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Common terms and phrases
12th cent adorned Ahrweiler Altenahr ancient Andernach Archb ascends Assmannshausen Baden bank baths beautiful berg Bingen Black Forest Boppard bridge Burg carr castle Cath cathedral celebrated chapel Charlemagne château choir church Coblenz Cologne commands contains crosses daily Darmstadt descends diligence distance district Duke Düsseldorf Eifel Elector eminence entrance erected excursion extensive fares farther finest footpath formerly Frankfurt Fred French garden Germany Gothic handsome Haus Hausach height hill Hohe Acht Hornisgrinde Hôtel inhab Königswinter Krone leads Mayence monument Moselle mountains Münster Museum omnibus palace Palatinate path pedestrian pers picturesque Portrait Prince Prot Prussian rail Railway Rathhaus residence Restaurant restored Rhenish Rhine rises road rock Romanesque Rüdesheim ruins Schloss side Sinzig situated Stadt stat station statues steamboat Strasbourg Strasse style summit Taunus thence Thlr Thor tower town train traveller Trèves valley village wall wine wood
Popular passages
Page 41 - The castled crag of Drachenfels Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine...
Page 41 - Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine, And hills all rich with blossom'd trees, And fields which promise corn and wine, And scatter'd cities crowning these, Whose far white walls along them shine, Have strew'da scene, which I should see With double joy wert thou with me.
Page 187 - On the first gallery an angel strikes the quarters on a bell in his hand; higher up a skeleton, representing time, strikes...
Page 75 - Conrad to single combat, but before the brothers' swords had crossed, Hildegarde's figure interposed between them, and insisted on a reconciliation, to which they reluctantly consented. Hildegarde then retired to the convent of Bornhofen, at the base of the rock on which the castles stand.
Page 46 - Rolaiidseck and the Drachenfels with its castle, the cliffs of the Wolkenburg and the entire range (upwards of 30) of the peaks of the Seven Mts., at the r.
Page 187 - Savior, bowing as they pass. On the highest pinnacle of the side-tower is perched a cock, which flaps its wings, stretches its neck, and crows, awakening...
Page 26 - Scotia me genuit ; Anglia me suscepit ; Gallia me docuit; Colonia me tenet.
Page 112 - ... of St. Pancras parish represents a youthful saint trampling upon heathen superstition. There are seven St. Pancras churches in England, and many others in Italy and France. the ferocity of the spectators by voluntarily falling on each other's swords, instead of contending for life. In thesameyear, thousands of the Bructeri were barbarously sacrificed for the amusement of the people. The ruined amphitheatre, as well as the vaulted dens of the wild beasts, are still to be seen. In France, many...
Page 266 - Magdeburg line (K. 4). — 66 M. Freden is situated in one of the prettiest parts of the valley of the Leine, on which the ruins of Freden and the Winzenburg look down from the heights. — 72 M. Alfeld...
Page 40 - Rhine about half- way np the hill, is said once to have housed the dragon, slain by Siegfried, the hero from the Low Countries, who. having bathed himself in its blood, became invulnerable.