Wanderings by the Seineproprietor, 1834 - 256 páginas |
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Página 102 - O could I feel as I have felt, or be what I have been, Or weep, as I could once have wept, o'er many a vanished scene!
Página 56 - Cypress and ivy, weed and wall-flower, grown, Matted, and massed together, hillocks heaped On what were chambers, arch crushed, column strewn In fragments, choked-up vaults, and frescos steeped In subterranean damps, where the owl peeped, Deeming it midnight.
Página 56 - Come and see The cypress, hear the owl, and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples
Página 165 - which had stopped at the door of the public house. The apparition of a vehicle of this kind in such a place was unaccountable. A balloon would not have surprised us; but the idea of steam was associated in our minds only with that of rails, flat ground, or the level ocean.
Página 165 - in Middlesex ; and, although so far inland, serves as a land-mark for vessels at sea. The access to it from the London side is by a road far steeper and more difficult than the one by which we once climbed over the Simplon into Italy. While meditating on a phenomenon which left our philosophy at fault, we were accosted by Colonel
Página 131 - represent the meeting of Henry VIII. and Francis I. on the Field of the Cloth of Gold. These
Página 37 - were constructed by Louis XV. to correspond with those of Ailley and Barfleur. After climbing the rock, he will reach the summit of one of the towers by means of a stair of more than a hundred steps; and from this
Página 32 - for nearly a quarter of an hour. At the end of that time, the
Página 150 - was pulled down and cast into cannon. Nay, the congeniality in their destiny continued even after this double work of destruction was completed ; for the outrages heaped upon the remains of the king were perpetuated on those of his monitor. Medals were struck from some fragments that remained, bearing this insulting inscription : — MONUMENT DE VANITE
Página 153 - Pont, till he almost completely intersects the town. He will find at last the Rue Beffroi on the left, behind which is the church of Saint Godard, where that archbishop was buried in a subterranean chapel in the year 533. The stained windows are very beautiful; and, among the subjects, it is hoped he will