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Excursions in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden Robert Bremner (traveller ) Sin vista previa disponible - 2019 |
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Página 76 - OF Nelson and the North Sing the glorious day's renown, When to battle fierce came forth All the might of Denmark's crown, And her arms along the deep proudly shone; By each gun the lighted brand In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on.
Página 259 - But look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastern hill...
Página 107 - KING CHRISTIAN stood by the high mast Mid smoke and spray ; His fierce artillery flash'd so fast, That Swedish wrecks were round him cast, And lost each hostile stern and mast, Mid smoke and spray. Fly, Sweden, fly ! nor hope to win Where Christian dauntless mingles in NILS YULE beheld the tempest grow ; " The day is right !" Aloft he bade the red flag glow, And shot for shot he dealt the foe.
Página 178 - ... Bremner and Laing — in regard to the present condition of civil and religious liberty in Northern Europe, which has been for three centuries wholly under Protestant influence. Bremner assures us that the king of Denmark is "the most uncontrolled sovereign in Europe. We have looked for," he adds, "but can find no single check to the power of the king of Denmark. Laws, property, taxes, all are at the mercy of his tyranny or caprice.
Página 10 - Who, that has reason, and his smell, "Would not among roses and jasmine dwell, Rather than all his spirits choke With exhalations of dirt and smoke, And all the' uncleanness which does drown, In pestilential clouds, a populous town...
Página 354 - there is a hideous precipice, down which a dreadful cataract of water rushes with such impetuosity from the height into so deep a bed of water, that large masts and other bodies of timber precipitated down it disappear, some for half an hour, and others for an hour, before they are recovered. The bottom of this bed has never been found, though sounded by lines of several hundred fathoms"!!
Página 35 - Holstein is perhaps the only part of the continent where the people exercise any voice in appointing their clergymen. The system pursued in filling up vacant charges, is as nearly as can be that of uncontrolled popular election. We know no other country in Europe, where the appointment of the clergymen of the dominant church is entirely in the hands of the respective congregations. When a vacancy is to be filled up, the parishioners meet at the church on a day of which due intimation has been given...
Página 253 - Gothic architecture, is said to be one of the finest structures of its kind in Europe, ' Though of great extent, yet so elegant are its proportions, that it seems as' light and graceful as a building raised more for ornament than for use. So far, however, from being a mere thing of show, it is a strong and substantial fortress, strengthened by all the advantages that military science can give to a position which, though very low, is still extremely important, from its sweeping the Sound most completely,...
Página 353 - ... with deafening noise, down the side of a mountain, now gushing in one body over a perpendicular ledge, then breaking for a short space through fragments of rock, till it reaches another brink, and so from fall to fall, till it sinks into the valley, where it is, in one moment, as smooth as if it had never been ruffled.
Página 177 - ... voluntarily relinquished a large share of the royal power, by granting to his people a free constitution. The kingdom has been divided into four districts, each of which has an Assembly or Parliament, without whose consent no law affecting person or property can now be promulgated ; new taxes, as well as all levies for the public service, must be sanctioned by them. They can likewise suggest laws to the King for his approval; and, without having the power to judge public servants, they enjoy...