Sketches of the Natural, Civil and Political State of Swisserland, in a Series of LettersJ. Dodsley, 1780 - 474 страници |
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William Coxe. that these laws are not , like ours of the fame kind , mere cyphers , but are well obferved . The principal article of ex- portation is wine ; of which they make a large quantity , the country abounding in vineyards and as ...
William Coxe. that these laws are not , like ours of the fame kind , mere cyphers , but are well obferved . The principal article of ex- portation is wine ; of which they make a large quantity , the country abounding in vineyards and as ...
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... kind of veffel . A few weeks ago a countryman of ours tried an experiment with a small boat , which he contrived to have gently pushed to the edge of the cataract : it shot down entire to the bottom of the fall , was out of fight for a ...
... kind of veffel . A few weeks ago a countryman of ours tried an experiment with a small boat , which he contrived to have gently pushed to the edge of the cataract : it shot down entire to the bottom of the fall , was out of fight for a ...
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... kind of country mentioned in my laft ( a continued range of mountains , enriched with beau- tiful meadows , and dotted thick with cot- tages ) I arrived at its boundary ; when the feene fuddenly changed into a wild forest , D 4 1 foreft ...
... kind of country mentioned in my laft ( a continued range of mountains , enriched with beau- tiful meadows , and dotted thick with cot- tages ) I arrived at its boundary ; when the feene fuddenly changed into a wild forest , D 4 1 foreft ...
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... kind of general democracy can have place ; where there are not any perfons fo rich as to gain an undue af cendency over the people by largeffes ; and where , if they err in their councils , it is an error of the judgment and not of the ...
... kind of general democracy can have place ; where there are not any perfons fo rich as to gain an undue af cendency over the people by largeffes ; and where , if they err in their councils , it is an error of the judgment and not of the ...
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... kind which I cannot bear , when it apparently is the effect of impertinent curiofity , or fawning officioufnefs ; but the prefent inftance of frank familiarity , arifing , as it evidently does , from a mind confcious of its natural ...
... kind which I cannot bear , when it apparently is the effect of impertinent curiofity , or fawning officioufnefs ; but the prefent inftance of frank familiarity , arifing , as it evidently does , from a mind confcious of its natural ...
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Страница 129 - Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent; and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Страница 463 - England, the life and liberty of the fubject does not depend upon the arbitrary decifion of his judge, but is fecured by exprefs laws, from which no magiftrate can depart with impunity. This guarded precifion, it is true, may occafionally, perhaps, be attended with fome inconveniences; but they are overbalanced by advantages of fo much greater weight as to be fcarcely perceptible in the fcales of juftice. I do not mean, however, to throw any imputation upon the officers of criminal jurifdiction in...
Страница 14 - Lauffen, a fmall village in the canton of 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 rock with amazing violence and precipitation. From hence we defcended...
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 460 - Swiflerland in general. There is no part of Europe which contains, within the fame extent of region, fo many independent commonwealths, and fuch a variety of different governments, as are collected together in this remarkable and delightful country ; and yet, with fuch wifdom was the Helvetic union compofed, and fo little have the Swifs, of late years, been actuated with the fpirit of conqueft, that fince the firm and complete eftabliihment of their general confederacy, they have fcarcely ever had...
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 390 - The inhabitants enjoy the advantage alfb of having free accefs to the public library ; and by this privilege, they not only retain but improve that general tincture of learning which they imbibe in their early youth : when I vifited this library, it happened to be crowded with ftudents, who were returning the books they had borrowed, and demanding others.
Страница 386 - Savoy, with their frozen tops gliftening in the fun; and the majeftic Mont Blanc lifting up its head far above the reft. The town, which lies partly in the plain upon the borders of the lake, and partly upon a gentle afcent, is irregularly built; the houfes are high, and...
Страница 395 - ... of juftice. The citizens took advantage of thefe quarrels ; and, by fiding occafionally with each party, obtained an extenfion of their privileges from both. . . But the houfe of Savoy having purchafed the county of the Genevois, and fucceeded to all the prerogatives of the counts, with additional power ; the...
Страница 376 - ... he never ftirs a quarter of a mile from his own houfe; for he would not take the trouble of going to Berne, even to attend the King of France. It is more than probable, that much of this extraordinary man's...