Our Cruise in the Undine: The Journal of an English Pair-oar Expedition Through France, Baden, Rhenish Bavaria, Prussia, and BelgiumJ. W. Parker and son, 1854 - 156 pages |
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... beautiful for river scenery that we had yet enjoyed . But the sun being very powerful , we made a tent of the oars , sculls , and canvas covering of the boat , under which we rested three hours , taking an alternate snooze and a sketch ...
... beautiful for river scenery that we had yet enjoyed . But the sun being very powerful , we made a tent of the oars , sculls , and canvas covering of the boat , under which we rested three hours , taking an alternate snooze and a sketch ...
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... beautiful scenery which Murray says resembles the Meuse between Liege and Namur- really , it is much finer . * The Professor's acquaintance with the sea has been derived exclusively from crossing the Channel in steamers . CHAPTER VII ...
... beautiful scenery which Murray says resembles the Meuse between Liege and Namur- really , it is much finer . * The Professor's acquaintance with the sea has been derived exclusively from crossing the Channel in steamers . CHAPTER VII ...
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... beautiful order that you might almost fancy yourself in private grounds . Towards evening we approached Baume , a tolerable village near the river , and famous for its pâtés and fish , which last we can answer for as deserving notice ...
... beautiful order that you might almost fancy yourself in private grounds . Towards evening we approached Baume , a tolerable village near the river , and famous for its pâtés and fish , which last we can answer for as deserving notice ...
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... times , and we were more than once obliged to jump out and lift her over some rocks which we had easily avoided in going up stream . The drive along the banks here must be very 58 THE VOSGES . beautiful ; for from below Ile.
... times , and we were more than once obliged to jump out and lift her over some rocks which we had easily avoided in going up stream . The drive along the banks here must be very 58 THE VOSGES . beautiful ; for from below Ile.
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... beautiful ; for from below Ile - sur - Doubs on to Montbelliard , the high road runs close to the stream the whole way , following the windings of the river , between well - wooded hills which rise on either side to the height of two ...
... beautiful ; for from below Ile - sur - Doubs on to Montbelliard , the high road runs close to the stream the whole way , following the windings of the river , between well - wooded hills which rise on either side to the height of two ...
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Page 138 - IN the ancient town of Bruges, In the quaint old Flemish city, As the evening shades descended, Low and loud and sweetly blended, Low at times and loud at times, And changing like a poet's rhymes, Rang the beautiful wild chimes From the Belfry in the market Of the ancient town of Bruges.
Page 132 - Ghent is said to have contained 80,000 men capable of bearing arms. The number of weavers then amounted to 40,000 ; and they alone could furnish 18,000 fighting men out of their corporation. A custom derived from that period still exists in the town : — A bell was rung at morning, noon, and evening, to summon the weavers to their work and meals ; while it tolled, the drawbridges over the canals could not be raised for the passage of vessels ; and other persons were even enjoined not to go out into...
Page 22 - Or stretch'd on the beach, or our saddles spread As a pillow beneath the resting head, Fresh we woke upon the morrow : All our thoughts and words had scope, We had health, and we had hope, Toil and travel, but no sorrow.
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Page 114 - ... this noble river ! And right it is; for, of all the rivers of this beautiful earth, there is none so beautiful as this. There is hardly a league of its whole course, from its cradle in the snowy Alps to its grave in the sands of Holland, which boasts not its peculiar charms. By...
Page 114 - ... no other part of its course does it fill an ampler channel or roll along with more impetuous rapidity. It enters the Lake of Constance turbid with the impurities of the glacier torrents which feed it. It emerges crystalline in purity, and deliciously green in colour. Well may Longfellow exclaim : " O the pride of the German heart in this noble river! And right it is, for of all the rivers of this beautiful earth there is none so beautiful as this.
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Page 114 - The Rhine ! the Rhine ! a blessing on the Rhine !" O, the pride of the German heart in this noble river ! And right it is ; for, of all the rivers of this beautiful earth, there is none so beautiful as this. There is hardly a league of its whole course, from its cradle in the snowy Alps to its grave in the sands of Holland, which boasts not its peculiar charms.