Hand-book for travellers in France [by J. Murray. 1st] 3rd-14th, 16th, 18th ed1856 |
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15th centy Abbey Adour ancient antique arches architecture Ardèche ascend Avignon Bagnères Bagnères de Bigorre bank Barèges bas-reliefs beautiful Bordeaux Bourg Briançon bridge building built Caen called Camisards Canal carved castle Cathedral Cauterets cent centy chapel Château choir church crossed curious Dépt Diligences daily edifice English formed fortress France French Garonne Gothic granite height Henri Henri IV hill Hôtel houses Inhab Inns Isère kilom King lofty Loire Louis Louis XIV Lyons marble Marseilles Mont monument mountains Nantes nave nearly ornamented Paris pass picturesque Pont Port portal Poste Pyrenees Railway Rhône rising river road rock Roman Romanesque roof Rouen round ROUTE ruins side situated slopes Stat steamers steep stone streets style surmounted tion Toulouse Tour tower town transept traveller traversed valley vaulted village walls wine
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Page 486 - I do not remember to have gone ten paces without an exclamation that there was no restraining: not a precipice, not a torrent, not a cliff, but is pregnant with religion and poetry. There are certain scenes that would awe an atheist into belief, without the help of other argument.
Page 61 - IL était un roi d'Yvetot, Peu connu dans l'histoire ; Se levant tard, se couchant tôt, Dormant fort bien sans gloire, Et couronné par Jeanneton D'un simple bonnet de coton, Dit-on.
Page 454 - In midnight darkness, whisper'd my last sigh. I whisper'd what should echo through their realms; Nor writ her name, whose tomb should pierce the skies.
Page 229 - ... must recollect that their nations are at war with France solely because the ruler of the French nation will not allow them to be at peace, and is desirous of forcing them to submit to his yoke ; and they must not forget that the worst of the evils suffered by the enemy in his profligate invasion of Spain and Portugal, have been occasioned by the irregularities of the soldiers, and their cruelties, authorized and encouraged by their chiefs, towards the unfortunate and peaceful inhabitants of the...
Page 98 - It is a grand and picturesque ruin, occupying a commanding position at the extremity of the town, where the platform is cut into a narrow promontory by gullies which isolate it on 3 sides, rendering it a place of great strength. To this it was indebted for the 9 sieges which it had to sustain. The approach to it is behind the modern H. de Ville. A college or grammar-school has been established within the outer court, and occupies a chapel said to be of the 12th cent.
Page 563 - ... should be forced, to rush headlong into the flames, and to deprive his enemies of the glory which they might have acquired, by the death or captivity of Attila.
Page 229 - The Officers and soldiers of the army must recollect that their nations are at war with France solely because the Ruler of the French nation will not allow them to be at peace...