Essays, Descriptive and Moral: On Scenes in Italy, Switzerland, and FranceArchibald Constable and Company, 1823 - 265 pages |
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Essays, Descriptive and Moral: On Scenes in Italy, Switzerland, and France Matthias Bruen No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 21 - And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a mill-stone shall be heard no more at all in thee...
Page 91 - 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 deathbed, 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.
Page 239 - Ahi, Costantin, di quanto mal fu matre, Non la tua conversion, ma quella dote Che da te prese il primo ricco patre!
Page 21 - And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all...
Page 78 - ... but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts, that the world is to be overcome, and the kingdom of righteousness and peace established.
Page 57 - now engaged in the degrading and polluting worship of idols, shall be brought to the knowledge of the true God and Jesus Christ whom He has sent.
Page 260 - I could observe spots, where the most desperate carnage had been marked out by the verdure of the wheat. The bodies had been heaped together, and scarcely more than covered. And so enriched is the soil, that in these spots, the grain never ripens; it grows rank and green to the end of the harvest.
Page 258 - Waterloo should have been fought upon a Sunday. What a different scene for the Scotch Greys and English infantry, from that which at that very hour was exhibited by their relatives ; when over England and Scotland each church bell had drawn together its worshippers ! While many a mother's heart was sending upward a prayer for her son's preservation, perhaps that son was gasping in agony.
Page 259 - But we know that many thousands rushed into this fight, even of those who had been instructed in our religious principles, without leisure for one serious thought ; and that some officers were killed in their ball dresses. They made the leap into the gulf which divides two worlds — the present from the immutable state, without one parting prayer, or one note of preparation...