After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 524 pages of information about After Waterloo.

After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 524 pages of information about After Waterloo.

Namur:  situation of,
 Citadel demolished by Joseph II; complaints against. 
Prussian soldiery. 
Napoleon:  takes tribute of works of art from vanquished Governments, calumniated by the emigres; unjust aspersions on; narrow escape from capture; confident of success before Waterloo; constructs Chaussee of Mont Cenis. 
Naples:  life of a man of fashion in;
 Etruscan vases and papyri in museum; theatres; Pulcinello; social advantages; lazzaroni; dialect; effect of general ignorance. 
Nelson, Lord:  conduct towards Caraccioli,
Neuwied:  University of. 
Ney, Marshall:  Wellington and Emperor of Russia refuse to interfere
      in favour of

Padua: 
 University;
 Church of St Anthony;
 Palazzo della Giustizia; tomb of Livy. 
Paris:  Louis XVIII in,
 Kotzebue on the Palais Royal;
 Cafe Montausier; the Louvre; statues and paintings collected by the French Government; productions at the Grand Opera;
 Column of the Place Vendome;
 Gardens of the Tuileries;
 Chamber of Deputies; the Invalides; models of the fortresses of France;
 Picture Gallery of the Palais du Luxembourg; frequency of quarrels between French and Prussian officers in the; Palais Royal; behaviour of English officers in; masterpieces performed in the Theatre francais;
 Ney shot in the Gardens of the Luxembourg. 
Parma:  “L’Amfiteatro Farnese”,
  paintings;
  birthplace of Cassius. 
Passau:  junction of the Danube, Inn and Illst. 
Perugia. 
Pescia, advantages of living in. 
Picton, Lieut-Genl Sir T.:  perishes at Waterloo. 
Piedmont:  character of the lower classes of. 
Pillnitz:  the palace;
 Treaty of. 
Pisa. 
Pitt:  credited with the invention of the sinking fund. 
Pius VII:  character and virtues of. 
Pompeii:  amphitheatre; houses;
 Temple of Isis;
 Praetorium; antiquities removed to Museum of Portici. 
Pontine Marshes. 
Prague:  situation, bridge over the Mulda; remarkable statue;
 Jews; palaces of the Wallensteins and Colloredos;
 St John Nepomucene;
 Joseph II’s ingenious method of extorting money from the Jews;
 Catalani; story of the Duchess Libussa.

Rafaelli:  mosaic work of. 
Rho:  ancient tree. 
Rome:  censorship of books at the Dogana,
 Coliseum;
 Arch of Constantine; Via Sacra—­excavations;
 Tarpeian Rock;
 Capitol;
 St Peter’s; anecdote of Michel Angelo; statue of St Peter; masterpieces of sculpture in Capitoline Museum;
 Transteverini; effect of the settling of foreign artists in;
 Santa Maria Maggiore;
 Church of St John Lateran;
 Egyptian obelisk;
 La Scala Santa;
 Quirinal; fountains;
 Column of Trajan; baths of Diocletian; theatres; masterpieces of art in the Vatican Museum; statue of Jupiter Capitolinus; stanze di Rafaello;
 Appian Road; social life in; the Avvocati;

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