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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... distance , some little way a - head of them , during two - thirds of the race , but the funny being built for a lighter weight , and he not being at all accustomed to sculling , was obliged to give in , and pull gently towards shore ...
... distance , some little way a - head of them , during two - thirds of the race , but the funny being built for a lighter weight , and he not being at all accustomed to sculling , was obliged to give in , and pull gently towards shore ...
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... distance from the town . Another day's pull brought us to Montereau . Here we rested , for from the neighbouring hills a fine view may be obtained of the surrounding country , the winding of the Seine below , and the junction of the ...
... distance from the town . Another day's pull brought us to Montereau . Here we rested , for from the neighbouring hills a fine view may be obtained of the surrounding country , the winding of the Seine below , and the junction of the ...
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... distance in the same time , but apt to make us lazy , since there was so little work to be done . Our course was more monotonous , as far as con- cerns the scenery in our immediate neighbourhood : the canal often runs for miles without ...
... distance in the same time , but apt to make us lazy , since there was so little work to be done . Our course was more monotonous , as far as con- cerns the scenery in our immediate neighbourhood : the canal often runs for miles without ...
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... distance from the town , continued adding to their numbers until they assumed the appearance of a respectable crowd . Having procured the laissez - passer , which cost us the extravagant sum of one penny , we pulled on towards the town ...
... distance from the town , continued adding to their numbers until they assumed the appearance of a respectable crowd . Having procured the laissez - passer , which cost us the extravagant sum of one penny , we pulled on towards the town ...
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... distance up the Saône , we overtook a gang of barges to which we fastened our small craft - jumped on board - fraternized with the bargees , and partook of the very tolerable cheer that our companions civilly offered us . They were much ...
... distance up the Saône , we overtook a gang of barges to which we fastened our small craft - jumped on board - fraternized with the bargees , and partook of the very tolerable cheer that our companions civilly offered us . They were much ...
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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.
Page 156 - The Merchant and the Friar; or, Truths and Fictions of the Middle Ages. By Sir F.
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.