A tour through Holland ... to the south of Germany, in ... 18061807 |
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Side 10
... province , does but spring a leak ; " That always ply the pump , and never think < 6 They can be safe , but at the rate they stink ; " That live as if they had been run aground , " And , when they die , are cast away and drown'd ...
... province , does but spring a leak ; " That always ply the pump , and never think < 6 They can be safe , but at the rate they stink ; " That live as if they had been run aground , " And , when they die , are cast away and drown'd ...
Side 28
... existed , than in any other city in the United Provinces . As the French advanced , the principal English families fled with great precipitation , and were followed by many KING AND QUEEN OF HOLLAND . 29 of the Dutch.
... existed , than in any other city in the United Provinces . As the French advanced , the principal English families fled with great precipitation , and were followed by many KING AND QUEEN OF HOLLAND . 29 of the Dutch.
Side 41
... province used to assemble in it the presbytery of the town ; I was informed he still continues to do so ; and at the fairs , booths are erected in it . The only monuments worthy of attention , and those merit but little , are erected to ...
... province used to assemble in it the presbytery of the town ; I was informed he still continues to do so ; and at the fairs , booths are erected in it . The only monuments worthy of attention , and those merit but little , are erected to ...
Side 51
... provinces . I would recommend the traveller to carry with him a sufficient number of guineas for his return to England , as they are scarce and very dear ; for twelve guineas I paid an exchange of 35-4 agio 104 on 145 , or 137. 4s . 6d ...
... provinces . I would recommend the traveller to carry with him a sufficient number of guineas for his return to England , as they are scarce and very dear ; for twelve guineas I paid an exchange of 35-4 agio 104 on 145 , or 137. 4s . 6d ...
Side 83
... provincial idioms ; for instance , a raw native of Friezeland would not be understood at Am- sterdam . Of the Dutch language our immortal lexicographer , Johnson , says , " Our knowledge of the northern literature 84 66 66 66 ENGLISH ...
... provincial idioms ; for instance , a raw native of Friezeland would not be understood at Am- sterdam . Of the Dutch language our immortal lexicographer , Johnson , says , " Our knowledge of the northern literature 84 66 66 66 ENGLISH ...
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A Tour Through Holland ... to the South of Germany, in ... 1806 John Carr, Sir Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2016 |
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admirable afterwards agreeable amongst Amsterdam ANECDOTE antient appearance arms artist bank Batavian republic beautiful Berghem boat building called canals carriage celebrated chamber church colouring consequence CONSTITUTION council Delft displayed Douw Duke Dutch elegant Emperor England English expence exquisite florins formed France French frequently gardens grand grand pensionary Guelderland guilders Haarlem Hague handsome high mightinesses Holland honor hour house of Orange illustrious inhabitants Jan Steen John of Leyden king laws Leyden Maas magnificent majesty manner master ment merchants miles minister Napoleon nation never noble officers opulent painted painter palace passed persons picture present Prince of Orange principal prisoners province racter received Rembrandt resided Rhine river Rotterdam royal scarcely scenery Scheveling side spirit STADT-HOUSE Stadtholder stiver piece stranger streets taste thousand tion town traveller treckschuyt trees troops Utrecht vast visited whilst wood
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Side 185 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them : the oars were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Side 326 - This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye! I feel my heart new open'd. O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes...
Side 343 - But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd, Than that, which, withering on the virgin thorn, Grows, lives, and dies, in single blessedness.
Side 367 - When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
Side 110 - We must not make a scare-crow of the law, ' Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.
Side 75 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Side 3 - In my school-days, when I had lost one shaft I shot his fellow of the self-same flight The self-same way, with more advised watch To find the other forth ; and by adventuring both I oft found both : I urge this childhood proof, Because what follows is pure innocence.
Side 247 - Why, this. Will lug your priests and servants from your sides, Pluck stout men's pillows from below their heads : This yellow slave Will knit and break religions ; bless the accursed ; Make the hoar leprosy adored ; place thieves, And give them title, knee and approbation With senators on the bench...
Side 403 - Fruitless embraces ; or they led the vine To wed her elm ; she spoused about him twines Her marriageable arms, and with her brings Her dower, the adopted clusters, to adorn His barren leaves.
Side 10 - That dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations...