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.
 Papal Government; post office defalcations; the Carnival; races in the Corso; masquerades;
 Sovereigns and persons of distinction living in Rome in 1818;
 Easter in;
 Swiss Guard;
 Noble Guard; papal benediction; illumination of St Peter’s; fireworks from Castle of St Angelo; the brigand Barbone; his wife.

Savoy:  character of inhabitants of. 
Schoenbrunn:  anecdote of Napoleon’s son. 
Schuyler, General:  his reproof of General Burgoyne. 
Scindiah:  career of. 
Sgricci, Signor:  his genius for improvisation. 
Sicard, Abbee; director of the Institution of the Sourds-Muets,
eulogises Sir Sidney Smith. 
Sienna:  cathedral,
 Piccolomini monument; dialect. 
Simplon:  road over the,
 Chaussee; maisons de refuge
Sismondi, the historian banished from Geneva. 
Smith, Lucius F.:  friend of De Boigne. 
Smith, Sir Sidney:  his eulogy of the Abbe Sicard. 
Spoleto:  ruins of ancient buildings. 
St Cloud:  favourite residence of Napoleon. 
St Eustatius:  pillaged by Admiral Rodney. 
St Germain:  depot for articles plundered by Prussian officers. 
St Helena:  injustice of Napoleon’s banishment to. 
Stewart, Lord:  conduct of, at Conference of French Commissioners
      with the Allies.

Taddei, Rosa:  her talent for improvisation. 
Talma, his ailing at the Theatre Francais. 
Thorwaldsen:  character of his genius. 
Tivoli:  the Villa d’Este,
 Adrian’s Villa. 
Toelz:  remarkable groups of figures in wood, representing
      history of Christ. 
Tournay, citadel of. 
Trevoux:  scenery on the road between Macon and, hotel-keeper’s beautiful daughter. 
Turin:  Chapelle du Saint Suaire, remarkable works of art in; the King of Sardinia. 
Tuscany:  contrast with papal dominions, pronunciation; peasantry; fondness of Tuscan women for dress; feeling towards Napoleon in; character of the people; house of Americo Vespucci. 
Tyrol, the:  general description of, dress of the peasant women.

Valais:  cretins of. 
Vaud, Canton de:  character of inhabitants of, gratitude to France; democratic spirit;
 La Harpe; defends its independence; hatred of French Royalists to. 
Velino:  remarkable cascade. 
Venice:  Canale Grande,
 Rialto; palaces of great families; the Merceria; water-fete;
 Piazza di San Marco;
 Church of St Mark;
 Campanile; variety of costumes in; dialect; social life in;
 Doge’s palace; theatres; gondolas. 
Verbruggen, H.:  work of, in church of St Gudule, Brussels. 
Verona:  amphitheatre,
 Palladio;
 Scala family; social advantages in. 
Versailles:  magnificence of. 
“Vertraute Briefe” the. 
Vesuvius:  eruptions, lava. 
Vicenza. 
Vienna:  Art treasures of, respected by French Republican armies, great raft; streets;
 Cathedral;
 Hofburg;
 Congress of;
 Wechselbank;
 Belvedere Palace;
 Prater; theatres. 
Visconte, Galeazzo:  builds church of the Certosa. 
Volnais, Mlle:  Acting of. 
Voltaire:  his play, “Merope”, his benefactions to Ferney; relics of; portraits of contemporaries in his chateau.

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