Reminiscences of half a century, by an accurate observer1838 |
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... Palermo , with my friend Mr. O'M . We landed at Palermo , after a very agreeable passage of forty - eight hours . As we approached the bay , we admired the mountains , many of them verdant to the top , covered with lemon and orange ...
... Palermo , with my friend Mr. O'M . We landed at Palermo , after a very agreeable passage of forty - eight hours . As we approached the bay , we admired the mountains , many of them verdant to the top , covered with lemon and orange ...
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Reminiscences. the afternoon are well attended . The heat in Palermo is intense , much more so than at Naples . In a grotto here I found an agreeable retreat . Near this are a botanical garden and lecture - room of very chaste ...
Reminiscences. the afternoon are well attended . The heat in Palermo is intense , much more so than at Naples . In a grotto here I found an agreeable retreat . Near this are a botanical garden and lecture - room of very chaste ...
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... Palermo could not procure any thing of the kind . On mentioning this at our hotel , the waiter observed , " that things were now much changed , and that he believed the following proverb quite true , ' Omnes Italiani mali , sed Siculi ...
... Palermo could not procure any thing of the kind . On mentioning this at our hotel , the waiter observed , " that things were now much changed , and that he believed the following proverb quite true , ' Omnes Italiani mali , sed Siculi ...
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... Palermo after this short excur- sion , half broiled with the intense heat to which we had been exposed . The My friends preferring to return from Naples to Rome , and by Ancona to Venice , I was very sorry to be obliged to separate from ...
... Palermo after this short excur- sion , half broiled with the intense heat to which we had been exposed . The My friends preferring to return from Naples to Rome , and by Ancona to Venice , I was very sorry to be obliged to separate from ...
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... I began to be tormented with pullicce , fleas , and everything that was abominable . In this plight did I re- main for nine days between Giorgenti and Genoa , which I ought to have done from Palermo REMINISCENCE . 139.
... I began to be tormented with pullicce , fleas , and everything that was abominable . In this plight did I re- main for nine days between Giorgenti and Genoa , which I ought to have done from Palermo REMINISCENCE . 139.
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afterwards amongst ancient appeared arrived ascended battle battle of Marengo battle of Morat beautiful Berne boat bronze building built Buonaparte called cantons cathedral celebrated châlet chapel château church of St Clonmel dined dressed Duke Elba Emperor entered erected feet high formerly France garden grand Grindelvald handsome heard honour horse hundred immense interred Julius Cæsar King ladies lake leagues lived Lord Lucerne Lungern Madame magnificent marble Martigny Mer de Glace miles Monsieur Mont Mont Blanc monument Morat morning mountain Naples Napoleon neat never night o'clock observed painted palace Palermo Paris particularly party passed Payerne peasants Peter's Pope procured public walk Quirinal Palace remains residence returned Rhone road rock Roman Rome route ruins scenery seen side spot stands statue stone Swiss Switzerland temple thousand inhabitants toises town Turin Tyrol valley Vevey village visited wine wood
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Página 217 - But these are deeds which should not pass away, And names that must not wither, though the earth Forgets her empires with a just decay, The enslavers and the enslaved, their death and birth...
Página 66 - Vevay — visitez le pays, examinez les sites, promenez.vous sur le lac, et dites si la Nature n'a pas fait ce beau pays pour une Julie, pour une Claire, et pour un St. Preux ; mais ne les y cherchez pas.
Página 217 - And there — oh! sweet and sacred be the name! — Julia— the daughter, the devoted— gave Her youth to Heaven ; her heart, beneath a claim Nearest to Heaven's, broke o'er a father's grave.
Página 165 - It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it frowns More upon humour, than advis'd respect.
Página 66 - J'allai à Vevay loger à la Clef; et pendant deux jours que j'y restai sans voir personne, je pris pour cette ville un amour qui m'a suivi dans tous mes voyages, et qui m'ya fait établir enfin les héros de mon roman.
Página 216 - Tis the last remnant of the wreck of years, And looks as with the wild-bewilder'd gaze Of one to stone converted by amaze, Yet still with consciousness ; and there it stands Making a marvel that it not decays, When the coeval pride of human hands, Levell'd Aventicum, 21 hath strew'd her subject lands.