Author: John Russell

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-04

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9780260288806

Excerpt from Tour in Germany, and Some of the Southern Provinces, Vol. 2 of 2: Of the Austrian Empire, in 1820, 1821, 1822 While toiling through this German Zara, with what longing the eye turns to the lofty and length ened ridge of the Harz, which bounds it on the south, once, probably, the mountainous shore of a sea, that gradually receded from these level de serts. There, all is varied and romantic; the an cient pines seem to frown contemptuously on their stunted brethren which encumber the plain; vil lages and spires start out from their shade deep clefts and shattered precipices overlook them in a thousand imposing forms. Above them all rises the Blocksberg, since time immemorial the Pan demonium of Europe, and the only spot which persecuting incredulity has left to the adepts in the black art, where all the wizards and witches of the civilized world still assemble, on May morne ing, to commune with their horned master, and to celebrate, under his guidance, their unholy orgies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.