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A Visit to Paris in 1814: Being a Review of the Moral, Political ... John Scott Volledige weergave - 1816 |
A Visit to Paris in 1814: Being a Review of the Moral, Political ... John Scott Volledige weergave - 1816 |
A Visit to Paris in 1814: Being a Review of the Moral, Political ... John Scott Volledige weergave - 1816 |
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Pagina 244 - And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee ; And no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; And the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee ; And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee...
Pagina 244 - And a mighty angel took up a stone, like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, thus, with violence, shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Pagina 244 - ... shall be heard no more at all in thee; and the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee; for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
Pagina 343 - ... and vicious, giving up all that exalts and endears them in their proper characters of wives and friends, and partners in good and consolers in adverse fortunes ! Even before the revolution, manners were bad enough, but many causes since have rubbed off the gilding; the banishment of the nobles, the succession of low men to power, and more than all the elevation of plebeian soldiers to high rank, promoting of course their trulls to a station where manners and morals were under their influence;...
Pagina 130 - London, such abominable conduct would prevail among them, that they would become insufferable nuisances ; fl — whereas, in Paris, there is nothing seen painfully to offend the eye, and this is enough to satisfy the Parisians that they ought not to shock the mind. But the truth is, that grossness of conduct is the natural and becoming barrier that stands between virtue and vice, — it proves that the two are kept totally distinct, that the partizans of the latter feel themselves proscribed, rejected,...
Pagina 343 - ... partners ; all these causes must have conspired to make a frightful carnage in manners and morals too. In short, I am persuaded that a single monster has done more to demoralize and uncivilize this country than a century can repair.
Pagina 29 - A French diligence merits particular notice as a trait of character, as well as a novelty. As a carriage, its external appearance indicates it to be a mixed species formed by the union of a waggon with a stage coach; but let me confess, that however unprepossessing its look may be, its qualities realize many of those advantages which are found to result from crossing breeds. It certainly is not so strong as a waggon, nor so lightsome, or swift, as one of our Highfliers; but to much of the security...
Pagina 341 - I had written, and sent it to you, it would have been a tissue of astonishment, or affliction, or disgust. I see clearly I am likely to be drummed out of this sad world. I fear war will soon unfold her tattered banners on the continent. This poor country is in a deplorable state — a ruined noblesse, a famished clergy, a depopulated nation, a state of smothered war between the upstarts and the restored ; their finances most distressed ; the military spirits divided ; the most opposite opinions as...
Pagina 58 - And portance in my travel's history; Wherein of antres vast, and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, — such was the process; And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders.
Pagina 68 - ... to twice the height of ours ; they are of stone, and ' their architecture is generally elaborate. There appear ' here no signs of building rows by contract with the ' brick-layers, nor any necessity for prescribing by a law, ' what shall be the thickness of a party wall. Turn your ' eyes whichsoever way you will, they are met by broad 'fronts, decorated with frieses, cornices, pillars, pilasters, ' and balconies, and rising to a height that to a stranger ' seems stupendous. The chimneys, as the...