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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... AT ST . JEAN DE L'OSNE 34 ON THE BANKS OF THE DOUBS 44 SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS 74 PASSING THE SHALLOWS 82 FERTIG ! LOSS ! 102 A WARM NIGHT NEAR GERNSHEIM 108 MAKING THE BEST OF IT 110 SHIP ! DUCK ! 126 OF IOH 30 49 PAR Juvisy Fontainebl 48 ...
... AT ST . JEAN DE L'OSNE 34 ON THE BANKS OF THE DOUBS 44 SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS 74 PASSING THE SHALLOWS 82 FERTIG ! LOSS ! 102 A WARM NIGHT NEAR GERNSHEIM 108 MAKING THE BEST OF IT 110 SHIP ! DUCK ! 126 OF IOH 30 49 PAR Juvisy Fontainebl 48 ...
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... night air . The scenery was not over in- teresting , to be sure , but there was a plenty of good shooting for the sportsman , for the ecclesiologist numerous fine churches to inspect , and for the lover of good cheer , a set of real ...
... night air . The scenery was not over in- teresting , to be sure , but there was a plenty of good shooting for the sportsman , for the ecclesiologist numerous fine churches to inspect , and for the lover of good cheer , a set of real ...
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... night , intending to return the next day ; for the Emperor had offered some prizes of Sèvres porcelain to be raced for , and some good pulling ( that is , for the Seine ) might be expected . kind- On our return to Paris we called on a ...
... night , intending to return the next day ; for the Emperor had offered some prizes of Sèvres porcelain to be raced for , and some good pulling ( that is , for the Seine ) might be expected . kind- On our return to Paris we called on a ...
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... night . At three o'clock the next morning the people began again to collect in the yard , and continued increasing in numbers till nine , for it had been given out the previous night that it was our inten- tion to start at that time in ...
... night . At three o'clock the next morning the people began again to collect in the yard , and continued increasing in numbers till nine , for it had been given out the previous night that it was our inten- tion to start at that time in ...
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... night , especially when we learnt that from the heights of the Jura near the town , the snowy top of Mont Blanc may be seen , being one hundred miles distant as the crow flies ; but having still a long evening before us , we pre- ferred ...
... night , especially when we learnt that from the heights of the Jura near the town , the snowy top of Mont Blanc may be seen , being one hundred miles distant as the crow flies ; but having still a long evening before us , we pre- ferred ...
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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.