Travelling Sketches on the Rhine, and in Belgium and Holland ...

Leitch Ritchie

Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1833 - 256 էջ

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• Traditions of Baden: 17
• Karlsruhe and Heidelberg: 37
• The Necromantic Lake: 52
• Banks of the Main: 69
• The Paradise of the Rhine: 78
• The Traditions of the Rhine: 91
• Comluence of the Rhine and the Mosel: 126
• Adieu to the Rhine: 151
• The Robbers of the Rhine: 175
• Belgium Belligerens: 210
• Holland and the Dutch: 233

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Էջ 205 - The law of nations," replied the other undauntedly, " is suspended in time of war !—and nobody knows that better than the Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, and the King of England. But what do our orders say ?—that is the question ! The military have nothing to do but to obey orders.‎

Էջ 179 - ... recognition, therefore, was necessary, which did not depend upon the organs of vision. To whistle, the expedient of common thieves, would not only have been vulgar, but dangerous; inasmuch as the sound, when heard in the dark, is sure to call up a thousand cut-throat associations. The Kochemloschen, therefore, was invented, a shrill and lengthened cry; which the belated wayfarer, although no doubt startled by the sound rising from the brakes and thickets as he passed, would be more ready to set...‎

Էջ 180 - Then came the subalterns, bearing the other tools of their trade, which they called clamones ; and, finally, the private gentlemen of the band, armed, like the rest, to the teeth. The faces of the whole were blackened, or otherwise disguised, partly to prevent the possibility of recognition, but principally to impress the attacked with the idea that the robbers were of the same neighbourhood — although, in reality, they had probably never before been within a dozen miles of the place. ' Arrived...‎

Էջ 107 - ... his friends should assemble round his bed, and on his awaking, laugh heartily at his silly notion, that, instead of being allowed to dwell upon the gloomy idea, he might be rendered thoroughly sensible of its absurdity. My instructions were punctually obeyed: soon after he had taken the opiate, he fell into a profound sleep, from which he did not awake till about eleven o'clock the next day. " What hour is it ?‎

Էջ 175 - Chapelle, which does not satisfy quite so well one's ideas of retributive justice. A fine young man of that city was enrolled as an apprentice by the ferocious Jikjak of Mersen, and awaited impatiently the commands of his chief, being desirous, not only of distinguishing himself in the career to which his follies had driven him, but of obtaining money enough to enable him to marry his sweetheart. It is not known whether his weakness was owing to love or wine, or both together; but, unhappily, he...‎

Էջ 217 - ... talents in a napkin, undeveloped, is very, very great. It is not natural for them to walk when they can ride, to go alone when they can be helped. Quentin Matsys was a blacksmith at Antwerp. When in his twentieth year he wished to marry the daughter of a painter. The father refused his consent. "Wert thou a painter," said he, "she should be thine; but a blacksmith — never!" "/ will be a painter,‎

Էջ 154 - Because they yet may meet thine eye, And guide thy soul to mine even here, When thou beholdst them drooping nigh, And knowst them gather'd by the Rhine, And offer'd from my heart to thine!‎

Էջ 80 - On Lough Neagh's bank as the fisherman strays, When the clear, cold eve's declining, He sees the round towers of other days, In the wave beneath him shining! Thus shall memory often, in dreams sublime, Catch a glimpse of the days that are over, Thus, sighing, look through the waves of time For the long-faded glories they cover!‎

Էջ 62 - The wildgrave flies o'er bush and thorn, With many a shriek of helpless woe ; Behind him hound, and horse, and horn, And hark away, and holla, ho!‎

Էջ 69 - Hochheim, still more famous for its wine, of which more is drank in London than ever grew on the banks of the Main. Hock, indeed, is the generic name among the wealthy and ignorant part of the English community for the wines of the Rhine, the Main, the Nahe, and even the Moselle — just as claret serves exceedingly well to indicate the red wines of France. The French and Germans cannot imagine what we mean by these names. Their wines are distinguished by districts and vineyards, and by the dates...‎

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• Վերնագիր: Travelling Sketches on the Rhine, and in Belgium and Holland ...; Heath's picturesque annual
• Հեղինակ: Leitch Ritchie
• Նկարիչ: Clarkson Stanfield
• Հրատարակիչ: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1833
• Original from: Նյու Յորքի Հանրային գրադարան
• Digitized: 23 Օգոստոս 2007
• Length: 256 էջ