Volume 2
Switzerland / by William Beattie ; illustrated, in a series of views taken expressly for this work, by W.H. Bartlett.
- Beattie, William, 1793-1875.
- Date:
- 1836
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Switzerland / by William Beattie ; illustrated, in a series of views taken expressly for this work, by W.H. Bartlett. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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- Found on image 9 / 264…Eclipse of the Sun...The Cathedral...Village and Palace of Friederich- shafen...Chateau of Wolfsberg. .Plappart War...Geology...vEninghen...Canton of Schaffhausen. Mode of Government, Taxation, &c....Literary Societies...Falls of Schaffhausen...The Bridge of Grubenmann...Winterthour... Baths of Lohrlibad... Desc...
- Found on image 9 / 264…Chateau of Wolfsberg. .Plappart War...Geology...vEninghen...Canton of Schaffhausen. Mode of Government, Taxation, &c....Literary Societies...Falls of Schaffhausen...The Bridge of Grubenmann...Winterthour... Baths of Lohrlibad... Descent upon Zurich...Scenery...Arrival. Hotel de l’Epde...Episode...Historical Retrospec...
- Found on image 10 / 264…ild-Kirchlein, or Hermitage .... 7 Constance and the Lake, from Chateau-Wolfs- berg 14 The Castle of Laufen, with the Falls, by Moonlight 23 Falls of Schaffhausen 25 Zurich, from the River 31 Basle, on the Rhine 48 Castle of Falkenstein 57 St. Peter’s Island, Lake of Bienne .... 72 Bern, with the Alps of the Ob...
- Found on image 26 / 264 (page 12)…irgin theme —may yet attract the notice of some modern troubadour, and the story of the beautiful Ida be clothed with the charms of song. THURGAU AND SCHAFFIIAUSEN. The Swabian waters! on whose slumbering breast The Rhaetian Alps repose in shadowy rest: While faint and far along the pine-clad height. The village ...
- Found on image 37 / 264 (page 21)…ers ” to retire beyond the frontier, and quit the scene of depredation. The small town of Stein, on the north bank of the Rhine, and the first on the Schaffhausen frontier, is a point of great commercial activity. The chateau of Klingen, a fortalice of considerable importance in ancient times, crowns the neighb...
- Found on image 38 / 264 (page 22)…t tracts of moveable sand, cover no small portion of our present continent, and may be considered as the loose vestments of the globe.* The canton of Schaffhausen is one of the smallest, and distinguished as the twelfth in rank of the Swiss confederation. The surface is interspersed with numerous hills and mont...
- Found on image 41 / 264 (page 23)…ir proportion of balls and concerts. But we turn from the mere artificial scenes of life to that stupendous feature in the natural world—the Falls of Schaffhausen, which have attracted, from time immemorial, and will continue to attract, so many myriads of pilgrims. “ Even here, the hollow thunder of its fall An...
- Found on image 41 / 264 (page 23)…thunder of its fall And sheeted vapour, mark the wild turmoil.” This grand interruption to the navigation of the Rhine, was the origin of the town of Schaffhausen. Originally built as an entrepdt for the merchandize which it became necessary to disembark at this point, it was afterwards enlarged and embellished ...
- Found on image 46 / 264 (page 26)…n all things in its track, Charming the eye with dread—a matchless cataract!” From 1757, down to the period of its destruction in 1799, the Bridge of SchafFhausen was justly admired as the most elegant, ingenious, and efficient piece of mechanism in existence. It consisted of a single arch of three hundred and ...
- Found on image 46 / 264 (page 26)… on similar principles at Reichenau, Wettingen, and Glaris, already noticed in our present tour. All former attempts to construct a durable bridge at SchafFhausen had proved abortive. They were either unsafe in principle, or, by their constant exposure to the deep and impetuous current at this point, of very sh...
- Found on image 46 / 264 (page 26)… of forty years, was burnt down by the French army, under Marshal Oudinot, on the 13th of April, 1799, at the moment the Austrians took possession of SchafFhausen. The bridge, subse- quently erected in its place, is a structure which combines strength and solidity with a light and elegant appearance, and promise...
- Found on image 180 / 264 (page 114)…same. Hundreds of the counts, barons, and knights of Swabia, Aargau, and the Tyrol, with a host of retainers perished in the retreat. The standard of Schaffhausen, though defended with their last breath by a chosen band of nobles and citizens, added to the trophies of the day. The standard-bearer of Lenzberg, We...
- Found on image 230 / 264 (page 142)…Unterwalden, and the deep hollow roar of the horn of Uri, pealed their war-notes along the mountain, and the next instant the standards of Zurich and SchafFhausen were seen waving in the air. The Duke eagerly demanded, “ What troops are these?” “ They are the troops,” replied the baron of Stein, “ before whom t...
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