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
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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 Before this War began I had at an early time of Life, withdrawn from the Sea service, in favor of "calm contemplation and Poetic ease.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 287 - ... 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 116 - 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 destined 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 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 164 - I surveyed it, terror or pleasure formed the predominant feeling, is hard to say. The light of the day was very faintly admitted into these subterraneous caverns : in many places, it was absolutely lost, and flambeaux were kindled in its stead.
Sivu 163 - I was deaf to all his remonstrances, he provided a clean bucket, and put two men in it to accompany me. I am not ashamed to own that when I found myself suspended between heaven and earth by a rope, and looked down into the deep and dark abyss before me, to which I could see no termination, I shuddered with apprehension, and half repented my curiosity. This...
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 165 - ... and traversed every part of them which was accessible, conducted by my guides. The weather above was very warm, but here the ice covered the whole surface of the ground, 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...
Sivu 162 - As soon as the explosions were finished, I determined to descend into the mine, though there was no way to do this but in a large deep bucket, fastened by chains to a rope. The inspector, at whose house I had slept the preceding night, took no little pains to dissuade me from the resolution, and pointed out the melancholy accidents that sometimes happen on such occasions.
Sivu 66 - ... centuries, are all now collected together, and placed in the same gloomy chambers, amidst silence and darkness. The splendor which accompanies those of exalted birth, even after death, is, in many of these almost vanished, and time has destroyed the gold and velvet, which originally marked their dignity. I inquired for the celebrated Margaret de Waldemar, to whom history has given the epithet of the Semiramis of the North, and who united, under her reign, all the kingdoms beneath the polar sky....