A Journey Made in the Summer of 1794 Through Holland and the Western Frontier of Germany: With a Return Down the Rhine: to which are Added, Observations During a Tour to the Lakes of Lancashire, Westmoreland, and Cumberland ...Robinson, 1796 |
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
A Journey Made in the Summer of 1794, Through Holland and the ..., Volum 1 Ann Ward Radcliffe Visualització completa - 1795 |
A Journey Made in the Summer of 1794, Through Holland and the ..., Volum 1 Ann Ward Radcliffe Visualització completa - 1795 |
A Journey Made in the Summer of 1794, Through Holland and the Western ... Ann Ward Radcliffe Previsualització no disponible - 2018 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
againſt alfo almoſt alſo Amfterdam Andernach appearance Auftrian becauſe befiegers beſt building caftle canal chiefly church Cologne confiderable confifts corn courſe Cuftine deſtroyed diſtance Dutch Elector Engliſh eſtabliſhed faid fame feemed feen fent feveral fhew fhore fhould fide fiege fince firft firſt fituation fmall foldiers fome fomething fometimes fomewhat foon formed Franckfort French ftands ftill ftone ftreet fuch fummit fuppofed furpriſe furrounded gardens garrifon gate German himſelf Holland houfes houſes increaſed inhabitants intereſt interfected itſelf lefs leſs Louis the Fourteenth Manheim ment Mentz miles moft moſt mountains muſt Nimeguen obferve oppofite ornamented paffage paffed palace paſs perfons pleaſure pofts poſts preſent Prince PRINCE of ORANGE province Pruffians purpoſe raiſed refidence Rhine river road Rotterdam ſcarcely ſcene ſeen ſeparate ſeveral ſmall ſome ſpread Stadtholder ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion town troops ufual United Provinces uſed veffels village walls whofe
Passatges populars
Pàgina 151 - Whose numbers, stealing through thy darkening vale, May not unseemly with its stillness suit ; As musing slow I hail Thy genial loved return. For when thy folding-star * arising shows His paly circlet, at his warning lamp The fragrant Hours, and Elves Who slept in buds the day, And many a Nymph who wreathes her brows with sedge And sheds the freshening dew, and lovelier still The pensive Pleasures sweet Prepare thy shadowy car.
Pàgina 325 - ... make poverty general, the immediate horrors of them cannot enter the cities, or the cottages of an ifland.
Pàgina 272 - ... for there the rocky boundary opened to plains and remote mountains. The light vapour, that / rofe from the water, and was tinged by the fetting rays, fpread a purple haze over the town and the cliffs...
Pàgina 269 - We faw this landfcape under the happieft circumftances of feafon and weather; the woods and plants were in their midfummer bloom, and the mellow light of evening heightened the richnefs of their hues, and gave exquifite e£ec~t to one half of the amphitheatre we were paffing, while the other half was in fhadow.
Pàgina 270 - Rhine ; deficiencies which are here lupplied, to the lover of landfcape, by the verdure of the woods and vines. In other parts of Germany they are more to be regretted, where, frequently, only corn and rock colour the land. fatigued at length by fuch prodigality of beauty, we were glad to be...
Pàgina 185 - At five o'clock, on the Sunday after our arrival, the bells of churches and convents began to found on all fides, and there was fcarcely any entire intermiffion of them till evening.
Pàgina 316 - Francifcan monks, is among the moft lamentable fpectacles ; what was the roof now lies in heaps over the pavement ; not a veftige of furniture, or decoration, has efcaped the flames, and there are chafms in the walls larger than the noble windows, that once illuminated them. This church and convent were fet on fire by a bomb ; and of the fick foldiers, who were lodged in the latter, it is feared that but few were removed before the deflruction of the building.
Pàgina 175 - These diminutive observations seem to take away something from the dignity of writing, and therefore are never communicated but with hesitation, and a little fear of abasement and contempt. But it must be remembered, that life consists not of a series of illustrious actions, or elegant enjoyments; the greater part of our time passes in compliance with necessities, in the performance of daily duties, in the removal of small inconveniences...
Pàgina 123 - Pleasure-boats and trechtschuyts lined the shores; and the windows of every house were thronged with broad faces. On the little terraces below were groups of smokers, and of girls in the neat trim Dutch dress, with the fair complexion and air of decorous modesty, by which their country-women are distinguished.
Pàgina 264 - How much is the delight of looking upon plenteoufnefs leflened by the belief, that it fupplies the means of excefs to a few, but denies thofe of competence to many ! Between this pafs of cultivated fteeps on one fide of the river, and of romantic rocks on the other, the road continues for feveral miles.