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Page 90 - Fairer seems the ancient city, and the sunshine seems more fair, That he once has trod its pavement, that he once has breathed its air!
Page 100 - LebewoU, we said to pleasant Friedrichshafen, as the little steamer left those kindly green shores and we sailed away, not for a year and a day, like the owl and the pussy cat in the beautiful pea-green boat, but for an hour or so only. There were many curious people to watch on board, but the most monopolizing sight was two Catholic priests devouring a chicken, or rather devouring chickens. They had, on the seat between them, a basket large enough for a flock of Hiihnchen — boiled, dissected,...
Page 227 - This was the truest warrior That ever buckled sword ; This, the most gifted poet That ever breathed a word ; And never earth's philosopher Traced with his golden pen On the deathless page truths half so sage As he wrote down for men. And had he not high honor, — The...
Page 185 - Lion is cut out of the natural rock, a simple and impressive memorial in honor of the officers and soldiers of the Swiss Guard who fell in defence of the Tuileries in 1792.
Page 12 - HEIDELBERG. IF you come to Heidelberg, you will never want to go away. To arrive here is to come into a peaceful state of rest and content. The great hills out of which the Neckar flows infold the town in a sweet security ; and yet there is no sense of imprisonment, for the view is always wide open to the great plains where the Neckar goes to join the Rhine, and where...
Page 62 - ... romantic incidents are inevitably interwoven with any of the dwellings around us, this stretch of highway, or that bit of landscape. History is all around us, but it would require more time in the telling than we can well spare in this hasty sketch. In fact, from almost any point that might be taken, threads wind off into a mass of stories and traditions far too wide-reaching to be more than hinted at when one is only making a little "Ausflug
Page 22 - ... go away in August, and leave the old town in peace and quiet), and when one softly glides in a little boat from far up the Neckar, down, down, in the moonlight, until suddenly the castle, blazing with lights, is before you. But though I should see it a thousand times with summer bloom around, with the charm of fair skies and sunshine, soft green hills and flowing water, or in the moonlight, with happy voices everywhere, and strains of music sounding sweet and clear in the evening air, I can never...
Page 228 - Their pride was roused ; neither would yield, and in the excitement one received a cut in the head, from the effects of which he died in a few days. He was...