Sight-seeing in Germany and the Tyrol in the autumn of 1855
Pagina 160 di 417
Autore:
Forbes, John / by sir John Forbes
Luogo:
London
Editore:
Smith, Felder and Co.
Descrizione fisica:
XIX, 378 S. : Ill., Kt.
Lingua:
Englisch
Soggetto:
g.Deutschland ; f.Reisebericht 1855<br />g.Österreich ; f.Reisebericht 1855<br />g.Tirol ; f.Reisebericht 1855
Segnatura:
II A-23.768
ID interno:
152665
the Danube is so beautiful, that no one will regret seeing it twice, even on two successive days. Of course, when it is praeticable, the descent will be preferred to the ascent of the river ; hot caeh has its advantagcs and disadvantages. In the slow adv ance Tipward, thè lo ver of natural scenery has mudi more time for enjoying the finer parts, bnt the tamer por- tions are found to dwell too long under the eye. In thè more rapid d escent, on thè other hand, we are well pleased to shoot rapidly
past what is uninteresting, but regret to see the scencs we would love to dwell upon disappear before the eye and the mind are sufficiently gratified. To rnost persona, however, the pleasnre derived from the mere rapidity of transit on a rapid river, will more than counterbalance the evil of the too- quick vanishing of the loveliest scenes, Having, in a preceding chapter, donc homagc to the good looks seen in Prag and Vienna, I must not leave the shores of the Upper Danube without reeording an equa