Reminiscences of half a century, by an accurate observer1838 |
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... stand pre - eminent . Dean Jackson's name will never be forgotten ; well do I remember his courtly mien , and the little gownsman his never - failing attendant , who af- terwards succeeded to some valuable church preferment . I passed ...
... stand pre - eminent . Dean Jackson's name will never be forgotten ; well do I remember his courtly mien , and the little gownsman his never - failing attendant , who af- terwards succeeded to some valuable church preferment . I passed ...
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... stands unri- valled ; Christchurch , and its noble quadrangles and stately groves , immortalizing the munifi- cent Wolsey ; Magdalen too , ever memorable for having had Addison within its walls ; the new buildings and the deer in the ...
... stands unri- valled ; Christchurch , and its noble quadrangles and stately groves , immortalizing the munifi- cent Wolsey ; Magdalen too , ever memorable for having had Addison within its walls ; the new buildings and the deer in the ...
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... stand unrivalled . Clare Hall is also very handsome ; the town of Cambridge , however , is shabby compared to Oxford , and as a whole the unprejudiced would be inclined I think to give the preference to Oxford . I now began to mix more ...
... stand unrivalled . Clare Hall is also very handsome ; the town of Cambridge , however , is shabby compared to Oxford , and as a whole the unprejudiced would be inclined I think to give the preference to Oxford . I now began to mix more ...
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... stand a comparison with Burke or Sheridan . I was one of those who rejoiced most heartily at the acquittal of the noble Lord , for though he might have been lax in not keeping a salutary check on his subordinate , yet I do not believe ...
... stand a comparison with Burke or Sheridan . I was one of those who rejoiced most heartily at the acquittal of the noble Lord , for though he might have been lax in not keeping a salutary check on his subordinate , yet I do not believe ...
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... stand ; -no Siddons , no Kemble , no Kean . The rage seems to be for spectacle , and the late dinner - hours make it almost impos- sible to see a good play from beginning to end . I fear it will be long before we have another Siddons ...
... stand ; -no Siddons , no Kemble , no Kean . The rage seems to be for spectacle , and the late dinner - hours make it almost impos- sible to see a good play from beginning to end . I fear it will be long before we have another Siddons ...
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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.