 | English literature - 1821 - 656 pages
...the vicissitudes to which it had been exposed. ' Look on the prospect around you,' said the abbot : 'it is unbounded. On yon opposite wooded heights,...monastery. He slept here, and we entertained him, ihe next day, with the best dejeunf d la fourchette which we could afford. He seemed well satisfied... | |
 | 1821 - 662 pages
...the prospect around you,' said the abbot : 'it is unbounded. On yon opposite wooded heights, on tlie other side of the Danube, we all saw, from these very...and we entertained him, the next day, with the best dejcune d la fourchette which we could afford. He seemed well satisfied with his reception ; but I... | |
 | 1822 - 690 pages
...these very windows, the fire 4 ind smoke of the advanced guard of the French army, in contest \vith the Austrians, upon Bonaparte's first advance towards...and we entertained him, the next day, with the best dvjruiie a la fourchette which we could afford. He seemed well satisfied with his reception; but I... | |
 | William Beattie - Danube River - 1844 - 570 pages
...Look at the prospect around you — it is unbounded. On yonder wooded heights, on the opposite shore of the Danube, we all saw, from these very windows,...of the French army, in contest with the Austrians in their first advance to Vienna. The Emperor Buonaparte himself took possession of this monastery.... | |
 | Literature - 1886 - 848 pages
...out the prospect about the monastery, the abbot said : " On yon opposite heights across the Danube we saw, from these very windows, the fire and smoke of...and we entertained him the next day with the best déjeuner à !<i fourchettt which we could afford. He seemed well satisfied with his reception, but... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1886 - 982 pages
...out the prospect about the monastery, the abbot said : ' On yon opposite heights across the Danube we saw, from these very windows, the fire and smoke of the advanced guard of the French array in contest with the Austrian?, upon Bonaparte's first advance towards Vienna. The French Emperor... | |
 | 1886 - 840 pages
...out the prospect about the monastery, the abbot said : " On yon opposite heights across the Danube we saw, from these very windows, the fire and smoke of...and we entertained him the next day with the best dtjeuner h lafourchette which we could afford. He seemed well satisfied with his reception, but I own... | |
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Look on the prospect around you,' said the abbot : 'it is unbounded. On yon opposite wooded heights, on tlie other side of the Danube, we all saw, from these very windows, the fire and smoke of the advanced guard of the French army, in contest with the... 