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 sivua |
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agreeable antient appeared arrived assured Baltic banks barbarous beautiful capital carriage castle celebrated century Charles the twelfth Copenhagen Courland court covered crown curiosity Danish Dantzic death Denmark dominions dress duke Elbing elegant empire empress England English miles Europe Finland Frederic genius gulf of Finland Gustavus Adolphus hand honor horses hundred Ingria inhabitants island journey king of Denmark king of Poland king of Sweden kingdom lady land late letter Livonia magnificence majesty Marienbourg Memel ment Mittaw morning Muscovites Narva nature never night Nogat o'clock palace passed peasants person Peter Petersburgh political possessed pounds sterling present prince princess procure prodigious province Prussia queen reign residence Riga river road round royal Russian Russian empire scarcely seen shewed side situation sovereign Stockholm Struensee Sudermania Swedish Teutonic knights thing thousand throne tion town Upsal Vasa vast Vistula whole
Suositut otteet
Sivu 257 - 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 Before this War began I had at an early time of Life, withdrawn from the Sea service, in favor of "calm contemplation and Poetic ease.
Sivu 116 - 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.
Sivu 156 - 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.
Sivu 287 - 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.
Sivu 288 - ... 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 ....
Sivu 164 - 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.
Sivu 57 - 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.
Sivu 287 - ... 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.
Sivu 189 - ... 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...
Sivu 165 - 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...