A Trip to Paris: In VerseG. Walters, 1831 - 113 strán (strany) |
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Strana 111 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Strana 99 - The principal army consisted of thirty-four thousand foot and two thousand horse, and was commanded by Lord Hunsdon. These forces were reserved for guarding the queen's person, and were appointed to march whithersoever the enemy should appear. The fate of England, if all the Spanish armies should be able to land, seemed to depend on the issue of a single battle...
Strana 100 - Then learn to revel ; but by slow degrees : By slow degrees the liberal arts are won; And Hercules grew strong. But when you smooth The brows of care, indulge your festive vein In cups by well inform'd experience found The least your bane : and only with your friends.
Strana 105 - The bas-reliefs of the shaft pursue a spiral direction from the base to the capital, and display in chronological order the principal actions of the campaign, from the departure of the troops from Boulogne to the battle of Austerlitz. The figures are three feet high ; their number is said to be two thousand, and the length of the spiral band eight hundred and forty feet.
Strana 99 - ... men was disposed in different bodies along the south coast, and orders were given them, if they could not prevent the landing of the Spaniards, to retire backwards, to waste the country around, and to wait for reinforcement from the neighbouring counties, before they approached the enemy.
Strana 106 - The pantheon in Paris was begun in 1764 ; it is in the form of a cross, 339 feet long and 253 feet broad, uniting, in its style, the Greek and Gothic. It was consecrated to St. Genevieve, but, in the beginning of the revolution, was called pantheon, and appropriated to the reception of the ashes of great men. It then received the inscription An Grands Hommes La Patrie Reconnaissante.
Strana 108 - The suburb of St. Sever, on the other side of the Seine, communicates with the city by a bridge of boats, which rises and falls with the tide. It is the invention of an Augustine friar, and is so contrived, that, by elevating a draw-bridge in the centre, the boat, or rather the immense barge underneath, slips out, and the largest vessel pusses without difficulty.
Strana 104 - Rome, and is built of stone, covered with bas-reliefs, (representing the various victories of the French army) , composed of twelve hundred pieces of cannon taken from the Russian and Austrian armies. The bronze employed in this monument was about three hundred and sixty thousand pounds weight. The column is of the Doric order. The bas-reliefs of the pedestal represent the uniforms and weapons of the conquered legions. Above the pedestal are- festoons of oak, supported at the four angles by eagles...
Strana 112 - ... distance, that side of Leith Hill, which faces the Downs, it appeared the most beautiful prospect I had ever seen, but after we had conquered the hill itself, I saw a sight that would transport a stoic ; a sight that looked like enchantment and a vision beatific ! Beneath us, lay open to our view all the wilds of Surrey and Sussex, and a great part of those of Kent, admirably diversified in every part of them with woods, and fields of corn and pasture, and everywhere adorned with stately rows...
Strana 98 - He need not make a personal application on the first day, but on the second it is absolutely necessary, as he must sign his name to the passport in the presence of the Secretary. If the traveller should omit to...