Change of air, or, The philosophy of travelling; autumnal excursions through France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and Belgium1831 |
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... Scenery of the Apennines . .......... NANPERS 2 8 - *** * ******* * ** 2 5 188 2 220 Val d'Arno - first View of Florence 88 FLORENCE Duomo - Streets Arno - Lung ' Arno - Bridges- Climate . Intellectual excitement of Florence 94 ...
... Scenery of the Apennines . .......... NANPERS 2 8 - *** * ******* * ** 2 5 188 2 220 Val d'Arno - first View of Florence 88 FLORENCE Duomo - Streets Arno - Lung ' Arno - Bridges- Climate . Intellectual excitement of Florence 94 ...
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... Scenery in the Tuscan Florence to Pisa - Lower Val d'Arno 224 Two Portraits ..........、、、、、、、、 ib . Leaning Tower - Campo Santo .... 226 Climate , & c . of Pisa Pisa to Genoa by the New Road 229 Gulf of Spezzia Torrent near ...
... Scenery in the Tuscan Florence to Pisa - Lower Val d'Arno 224 Two Portraits ..........、、、、、、、、 ib . Leaning Tower - Campo Santo .... 226 Climate , & c . of Pisa Pisa to Genoa by the New Road 229 Gulf of Spezzia Torrent near ...
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... scenery is con- cerned , it would , perhaps , be difficult to select a track , which could offer such a succession of the most beautiful and sublime views , and such a variety of interesting objects , as the line which the above route ...
... scenery is con- cerned , it would , perhaps , be difficult to select a track , which could offer such a succession of the most beautiful and sublime views , and such a variety of interesting objects , as the line which the above route ...
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... scenery of Switzerland , the romantic and beautiful views in Italy and the Rhingau , or the keen mountain air of the Highlands of Scotland or Wales , combined with the novelty , variety , and succession of manners and customs of the ...
... scenery of Switzerland , the romantic and beautiful views in Italy and the Rhingau , or the keen mountain air of the Highlands of Scotland or Wales , combined with the novelty , variety , and succession of manners and customs of the ...
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... scenery by which he is surrounded on every point of the compass . The descent on the Martigny side , was the hardest day's labour I ever endured in my life- yet there were three or four invalids with us , whose lives were scarcely worth ...
... scenery by which he is surrounded on every point of the compass . The descent on the Martigny side , was the hardest day's labour I ever endured in my life- yet there were three or four invalids with us , whose lives were scarcely worth ...
Términos y frases comunes
Alps ancient animal Apennines arch atmosphere Baveno beautiful body Cæsar Campagna Capitol carriage cliffs climate CLOACINA countenance cretinism descended earth EFFECTS OF TRAVELLING England English Eternal City excitement exercise feelings fertile Florence France French Geneva Genoa gloomy goitre Heaven hills houses human imagination impressions influence inhabitants intellectual invalid Italian Italy journey Jura Jura Mountains labour Lady Morgan lake Lake of Geneva less magnificent maladies malaria marble Martigny mental miles mind modern Mont Blanc moral mountains Naples nature neighbouring never Nice night objects palaces Paris pass pellagra physical Pisa plains pleasure Pompeii Pontine Marshes precipices present Radicofani Rhone road rocks Roman Rome ruins scene scenery seen shew shores side sight Simplon skies snow stream streets summit surface temple THERMÆ thing thousand Tiber tion torrent tower town tramontane valley Vaud villages WEAR and TEAR whole winds wonder
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Página 221 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies; The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight. Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Página 20 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity...
Página 12 - He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Página 202 - In all her length far winding lay, With promontory, creek and bay, And islands that empurpled bright, Floated amid the livelier light, And mountains, that like giants stand, To sentinel enchanted land.
Página 12 - tis true, this god did shake : His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried ' Give me some drink, Titinius,
Página 279 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Página 252 - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee ; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Página 2 - Twas his the vast and trackless Deep to rove : Alternate change of Climates has he known, And felt the fierce extremes of either zone, Where polar Skies congeal th...
Página 128 - ... of Roman citizens. That distinction was generally considered either as a legal qualification or as a proper recompense for the soldier; but a more serious regard was paid to the essential merit of age, strength, and military stature. In all levies, a just preference was given to the climates of the North over those of the South...
Página 44 - No, never shall I lose the trace Of what I've felt in this bright place. And, should my spirit's hope grow weak, Should I, oh God, e'er doubt thy power, This mighty scene again I'll seek, At the same calm and glowing hour, And here, at the sublimest shrine That Nature ever rear'd to Thee, Rekindle all that hope divine, And feel my immortality ! EXTRACT II.