France illustrated, exhibiting its landscape scenery, antiquities, &c. Drawing by T. Allom, Volumul 1;Volumul 265 |
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Pagina 8
... hundred years , " the Merovingians , shut up in their villa of Mau- magne , or in some monastery , preserved but an idle shadow of royalty . It was only in spring , at the opening of the Champs de Mars , that the idol was brought forth ...
... hundred years , " the Merovingians , shut up in their villa of Mau- magne , or in some monastery , preserved but an idle shadow of royalty . It was only in spring , at the opening of the Champs de Mars , that the idol was brought forth ...
Pagina 14
... hundred of his brave followers fell in the cause of liberty , and it was with difficulty that the heroic leader himself escaped the dreadful slaughter . After three successive triumphs over the Saxons , their brave but luckless ...
... hundred of his brave followers fell in the cause of liberty , and it was with difficulty that the heroic leader himself escaped the dreadful slaughter . After three successive triumphs over the Saxons , their brave but luckless ...
Pagina 18
... hundred and fourteen . The remains of this celebrated man were entombed at Aix - la - Chapelle , his favourite place of residence . They were deposited in a vault , where he was placed on a throne of gold , in full imperial costume . On ...
... hundred and fourteen . The remains of this celebrated man were entombed at Aix - la - Chapelle , his favourite place of residence . They were deposited in a vault , where he was placed on a throne of gold , in full imperial costume . On ...
Pagina 19
... hundred persons could swim at the same time without inconvenience . He was himself fond of that exercise , and frequently used these baths , with all the nobles of his court , and even with his soldiers . At Selts , in Alsace , he had ...
... hundred persons could swim at the same time without inconvenience . He was himself fond of that exercise , and frequently used these baths , with all the nobles of his court , and even with his soldiers . At Selts , in Alsace , he had ...
Pagina 21
... hundred thousand Franks ; and the victors , Charles and Lewis , must have contemplated with horror a carnage which fulfils the historic adage— " Whole generations are swept away in a single hour by the madness of kings . " Yet the ...
... hundred thousand Franks ; and the victors , Charles and Lewis , must have contemplated with horror a carnage which fulfils the historic adage— " Whole generations are swept away in a single hour by the madness of kings . " Yet the ...
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France illustrated, exhibiting its landscape scenery ..., Volumul 2;Volumul 266 George Newenham Wright Vizualizare completă - 1849 |
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Pagina 39 - To kinder skies, where gentler manners reign, I turn ; and France displays her bright domain.
Pagina 24 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...
Pagina 28 - O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Pagina 18 - Charlemagne was a friend of learning ; he deserves the name of restorer of the sciences and teacher of his people. He attracted, by his liberality, the most distinguished scholars to his court; among others, Alcuin, from England, whom he chose for his own instructor ; Peter of Pisa, who received the title of his grammarian ; and Paul Warnefried.
Pagina 19 - Menzel, in his history of the Germans, says of him, " His greatest praise is, that he prevented the total decline of the sciences in the West, and supplied new aliment to their expiring light ; that he considered the improvement of nations as important as their union and subjugation. This love of intellectual improvement is the more laudable in a prince whose youth was spent in military exercises and the chase, and his whole after life in the whirlpool of war ; at a time, too, before the charm of...
Pagina 19 - Arragon ; the Netherlands, Germany as far as the Elbe, Saale and Eyder, Upper and Middle Italy, Istria, and a part of Sclavonia. In private life, Charlemagne was exceedingly amiable ; a good father, and generous friend. His domestic economy afforded a model of frugality ; his person, a rare example of simplicity and greatness. He despised extravagance of dress in men, though, on solemn occasions, he appeared in all the splendor of majesty.
Pagina 18 - In this tomb lies the body of Charles, the Great and Orthodox Emperor, who gloriously extended the kingdom of the Franks, and reigned prosperously for fortyseven years. He died at the age of seventy, in the year of our Lord 814, the 7th Indiction, on the 28th day of January.
Pagina 18 - Aix-la-Chapelle received its name from a splendid chapel, which he caused to lie built of the most beautiful Italian marble. The doors of this temple were of bronze, and its dome bore a globe of massive gold. The imperial palace was built in the highest style of splendor. Charlemagne also erected baths, in which more than 100 persons could swim in warm water.