The American Travellers' Guides: Hand-books for Travellers in Europe and the East, Being a Guide Through Great Britain and Ireland, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Egypt, Syria, Turkey, Greece, Switzerland, Tyrol, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Spain, and Portugal, Volumen13,Parte3;Volumen17,Parte3Fetridge & Company, 1874 |
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... town is the largest in the confederacy , and when seen from the lake presents a mag- nificent appearance . The River Rhone di- vides the town into two parts , the right bank being called the Quartier St. Gervais , which is mostly ...
... town is the largest in the confederacy , and when seen from the lake presents a mag- nificent appearance . The River Rhone di- vides the town into two parts , the right bank being called the Quartier St. Gervais , which is mostly ...
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... town was founded by Voltaire in 1759. He purchased some 900 acres of land , built a fine chateau , and erected a church , collected numerous colonists , and founded useful manufactures among them . He also built a theatre , which has ...
... town was founded by Voltaire in 1759. He purchased some 900 acres of land , built a fine chateau , and erected a church , collected numerous colonists , and founded useful manufactures among them . He also built a theatre , which has ...
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... town . It was erected in the 12th cent- ury ; its towers , however , are of the 16th . It was here that Bonstetten received Car- not . He arrived one night covered with rags and dying with hunger ; the baillie gave him his own clothes ...
... town . It was erected in the 12th cent- ury ; its towers , however , are of the 16th . It was here that Bonstetten received Car- not . He arrived one night covered with rags and dying with hunger ; the baillie gave him his own clothes ...
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... town founded in 931 by the dukes of Zähringen , and one of the prettiest towns of the canton of Vaud . Its old chateau , flanked by four towers , was erect- ed toward the close of the 13th century . During the wars of the French Revolu ...
... town founded in 931 by the dukes of Zähringen , and one of the prettiest towns of the canton of Vaud . Its old chateau , flanked by four towers , was erect- ed toward the close of the 13th century . During the wars of the French Revolu ...
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... town . | existence to the liberality of M. Haldeman , Many new buildings have lately been erect- ed , and the town is much improved . probably no spot in Switzerland where travelers so much enjoy. The principal building in Lausanne is ...
... town . | existence to the liberality of M. Haldeman , Many new buildings have lately been erect- ed , and the town is much improved . probably no spot in Switzerland where travelers so much enjoy. The principal building in Lausanne is ...
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Página 675 - And this is in the night. — Most glorious night! Thou wert not sent for slumber! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight, — A portion of the tempest and of thee! How the lit lake shines, — a phosphoric sea! And the big rain comes dancing to the earth ! And now again, 'tis black, — and now, the glee Of the loud hills shakes with its mountain mirth, As if they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth.
Página 675 - The sky is changed! - and such a change! Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud!
Página 836 - Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die : Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
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Página 675 - Sky, mountains, river, winds, lake, lightnings ! ye, With night, and clouds, and thunder, and a soul To make these felt and feeling, well may be Things that have made me watchful ; the far roll Of your departing voices is the knoll Of what in me is sleepless, — if I rest. But where of ye, O tempests ! is the goal ? Are ye like those within the human breast ? Or do ye find, at length, like eagles, some high nest...
Página 682 - ... them in their sullen trade, Had seen the mice by moonlight play, And why should I feel less than they? We were all inmates of one place, And I, the monarch of each race, Had power to kill, — yet, strange to tell! In quiet we had learned to dwell, — My very chains and I grew friends, So much a long communion tends To make us what we are : — even I Regained my freedom with a sigh.
Página 837 - Came thro' the jaws of Death, Back from the mouth of hell, All that was left of them, Left of six hundred When can their glory fade?
Página 681 - It was at length the same to me Fettered or fetterless to be, I learned to love despair. And thus when they appeared at last, And all my bonds aside were cast, These heavy walls to me had grown A hermitage, — and all my own...
Página 681 - It might be months, or years, or days, I kept no count — I took no note, I had no hope my eyes to raise, And clear them of their dreary mote...
Página 675 - Now, where the quick Rhone thus hath cleft his way, The mightiest of the storms hath ta'en his stand : For here, not one, but many, make their play, And fling their thunderbolts from hand to hand...