Europa; or, Notes of a recent ramble through England, France, Italy and Switzerland |
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... Palace . . 102 102 . 103 103 Carriages 99 Attendance € 105 · Machinery 99 The Productions . • Daguerreotypes Greek Slave 99 The next Exhibition 106 . 107 100 VII . Church Service Clerks Singing 109 Hon . and Rev. B. W. Noel 121 109 ...
... Palace . . 102 102 . 103 103 Carriages 99 Attendance € 105 · Machinery 99 The Productions . • Daguerreotypes Greek Slave 99 The next Exhibition 106 . 107 100 VII . Church Service Clerks Singing 109 Hon . and Rev. B. W. Noel 121 109 ...
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... Palace . 139 Queen Victoria St. James's Palace 140 Prince Albert Lambeth Palace 140 Prince and Princess of Prussia 137 Apsley House · 140 The royal Children Northumberland House 140 Royal Annoyances 138 Hon . Abbott Lawrence . 141 • The ...
... Palace . 139 Queen Victoria St. James's Palace 140 Prince Albert Lambeth Palace 140 Prince and Princess of Prussia 137 Apsley House · 140 The royal Children Northumberland House 140 Royal Annoyances 138 Hon . Abbott Lawrence . 141 • The ...
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... Palace of Tuileries • 239 Fontainebleau 240 St. Cloud • 240 Versailles • 240 Long - established Prejudices 240 Political Millennium 240 The Ballot Box . 241 A Republic • 241 A Kingdom 242 His Morals 243 The Press . 243 The public Voice ...
... Palace of Tuileries • 239 Fontainebleau 240 St. Cloud • 240 Versailles • 240 Long - established Prejudices 240 Political Millennium 240 The Ballot Box . 241 A Republic • 241 A Kingdom 242 His Morals 243 The Press . 243 The public Voice ...
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... 354 Temple of Romulus 354 Palace of the Cæsars • 355 Golden House of Nero • 355 Island of Pandaleria 355 Grotto of Egeria • • 356⚫ Temple of Bacchus XXXII . FLORENCE . Leaving mighty Rome 428 Hiram Powers CONTENTS . 19.
... 354 Temple of Romulus 354 Palace of the Cæsars • 355 Golden House of Nero • 355 Island of Pandaleria 355 Grotto of Egeria • • 356⚫ Temple of Bacchus XXXII . FLORENCE . Leaving mighty Rome 428 Hiram Powers CONTENTS . 19.
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... Palace . 431 The Grand Duke . Boboli Gardens . 431 Rome to America Convents and Churches 431 Austrian Soldiers . . Studios 432 Military Funeral Pampaloni 432 Relics and Rites XXXIII . The Diligence 444 • Affecting Verse · · St. Peter's ...
... Palace . 431 The Grand Duke . Boboli Gardens . 431 Rome to America Convents and Churches 431 Austrian Soldiers . . Studios 432 Military Funeral Pampaloni 432 Relics and Rites XXXIII . The Diligence 444 • Affecting Verse · · St. Peter's ...
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Page 358 - Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees which grew along the broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the stars Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watchdog bay'd beyond the Tiber ; and More near from out the Caesars...
Page 38 - But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Page 474 - Jura, whose capt heights appear Precipitously steep; and drawing near, There breathes a living fragrance from the shore, Of flowers yet fresh with childhood ; on the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar, Or chirps the grasshopper one good-night carol more...
Page 327 - ... dispersed the rest of the company, and obliged him to rise. He raised himself up, with the assistance of two of his servants, and instantly fell down dead — suffocated, as I conjecture, by some gross and noxious vapor, having always had weak lungs, and being frequently subject to a difficulty of breathing.
Page 76 - All you that in the condemned hold do lie, Prepare you, for to-morrow you shall die ; Watch all, and pray, the hour is drawing near That you before the Almighty must appear ; Examine well yourselves, in time repent, That you may not to eternal flames be sent. And when St. Sepulchre's bell to-morrow tolls, The Lord above have mercy on your souls. Past twelve o'clock...
Page 390 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low— And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Page 326 - But my uncle, in order to soothe the apprehensions of his friend, assured him it was only the burning of the villages which the country people had abandoned to the flames. After this, he retired to rest ; and it is most certain he was so little discomposed as to fall into a deep sleep ; for, being pretty fat, and breathing hard, those who attended without actually heard him snore.
Page 330 - ... calamities by terrible predictions. However, my mother and I, notwithstanding the danger we had passed, and that which still threatened us, had no thoughts of leaving the place, till we should receive some account of my uncle.
Page 187 - O'ER the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home!
Page 329 - Being got at a convenient distance from the houses, we stood still, in the midst of a most dangerous and dreadful scene. The chariots which we had ordered to be drawn out, were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting them with large stones. The sea seemed to roll back upon itself, and to be driven from its banks by the convulsive motion of the earth ; it is certain at least the shore was considerably enlarged, and...