A sketch of a tour in Switzerland, in a series of letters |
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... Bridge Hotel , Blackfriar's Road . Here we found awaiting our arrival two of our nieces who were to accompany us on a tour which proved to be one of perfect safety and of great gratification . Having parted with some dear friends who ...
... Bridge Hotel , Blackfriar's Road . Here we found awaiting our arrival two of our nieces who were to accompany us on a tour which proved to be one of perfect safety and of great gratification . Having parted with some dear friends who ...
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... bridge of 14 arches , 600feet in length . Here the river is in its greatest beauty . The population is variously estimated . Murray says , " The town contains 27,500 inhabit- ants ( 21500 Protestants , 5500 Catholics ) . " The editor of ...
... bridge of 14 arches , 600feet in length . Here the river is in its greatest beauty . The population is variously estimated . Murray says , " The town contains 27,500 inhabit- ants ( 21500 Protestants , 5500 Catholics ) . " The editor of ...
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... bridges in the Via Mala , as the even- ing was fast approaching ; and , some twenty minutes after , I proceeded in the same direction . I was soon well nigh overwhelmed with the awful magnificence of this pass ; and after walking a con ...
... bridges in the Via Mala , as the even- ing was fast approaching ; and , some twenty minutes after , I proceeded in the same direction . I was soon well nigh overwhelmed with the awful magnificence of this pass ; and after walking a con ...
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... ordinary height of the Middle Bridge above the river is 400 feet . The road , a most magnificent one , was constructed by the engineer Pocobelli , and in one part of it there is a tunnel made through the hard slate rock 216 feet long . I ...
... ordinary height of the Middle Bridge above the river is 400 feet . The road , a most magnificent one , was constructed by the engineer Pocobelli , and in one part of it there is a tunnel made through the hard slate rock 216 feet long . I ...
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... Bridge between the French and the Austrians and Russians . It contains some 600 inhabitants , and is 4450 feet above the sea - level . Here we spent our second Sabbath , and here I felt the force of David's words when he said , " As the ...
... Bridge between the French and the Austrians and Russians . It contains some 600 inhabitants , and is 4450 feet above the sea - level . Here we spent our second Sabbath , and here I felt the force of David's words when he said , " As the ...
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Página 89 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Página 33 - The impetuous song, and say from whom you rage. His praise, ye brooks, attune, ye trembling rills ; And let me catch it as I muse along. Ye headlong torrents, rapid and profound ; Ye softer floods, that lead the humid maze Along the vale ; and thou, majestic main, A secret world of wonders in thyself, Sound his stupendous praise whose greater voice Or bids you roar, or bids your roarings fall.
Página 47 - He hath made every thing beautiful in his time : also he hath set the world in their heart; so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Página 101 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Página 37 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Página 9 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim, religious light. There let the pealing organ blow To the full-voiced quire below, In service high and anthems clear, As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all heaven before mine eyes.
Página 69 - They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.