Germania: Its Courts, Camps, and People, Volumen2H. Colburn, 1850 |
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... true , by persons who had never crossed the Austrian frontier , and I began now to tremble , not for my bonnets and dresses ( I knew I had nothing that could cause suspicion to the most fidgetty functionary in all Europe ) , but for the ...
... true , by persons who had never crossed the Austrian frontier , and I began now to tremble , not for my bonnets and dresses ( I knew I had nothing that could cause suspicion to the most fidgetty functionary in all Europe ) , but for the ...
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... true sentence , as my countrymen say in Scotland ; and seventeen degrees of cold and night travelling are trials of the best constitutions . Instead of leaving Scherding on the morrow , we passed there fifteen days . " A whole fortnight ...
... true sentence , as my countrymen say in Scotland ; and seventeen degrees of cold and night travelling are trials of the best constitutions . Instead of leaving Scherding on the morrow , we passed there fifteen days . " A whole fortnight ...
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... true enough . And for a singular diversion - for the What races ? races . Why , the sledge - running , to be sure . On the morning in question you might have walked on the heads of the crowd in the market - place , and on the roads ...
... true enough . And for a singular diversion - for the What races ? races . Why , the sledge - running , to be sure . On the morning in question you might have walked on the heads of the crowd in the market - place , and on the roads ...
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... true that there are capons , " ( I should hope so , indeed ! seeing that we are to sup upon one ) -she stopped , took breath , sighed , and con- tinued : " there are capons , but— ” ( oh , evil boding " but ! " most ominous conjunction ...
... true that there are capons , " ( I should hope so , indeed ! seeing that we are to sup upon one ) -she stopped , took breath , sighed , and con- tinued : " there are capons , but— ” ( oh , evil boding " but ! " most ominous conjunction ...
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... true ; and a pretty damsel , who was fixing a button upon a straw - coloured glove , observed , that for such a " good - looking young Gene- ral , " it was not handsomely done - " ' Swar von ihm gar nit schön ! " said she , as she ...
... true ; and a pretty damsel , who was fixing a button upon a straw - coloured glove , observed , that for such a " good - looking young Gene- ral , " it was not handsomely done - " ' Swar von ihm gar nit schön ! " said she , as she ...
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Página 92 - I feel myself overpaid for the labours of eighteen years, when, at this late period, I am able to take my share, by one humble vote, in destroying a tyranny that exists to the disgrace of this nation, and the destruction of so large a part of the human species.
Página 419 - Amor, che a nullo amato amar perdona, Mi prese del costui piacer si forte , Che , come vedi , ancor non m' abbandona : Amor condusse noi ad una morte ; Caina attende chi vita ci spense.
Página 90 - The country was laid waste with fire and sword ; and that land distinguished above most others, by the cheerful face of paternal government and protected labour, the chosen seat of cultivation and plenty, is now almost throughout a dreary desert, covered with rushes and briars, and jungles full of wild beasts.
Página 439 - Indeed, my observation has furnished me with nothing that is to be found in any habits of life or education, which tends wholly to disqualify men for the functions of government, but that, by which the power of...
Página 92 - ... and renown ; a multitude of cities, not exceeded in population and trade by those of the first class in Europe ; merchants and bankers, individual houses of whom have once vied in capital with the Bank of England ; whose credit had often supported- a tottering state, and preserved their governments in the midst of war and desolation ; millions of ingenious manufacturers and mechanics; millions of the most diligent, and not the least intelligent, tillers of the earth.
Página 92 - There, is to be found an ancient and venerable priesthood, the depository of their laws, learning, and history, the guides of the people whilst living, and their consolation in death ; a nobility of great antiquity and renown ; a multitude of cities, not exceeded in population and trade by those of the first class in Europe ; merchants and bankers, individual...
Página 91 - Plate ; but a people for ages civilized and cultivated, — cultivated by all the arts of polished life, whilst we were yet in the woods. There have been (and still the skeletons remain) princes once of great dignity, authority, and opulence. There are to be found the chiefs of tribes and nations. There is to be found an ancient and venerable priesthood, the depository...
Página 90 - Hafiz) as for his courage, was invaded with an army of a hundred thousand men, and an English brigade. This man, at the head of inferior forces, was slain valiantly fighting for his country. His head was cut off, and delivered for money to a barbarian. His wife and children, persons of that rank, were seen begging a handful of rice through the English camp.
Página 161 - My youth is over!" sighed he, (Meine Jugend ist hin /) and he covered his face with his hands. It was a noble cry for a boy of nineteen, for it told of duties accepted, and of devotion to an arduous task. To be Master, in the fresh flush of boyhood, of one of the greatest Empires of the world, and to think first of the sacrifices duty imposes in such a position, not of the splendour that position confers, is the unfailing mark of a nature worthy to reign. VOL.
Página 259 - There is a something half Albanian in some portions of the costume ; in the leggings and full trousers, fastened at the knee; and in the heavily gold-embroidered, crimson jacket. But that which gives their decided character, their extraordinary originality, to these sons of war, is the cloak. Over these giant frames hangs a mantle of scarlet cloth, fastened tightly at the throat ; below this, on the breast, depends the clasp of the jacket, a large silver egg, made so as to open and serve as a cup....