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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... feet above the river , half of its channel being cut in the hill side , and the other half built up . It formed a very pretty and at the same time to us novel feature in the scene this terrace of water reminding one some- what of the ...
... feet above the river , half of its channel being cut in the hill side , and the other half built up . It formed a very pretty and at the same time to us novel feature in the scene this terrace of water reminding one some- what of the ...
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... feet in length , and had but recently made his meal of a large frog , which we discovered whole in the snake's inside whilst we were dis- patching him . The inhabitants of Clerval , the next place of any importance we came too , were ...
... feet in length , and had but recently made his meal of a large frog , which we discovered whole in the snake's inside whilst we were dis- patching him . The inhabitants of Clerval , the next place of any importance we came too , were ...
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... feet . Having left the Doubs , which takes a sudden turn near Montbelliard , we came upon a glorious view of the Vosges mountains , which looked all the grander on account of the flatness of the interjacent country . The level of the ...
... feet . Having left the Doubs , which takes a sudden turn near Montbelliard , we came upon a glorious view of the Vosges mountains , which looked all the grander on account of the flatness of the interjacent country . The level of the ...
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... feet ) , the Donon ( 3314 feet ) , and the Ballon de Sultz , the highest of all ( 4693 feet ) . The rivers Seine , Saône , Moselle , and Saar , rise in the Vosges . The finest view of this extensive range of mountains is to be obtained ...
... feet ) , the Donon ( 3314 feet ) , and the Ballon de Sultz , the highest of all ( 4693 feet ) . The rivers Seine , Saône , Moselle , and Saar , rise in the Vosges . The finest view of this extensive range of mountains is to be obtained ...
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... feet , and there was an immense body of water rushing over at a fearful rate . The Coxswain was often greatly puzzled to decide which stream to follow , or on which side of an island or sandbank he should steer ; and down about the ...
... feet , and there was an immense body of water rushing over at a fearful rate . The Coxswain was often greatly puzzled to decide which stream to follow , or on which side of an island or sandbank he should steer ; and down about the ...
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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.
Page 155 - Brampton Rectory: or, the Lesson of Life. Second Edition. 8s. 6d. Compton Merivale: another Leaf from the Lesson of Life. By the Author of Brampton Rectory . 8s.
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.