Travels Through Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Sicily, Volume 1G.G. & J. Robinson, 1796 |
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affembly againſt antient appears artiſt beautiful becauſe befide Berne built burghers called canton charming church confiderable confifts council courſe diſcovered diſtance Emperor faid fame feen fent feven fhade fhall fhewed fhore fide firft firſt fituation fmall fome foon ftands ftate ftatue ftill ftone ftood ftream fubject fuch fuppofed furrounded garden Geneva Genoa Guercino high bailiff hill himſelf honour horſe houſe hundred increaſed inhabitants iſland Italy itſelf King laft lake lake of Albano laſt leagues lefs likewife Lucerne mafter marble moft moſt mountains muft muſt noble occafion oppofite paffed painter palace Pempelfort picture pillars pleaſant pleaſure poet Pope prefent profpect Raphael reprefents Rhine rife rocks Romans Rome ſaw ſeen ſhall ſhe ſhore ſhould ſmall ſpirit ſtands ſtate ſtatue ſtill Swabia Swifs Switzerland temple thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand town trees uſe valley Vaud vifited viſited whofe whoſe yeſterday Zürich
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Page 489 - O'er whose unhappy waters, void of light, No bird presumes to steer his airy flight : Such deadly stenches from the depth arise, And steaming sulphur, that infects the skies. From hence, the Grecian bards their legends make, And give the name Avernus, to the lake.
Page 8 - The grassy clods now calved, now half appeared The tawny lion, pawing to get free His hinder parts, then springs as broke from bonds, And rampant shakes his brinded mane...
Page 350 - When we arrive at the end of the thirteenth and the beginning of the fourteenth century...
Page 444 - Thou fhalt love the Lord thy God with " all thy heart, with all thy foul, and with all thy mind. This " is the firft and great commandment. And the fecond is like ** unto it, Thou fhalt love thy neighbour as thyfelf. On thefe " two commandments hang all the law and the prophets (a).
Page 227 - P«ter faid, Silver and gold have I none : but fuch as I have give I thee : In the name ot Jefus 7 Chr'ift of Nazareth, rife up and walk...
Page 407 - At this, for the last time, she lifts her hand, Averts her eyes, and, half unwilling, drops the brand. The brand, amid the flaming...
Page 460 - Within a long recess a bay there lies, Edged round with cliffs high pointing to the skies; The jutting shores that swell on either side Contract its mouth, and break the rushing tide. Our eager sailors seize the fair retreat, And bound within the port their crowded fleet: For here retired the sinking billows sleep, And smiling calmness silver'd o'er the deep.
Page 474 - Popolo : the reprefentative of the people : a kind, of tribune, as far as fuch an office can exifl in an unlimited monarchy, like that of Naples. He likewife appeals to the King in perfon. The demands of the Lazaroni are moderate: they have a fenfe of right and' wrong : which the people feldom want, when they are not mifled.
Page 443 - Thou fhalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy foul, and with all thy mind ; this is the firft and great commandment : and the fecond is like unto it, Thou fhalt love thy neighbour as thyfelf ; on thefe two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Page 335 - Alcides, then a conqueror. Dare to be poor; accept our homely food, Which feasted him, and emulate a god." Then underneath a lowly roof he led The weary prince, and laid him on a bed; The stuffing leaves, with hides of bears o'erspread.