A tour through Holland ... to the south of Germany, in ... 18061807 |
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Strana 8
... scarcely any cessation ; in conse- quence of which the young disciple became restive , and whilst his father's back was turned committed the apostles to the deep , for which he received a tolerable proportion of castigation . Fifty ...
... scarcely any cessation ; in conse- quence of which the young disciple became restive , and whilst his father's back was turned committed the apostles to the deep , for which he received a tolerable proportion of castigation . Fifty ...
Strana 23
... fish for the kettle , the head , and fins , and tail , are generally cut off . In this city port wine is scarcely ever drank , it is by no means gratifying to a Dutch pa- 24 DUTCH BEGGARS , late . Some was presented to.
... fish for the kettle , the head , and fins , and tail , are generally cut off . In this city port wine is scarcely ever drank , it is by no means gratifying to a Dutch pa- 24 DUTCH BEGGARS , late . Some was presented to.
Strana 52
... scarcely af- ford to dine with an opulent and fashionable friend . In houses of great resort in Holland , servants are in the habits of purchasing their places of their masters free of wages , solely for the douceurs which custom ...
... scarcely af- ford to dine with an opulent and fashionable friend . In houses of great resort in Holland , servants are in the habits of purchasing their places of their masters free of wages , solely for the douceurs which custom ...
Strana 55
... scarcely ad- mitted any paper to be in circulation ; that the roads were no longer farmed , but by the aid of a small additional duty on salt , were put into the finest condition , and that no toll whatever was taken in any part of the ...
... scarcely ad- mitted any paper to be in circulation ; that the roads were no longer farmed , but by the aid of a small additional duty on salt , were put into the finest condition , and that no toll whatever was taken in any part of the ...
Strana 75
... scarcely ever seen intoxicated : indeed , drunkenness is held unpardonably infamous in Holland . To keep bad accounts , and to be seen inebriated , are equally disgrace- ful ; and hence the use of wines and spirituous liquors is much ...
... scarcely ever seen intoxicated : indeed , drunkenness is held unpardonably infamous in Holland . To keep bad accounts , and to be seen inebriated , are equally disgrace- ful ; and hence the use of wines and spirituous liquors is much ...
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A Tour Through Holland ... to the South of Germany, in ... 1806 John Carr, Sir Náhled není k dispozici. - 2016 |
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Strana 185 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them : the oars were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Strana 326 - This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye! I feel my heart new open'd. O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes...
Strana 343 - But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd, Than that, which, withering on the virgin thorn, Grows, lives, and dies, in single blessedness.
Strana 367 - When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
Strana 110 - We must not make a scare-crow of the law, ' Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.
Strana 75 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Strana 3 - In my school-days, when I had lost one shaft I shot his fellow of the self-same flight The self-same way, with more advised watch To find the other forth ; and by adventuring both I oft found both : I urge this childhood proof, Because what follows is pure innocence.
Strana 247 - Why, this. Will lug your priests and servants from your sides, Pluck stout men's pillows from below their heads : This yellow slave Will knit and break religions ; bless the accursed ; Make the hoar leprosy adored ; place thieves, And give them title, knee and approbation With senators on the bench...
Strana 403 - Fruitless embraces ; or they led the vine To wed her elm ; she spoused about him twines Her marriageable arms, and with her brings Her dower, the adopted clusters, to adorn His barren leaves.
Strana 10 - That dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations...