Sketches of the Natural, Civil and Political State of Swisserland, in a Series of LettersJ. Dodsley, 1780 - 474 страници |
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Страница 55 - Glarus, after having made an excurfion towards the extremity of the canton : it is entirely enclofed by the alps, except towards the north ; and there is no other entrance but through this opening, which lies between the lake of Wallenftadt and the mountains feparating this canton from that of Schweitz.
Страница 224 - ... and difarrangement. But, in conjunction with caufes of a phyfical nature, there is a moral one likewife to be taken into the account : for the children of the common people are totally neglected by their parents ; and, with no more education than the meaneft brutes, are, like thofe, fuffered to wallow in the dirt, and to eat and drink whatever comes in their way.
Страница 350 - ... and for a confiderable way forming by its banks, which are very fteep and craggy, a kind of natural rampart. The cathedral church is a noble piece of Gothic architecture: it ftands upon a platform that has been...
Страница 468 - ... in that branch of fcience. . Indeed in every town, and almoft in every village, the curious traveller will meet with collections worthy of his attention *. With...
Страница 14 - Zuric, we difmounted -, and advancing to the edge of the precipice which overhangs the Rhine, we looked down perpendicularly upon the cataract, and faw the river tumbling over the fides of the reck with amazing violence and precipitation.
Страница 284 - Geneva, where he gained considerable information in the art. He continued for some time the only man in these parts who could make a watch ; but business increasing, he took in and instructed several associates, by whose assistance he was enabled to supply from his single shop all the demands of the neighbouring country. Towards the beginning of the...
Страница 345 - They may form alliances with any power, or may reject the same, though all the others have acceded to it — may grant auxiliary troops to foreign princes — may prohibit the money of the other cantons from being current within their own territories — may impose taxes, and, in short, perform every other act of absolute sovereignty. The public affairs of the Helvetic body are discussed and determined in their several diets.
Страница 264 - Rouffeau himfelf paflfed fome time at different parts on the borders of the lake, and particularly at Meillerie, about that period of his life when he may be fuppofed to" have written his Heloife. Open that performance, read that letter, and confider that part of it, where St. Preux points out the number of towns and villages, the continued fertility and high cultivation of the Pays de...
Страница 461 - Lucretius, and looked down with fecurity upon the various tempefts that have maken the world around them. But the happinefs of a long peace, has neither broken the fpirit, nor enervated the arm of this people. The youth are diligently trained to all the martial exercifes, fuch as running, wreftling, and...
Страница 396 - During this period, the rejo fpeftive fpeftive pretenfions of the :count$» the .bifhops, and the citizens, were fo various, as to form a government equally fingular and complicated. This harmony, however, between the bifhops and citizens, was at length broken by the artful management of the counts of Savoy, who had the addrefs to procure the .epifcopal fee for their brothers, and even for their illegitimate children. By thefe methods,, their power...