Switzerland: Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken Expressly for this Work, Volumen2George Virtue, 1836 |
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... course led to hostilities , and the people , denied every other means of redress , appealed to arms . At a meeting of the Suabian towns the alliance was annulled , and the Appenzellers , deserted by St. Gall , addressed themselves to ...
... course led to hostilities , and the people , denied every other means of redress , appealed to arms . At a meeting of the Suabian towns the alliance was annulled , and the Appenzellers , deserted by St. Gall , addressed themselves to ...
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... course of goat's whey has been found eminently successful , and may be still further im- proved in its beneficial virtues , by combining it with the jelly of Iceland moss . Several mineral springs in the immediate neighbourhood enjoy ...
... course of goat's whey has been found eminently successful , and may be still further im- proved in its beneficial virtues , by combining it with the jelly of Iceland moss . Several mineral springs in the immediate neighbourhood enjoy ...
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... course of which is also a striking • The Landsgemeinde , or general assembly , comprising about ten thousand of the male population , is held at Trogen , in May . The most interesting of these political meetings are those of this canton ...
... course of which is also a striking • The Landsgemeinde , or general assembly , comprising about ten thousand of the male population , is held at Trogen , in May . The most interesting of these political meetings are those of this canton ...
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... course of tyranny ; and to this , even the guardians of the abbey clandestinely assented , and fomented the opposition against the pious and philanthropic views of the worthy abbot . So difficult is it for those who have once tasted the ...
... course of tyranny ; and to this , even the guardians of the abbey clandestinely assented , and fomented the opposition against the pious and philanthropic views of the worthy abbot . So difficult is it for those who have once tasted the ...
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... course , And , round thy walls , in living crystal thrown , With glassy arms embrace thee like a zone , And smooth their mountain wave to form for thee Thy mirror lake - the beauteous Bodensee ! " * It may be doubted by the lovers of ...
... course , And , round thy walls , in living crystal thrown , With glassy arms embrace thee like a zone , And smooth their mountain wave to form for thee Thy mirror lake - the beauteous Bodensee ! " * It may be doubted by the lovers of ...
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Aargau abbot Alpine Alps already ancient Appenzell arms Austrian avoyer Basle baths battle battle of Morat BATTLE OF SEMPACH beautiful Bern Bernese bishopric of Basle bridge canton castle cathedral celebrated century chalet château church citizens commands Confederacy Confederates Constance cultivated descending district duke elegant Erlach favour fête forest France French fresh Fribourg Gall glaciers Grindelwald Hasli height honour hundred feet Huss inhabitants John Huss Jura labour lake lake of Neuchâtel Laupen Lausanne Lauterbrunnen leagues length lesser council Lucern magnificent Morat mountains natural Neuchâtel night nobles numerous Oberland passed pastures patriotic petrifactions picturesque population possession precipice present residence Rhine river rock Roman rushed scene scenery Schaffhausen Soleure strangers sublime summit Swiss Switzerland territory thousand Thun Thurgau torrent tower town trees troops Unterwalden upwards valley vast Vaud village W. H. Bartlett walls waters Wetterhorn Yverdun Zurich
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Página 9 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Página 26 - And mounts in spray the skies, and thence again Returns in an unceasing shower, which round) With its unemptied cloud of gentle rain, Is an eternal April to the ground Making it all one emerald: — how profound The gulf! and how the giant element From rock to rock leaps with delirious bound, Crushing the cliffs, which, downward worn and rent With his fierce footsteps, yield in chasms a fearful vent...
Página 92 - All heaven and earth are still — though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most ; And silent, as we stand in thoughts too deep...
Página 45 - And thou, mine honour'd love and true Bear on, bear nobly on : We have the blessed heaven in view, Whose rest shall soon be won." And were not these high words to flow From woman's breaking heart ? Through all that night of bitterest...
Página 26 - Lo ! where it comes like an eternity, As if to sweep down all things in its track, Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract...
Página 22 - Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death.bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn : Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
Página 116 - In viewing the descent of the trees, my nephew and I stood quite close to the edge of the trough, not being more interested about any thing than to experience the impression which the near view of so singular an object must make on a spectator. The noise, the rapidity of the motion, the magnitude of the moving body, and the force with which it seemed to shake the trough as it passed, were altogether very formidable, and conveyed an idea of danger much greater than the reality. Our guide refused to...