ; and whatever blame some may attach to his caprice, his artfulness, his inflexibility, his vanity, or VOL.
Pàgina 196 - Czars, was rent from the top to its base, and the cross of the cupola, crowning its summit, buried in the ruin below. The fourth shock was by far the most dreadful ; the walls of the arsenal, which were upwards of three yards in thickness, with a part of the gate of St. Nicholas and several adjacent pinnacles, were at once blown into the air, a concussion succeeding that shook the whole city to its foundations.
Pàgina 81 - As the hour of twelve approached, all eyes were earnestly bent on the sanctuary, and a dead silence reigned throughout; at length the door opened, when there issued forth a long train of banners, crosses, &c. ; with archimandrites, protopopes, and priests of all ranks, dressed in their sumptuous robes of embroidered silk, covered with gold and silver, and jewels ; they moved slowly through the crowd, and went out from the doors of the church as if to search for the body of our Lord ; in a few minutes...
Pàgina 194 - Kremlin and Kitaigorod are situated on a central eminence above the river Moskwa ; and around these, as a nucleus, the circles of the Belgorod, the Semlianigorod, and the Slabode or Fauxbourg, are severally discernible, marking by their lines the growth of the place in successive aeras. The Kitaigorod, or Tartar town, besides some religious buildings, contains within its walls the public exchange and the chief houses of trade.
Pàgina 318 - Nothing could be more strikingly wild than our passage over the Ypoote : a raft of trees loosely pinned together was provided for the purpose of transport ; a rope made from the bark of trees served for its draught : on either bank of the river rose a vast forest, not thick and luxuriant, but bared in many a line by the progress of age and decay : amidst its shades were seen the white shirts and black fur caps of the Tartars as they scampered along in the wantonness of sport, with their horses at...
Pàgina 286 - ... base, were covered with trees and gardens in rich luxuriance ; the few ruined houses that were discoverable at this distance, together with the turrets and ancient walls that encircled them, rather lent a picturesque effect to the scene than excited any feeling of horror, Advancing a little farther, we entered the suburbs on the right bank of the river, the same which had suffered from the conflagration that took place at the close of the battle of Smolensko. These too had now been entirely rebuilt;...
Pàgina 82 - ... with gold and silver, and jewels : they moved slowly through the crowd, and went out from the doors of the church, as if to search for the body of our Lord. In a few minutes, the insignia were...
Pàgina 171 - ... melancholy aspect. Leaving this, we passed to the central parts of the town that were constructed with more durable materials, exhibiting occasionally a richness and elegance of exterior that must have equalled, if not surpassed, the architectural magnificence of the most beautiful towns of Europe. But all was now in the same forlorn condition ; street after street greeted the eye with perpetual ruin ; disjointed columns, mutilated porticos, broken cupolas, walls of rugged stucco, black, discoloured...
Pàgina 195 - Semlianogorod, and the Slabode or fauxbourg, are severally discernible, marking by their lines the growth of the place in successive eras. The Kitaigorod, or Tatartown, besides some religious buildings, contains within its walls the public exchange and the chief houses of trade. All these had been completely gutted by the fire, but the spirit of the place still remained : shops and stalls, and tents of every denomination, were erected amidst the ruins; and the chief street was even now the theatre...
Pàgina 340 - ... bowing, praying. The stories were chiefly selected from the legendary tales of the lives of the saints : on one side was represented the virgin Theodosia, accompanied at each stage of her life (a continued series of temptation) by two guardian angels, and three or four ministers of darkness ; the devils always defeated, the angels ever triumphant; and in the last painting she was represented as having surmounted all her difficulties, and arrived in heaven. The artist's imagination, however, has...