A Tour 'round the Baltic: Thro' the Northern Countries of Europe, Particularly Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia, & Prussia; in a Series of LettersLuke Hansard & sons, 1807 - 452 oldal |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 35 találatból.
11. oldal
... partaking very much of both de- scriptions , was drawn by four little Danish horses ; and notwithstanding that it ap- peared to me when I got into it , surmounted as as it was with trunks and with hay for the OF EUROPE . 11.
... partaking very much of both de- scriptions , was drawn by four little Danish horses ; and notwithstanding that it ap- peared to me when I got into it , surmounted as as it was with trunks and with hay for the OF EUROPE . 11.
12. oldal
... horses , very ill calculated for speed ; yet the fellow , who was a laughing , merry , talkative Dane , whipped his cattle so frequently and so well , that I got to the capital about nine o'clock , which in this country is driving at a ...
... horses , very ill calculated for speed ; yet the fellow , who was a laughing , merry , talkative Dane , whipped his cattle so frequently and so well , that I got to the capital about nine o'clock , which in this country is driving at a ...
39. oldal
... horse - guards ; and afterwards re- duced the regiment of Norwegian foot- guards , the finest corps in the service , who were not disbanded without a short , but very dangerous mutiny . Still proceeding in this salutary , but perilous ...
... horse - guards ; and afterwards re- duced the regiment of Norwegian foot- guards , the finest corps in the service , who were not disbanded without a short , but very dangerous mutiny . Still proceeding in this salutary , but perilous ...
77. oldal
... horses , loaded with wood , came over from Sweden to Zealand on the ice , and returned again , at the end of April . It was the sixth day of May , when when four English vessels broke through the ice , and OF EUROPE . 77.
... horses , loaded with wood , came over from Sweden to Zealand on the ice , and returned again , at the end of April . It was the sixth day of May , when when four English vessels broke through the ice , and OF EUROPE . 77.
83. oldal
... horses , to stop at a miserable little cabin , where I could literally procure nothing be- sides milk . Though the smell of the cham- ber was almost pestilential , as the windows had not been opened for many months ; and tho ' the bed ...
... horses , to stop at a miserable little cabin , where I could literally procure nothing be- sides milk . Though the smell of the cham- ber was almost pestilential , as the windows had not been opened for many months ; and tho ' the bed ...
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Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
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Népszerű szakaszok
257. oldal - Happiness. I profess myself a Citizen of the World, totally unfettered by the little mean distinctions of Climate or of Country, which diminish the benevolence of the Heart and set bounds to Philanthropy. Before this War began I had at an early time of Life, withdrawn from the Sea service, in favor of "calm contemplation and Poetic ease.
116. oldal - Condemn'da needy supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose and slaves debate. But did not Chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand. He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
156. oldal - I have no doubt that he was assassinated. The night was extremely dark, and it was almost an impossibility that a ball from the fort could enter his head at the distance, and on the spot where he stood.
287. oldal - the promiscuous bathing of not less than two hundred persons, of both sexes. There are several of these public bagnios," he adds, "in Petersburg, and every one pays a few copecks for admittance. There are, indeed, separate spaces for the men and women, but they seem quite regardless of this distinction, and sit or bathe in a state of absolute nudity among each other.
288. oldal - ... on an English frame. The greater part of the women were the most hideous figures that I ever beheld, and reminded me of Horace's Canidia, for whom they were very proper companions. I counted half a dozen young girls who appeared tolerably pretty, and they never could have been viewed to more advantage, than near such foils. If I were disposed to study nature, I confess this Is as proper a school as can be imagined, since fancy can hardly figure an attitude which may not be found here ; hut ....
164. oldal - I could have felt in any ordinary employment : though the least dizziness, or even a failure in preserving their equilibrium, must have made them lose their seat, and dashed them to pieces against the rugged surface of the rock beneath.
57. oldal - See nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's life, and Galileo's end.
287. oldal - ... to breathe in it; and after having remained there till their bodies are in the most violent state of perspiration, they instantly either plunge into the cold water of the Neva, or else throw a quantity of it over them from little buckets, with which they are all provided for that purpose.
189. oldal - ... for a considerable time, after which it is thrown into a furnace, and when reduced to fusion, is poured into a mould of sand, about three yards in length. These pigs, as they are then denominated, are next put into a forge heated to a prodigious degree ; they break off a large piece with pinchers when red hot, and this is beat to a lesser size with hammers. It is put again into the fire, and from thence entirely finished by being laid under an immense engine resembling a hammer, which is turned...
165. oldal - The weather above was very warm ; but here the whole surface of the ground was covered with ice; and I found myself surrounded with the colds of the most rigorous winter, amid darkness and caves of iron. In one of these, which ran a considerable way...