Travelling notes in France, Italy and Switzerland of an invalid [J. Strang].1863 |
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adjuncts altar ancient antiquarian appearance architecture artistic beautiful better Bois de Boulogne Bois de Vincennes Bologna Boulevard buildings carriages Cathedral celebrated centre chapel church crowded dark Domenichino edifice elegant Emperor erected Europe exterior feel finest Florence Florentine former formerly France French Capital gallery gardens gazed Genoa Glasgow grand Guercino Herculaneum houses hundred inhabitants INVALID IN SEARCH Italian Italy journey la Superba lamps lately light lofty looked Mâcon magnificent marble MDCCCLXIII memory Milan miles monuments Mount Cenis mountain Municipality Naples Napoleon nearly numerous octroi once ornaments painted palace Paris particularly passed perhaps Peter's Piazza picturesque Pincian Hill Pompeii present railway residence rich Roman Rome ruins scarcely scene sculpture seen Septimus Severus short side splendid statue streets studio Susa table d'hôte Temple town TRAVELLING NOTES trees Turin villa western opening wine wonderful
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Page 181 - After laying down my pen. I took several turns in a berceau or covered walk of acacias which commands a prospect of the country, the lake and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene: the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all Nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame.
Page 180 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Page 1 - In all her length far winding lay, With promontory, creek, and bay, And islands that, empurpled bright, Floated amid the livelier light, And mountains, that like giants stand, To sentinel enchanted land. High on the south, huge Benvenue Down on the lake in masses threw Crags, knolls, and mounds, confusedly hurl'd, The fragments of an earlier world ; A wildering forest feather'd o'er His ruin'd sides and summit hoar, While on the north, through middle air, Ben-an heaved high his forehead bare. XV....
Page 181 - A rich banker of Paris, a citizen of Geneva, had the good fortune and good sense to discover and possess this inestimable treasure ; and in the capital of taste and luxury she resisted the temptations of wealth, as she had sustained the hardships of indigence. The genius of her husband has exalted him to the most conspicuous station in Europe. In every change of prosperity and disgrace he has reclined on the bosom of a faithful friend ; and Mademoiselle Curchod is now the wife of M. Necker, the minister,...
Page 159 - WEEP not for those whom the veil of the tomb In life's happy morning hath hid from our eyes, Ere sin threw a blight o'er the spirit's young bloom, Or earth had profaned what was born for the skies. Death...
Page 5 - I love thee, Twilight ! as thy shadows roll The calm of evening steals upon my soul, Sublimely tender, solemnly serene, Still as the hour, enchanting as the scene. I love thee, Twilight ! for thy gleams impart Their dear, their dying influence to my heart, When o'er the harp of thought thy passing wind Awakens all the music of the mind, And Joy and Sorrow, as the spirit burns, And Hope and Memory, sweep the chords by turns, While Contemplation, on seraphic wings, Mounts with the flame of sacrifice,...
Page 62 - Rome made a bold attempt to shake off the Saxon yoke, and the consul Crescentius was the Brutus of the republic. From the condition of a subject and an exile, he twice rose to the command of the city, oppressed, expelled, and created the popes, and formed a conspiracy for restoring the authority of the Greek emperors.
Page 31 - Ne'er tell me of glories serenely adorning The close of our day, the calm eve of our night — Give me back, give me back the wild freshness of Morning, Her clouds and her tears are worth Evening's best light...
Page 190 - Voto e freddo è il bel nido , e in queste sponde Tutto si mostra a me squallido ed irto. Par che gli smorti fior , le torbid...
Page 62 - Saxon yoke, and the consul Crescentius was the Brutus of the republic. From the condition of a subject and an exile, he twice rose to the command of the city, oppressed, expelled, and created the popes, and formed a conspiracy for restoring the authority of the Greek emperors. In the fortress of St. Angelo he maintained an obstinate siege, till the unfortunate consul was betrayed by a promise of safety : his body was suspended on a gibbet, and liis head was exposed on the battlements of the castle.