A tour through Holland ... to the south of Germany, in ... 18061807 |
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... troops entered Holland as victors , this beautiful river , in a season remarkably rigorous , formed a compact road of ice for the infantry , cavalry , and artillery , of the invaders dreadful as the winter was , the French were in want ...
... troops entered Holland as victors , this beautiful river , in a season remarkably rigorous , formed a compact road of ice for the infantry , cavalry , and artillery , of the invaders dreadful as the winter was , the French were in want ...
Side 14
... troops entered Rotterdam , they were quartered on the inhabitants , whose good opinion , I was well informed , they soon conciliated by their quiet con- duct and orderly deportment . I afterwards received the same character of the ...
... troops entered Rotterdam , they were quartered on the inhabitants , whose good opinion , I was well informed , they soon conciliated by their quiet con- duct and orderly deportment . I afterwards received the same character of the ...
Side 61
... troops exercised his works are much sought after , and preserved as great curiosities ; and yet , though now so highly prized , they fell into so much disrepute , that not many years since , a large collection of his best pictures sold ...
... troops exercised his works are much sought after , and preserved as great curiosities ; and yet , though now so highly prized , they fell into so much disrepute , that not many years since , a large collection of his best pictures sold ...
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... boats stop , and where the others for Leyden or Haerlem start from . The morning after my arrival there was a grand review of the Dutch troops , who presented a very soldierly ap- DUTCH REVIEW . 115 pearance ; that of the body.
... boats stop , and where the others for Leyden or Haerlem start from . The morning after my arrival there was a grand review of the Dutch troops , who presented a very soldierly ap- DUTCH REVIEW . 115 pearance ; that of the body.
Side 124
... troops opposed to the French armies , pretty clearly demonstrates the estimation in which the country held its unworthy ruler , and the desire they had of deliver- ing themselves from him and the influence of England upon their councils ...
... troops opposed to the French armies , pretty clearly demonstrates the estimation in which the country held its unworthy ruler , and the desire they had of deliver- ing themselves from him and the influence of England upon their councils ...
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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...