Europa: Or, Scenes And Society in England, France, Italy And SwitzerlandI was disappointed in Englishmen to some extent. They were not so portly, on the whole, as I supposed; and while there were seen few tall, lean, cadaverous men, as among us, there were less of the aldermanic size than I expected to find.-from "Men and Things"Originally written for the pleasure and edification of his friends, American Daniel Eddy's account of his European tour offers a fascinating perspective on the Continent of the mid- 19th century. Eddy finds an "objectionable practice" in Liverpool, regales us with a rare first-person observation of London's now legendary Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851, comments on the gin palaces and prisons of England, visits the infamous morgue in Paris, discovers what happens when you miss breakfast in the South of France, explores the catacombs of Naples, and much more. First published in 1852, this delightful book breathes with the adventurous spirit of a born traveler.Also available from Cosimo Classics: Eddy's Walter's Tours in the East: Walter in Jerusalem.American writer and reverend DANIEL C. EDDY served as chaplain of the Senate in 1856. He also wrote a series of books about the fictional Percy family's travels in Europe, including A Visit to Ireland (1859) and Through Scotland and England (1859). |
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... amid the muta- tions and revolutions of the land to which , to - day , all eyes are turned in deep solicitude . But patience , man ! to - morrow will come ; and such a morrow ! Heard you not how blood makes fat the soil , and bones ...
... amid the muta- tions and revolutions of the land to which , to - day , all eyes are turned in deep solicitude . But patience , man ! to - morrow will come ; and such a morrow ! Heard you not how blood makes fat the soil , and bones ...
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... amid the crumbling mon- uments of the past , has been ardently desired . A few months ago , the way was opened by which these desires could be gratified ; and , with the three- fold purpose of securing health , recreation , and knowl ...
... amid the crumbling mon- uments of the past , has been ardently desired . A few months ago , the way was opened by which these desires could be gratified ; and , with the three- fold purpose of securing health , recreation , and knowl ...
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... amid the arches overhead . As we passed up the aisle , we were at once recognized as strangers , and several pew doors were immediately thrown open to us an in- stance of genuine politeness seldom shown so promptly , and with such ...
... amid the arches overhead . As we passed up the aisle , we were at once recognized as strangers , and several pew doors were immediately thrown open to us an in- stance of genuine politeness seldom shown so promptly , and with such ...
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... amid gas and vapor , with the continual fear that the waters will break in from the river which rolls above . I experienced the Yankee feeling of disappointment , from the conviction that this stupendous work of art cannot be turned to ...
... amid gas and vapor , with the continual fear that the waters will break in from the river which rolls above . I experienced the Yankee feeling of disappointment , from the conviction that this stupendous work of art cannot be turned to ...
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... amid the articles in that great assemblage , the stranger found time to stop and admire . A journeyman tailor presents a quilt about ten feet square , made up of forty - five hundred pieces of cloth , the whole of which is wrought with ...
... amid the articles in that great assemblage , the stranger found time to stop and admire . A journeyman tailor presents a quilt about ten feet square , made up of forty - five hundred pieces of cloth , the whole of which is wrought with ...
Contents
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SOUTHERN FRANCE | 272 |
XXI | 282 |
XXIII | 296 |
XXIV | 306 |
XXV | 313 |
XXVI | 320 |
XXVII | 344 |
45 | 353 |
Carriages | 105 |
Formation of the Scotch Church | 116 |
Nonconformist Ministers | 132 |
IX | 136 |
X | 143 |
XII | 156 |
XIV | 171 |
XV | 186 |
Champs Elysées | 209 |
XVIII | 217 |
LOUIS NAPOLEON AND FRENCH POLITICS | 233 |
XXIX | 370 |
The Vatican | 399 |
FLORENCE | 428 |
XXXIII | 444 |
XXXIV | 451 |
XXXV | 462 |
XXXVI | 468 |
XXXVII | 476 |
XXXVIII | 485 |
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admiration altar America amid amusement appearance arches ashes beautiful beneath blood building Bunhill Fields buried carriage cathedral chapel church Civita Vecchia Count of Paris crime crowded Crystal Palace dark dead death door dress edifice eloquent England English entered Exeter Hall exhibition eyes feet France French friends gaze Genoa hands head heard hight hour hundred Italy kings land living London look Louis Bonaparte Louis Napoleon LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE Louis Philippe marble ment minister Misenum monks morning Mount Vesuvius mountain Naples nation never night noble once paintings Palace pallium Paris passed persons Pompeii poor pope preach priests prison pulpit queen religion republic Rome Sabbath scene seemed seen side soldiers soon spot stands stone stood stranger streets temple thousand throne tion tomb tower town walls whole woman women wonder
Popular passages
Page 39 - 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 475 - 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 475 - Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake," With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters for a purer spring. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a Sister's voice reproved, That I with stern delights should e'er have been so moved.
Page 358 - While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand; 'When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; 'And when Rome falls — the World.
Page 462 - Italia! oh Italia! thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty, which became A funeral dower of present woes and past, On thy sweet brow is sorrow plough'd by shame, And annals graved in characters of flame. Oh, God! that thou wert in thy nakedness Less lovely or more powerful, and couldst claim Thy right, and awe the robbers back, who press To shed thy blood, and drink the tears of thy distress...
Page 328 - ... 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 331 - At length a glimmering light appeared, which we imagined to be rather the forerunner of an approaching burst of flames, as in truth it was, than the return of day. However, the fire fell at a distance from us : then again we were immersed in thick darkness, and a heavy shower of ashes rained upon us, which we were obliged every now and then to shake off, otherwise we should have been crushed and buried in the heap.
Page 77 - 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 325 - It was not at that distance discernible from what mountain this cloud issued, but it was found afterwards to ascend from Mount Vesuvius. I cannot give a more exact description of its figure than by resembling it to that of a pine-tree, for it shot up a great height in the form of a trunk, which extended itself at the top into a sort of branches...
Page 453 - Bounded by the vaporous air, Islanded by cities fair; Underneath Day's azure eyes Ocean's nursling, Venice, lies, A peopled labyrinth of walls, Amphitrite's destined halls, Which her hoary sire now paves With his blue and beaming waves.
References to this book
Passionate Pilgrims: The American Traveler in Great Britain, 1800-1914 Allison Lockwood Limited preview - 1981 |