The Diary of an Invalid: Being the Journal of a Tour in Pursuit of Health, in Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, and France, in the Years 1817, 1818, and 1819, Svazek 1J. Murray, 1824 - Počet stran: 307 |
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... " brave o'erhanging fir- mament , ” — with its- " majestical roof fretted with golden fire , ” — is better calculated to inspire feel- ings of devotion , than the proudest temple that was 1817. ] 6 VOYAGE TO LISBON .
... " brave o'erhanging fir- mament , ” — with its- " majestical roof fretted with golden fire , ” — is better calculated to inspire feel- ings of devotion , than the proudest temple that was 1817. ] 6 VOYAGE TO LISBON .
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... better than water ; so he stopped at the half - way house , with " Vinho do Porto , Car- cavelos , Colares , & c . & c . , ” inscribed on its front , and there fed himself and his beasts with bread soaked in wine . By virtue of this ...
... better than water ; so he stopped at the half - way house , with " Vinho do Porto , Car- cavelos , Colares , & c . & c . , ” inscribed on its front , and there fed himself and his beasts with bread soaked in wine . By virtue of this ...
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... better ; but who that has read the New Testament , can tolerate the contemptible mummeries which are here practised under the name of religion ? The religion of the heathens was as superior to this , as the statues of Phidias excel in ...
... better ; but who that has read the New Testament , can tolerate the contemptible mummeries which are here practised under the name of religion ? The religion of the heathens was as superior to this , as the statues of Phidias excel in ...
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... better reputation , and are said to be filled with sincerely pious women , who have been led , from perhaps a mistaken sense of religion , to bury themselves in the unprofitable seclusion of a convent . This is , however , a deli- cate ...
... better reputation , and are said to be filled with sincerely pious women , who have been led , from perhaps a mistaken sense of religion , to bury themselves in the unprofitable seclusion of a convent . This is , however , a deli- cate ...
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... better things ; but they are bowed down by a despotic govern- ment , and hood - winked by a besotted superstition . The priests seem to fear that the growing spirit of inquiry will destroy the foundations of their power ; and therefore ...
... better things ; but they are bowed down by a despotic govern- ment , and hood - winked by a besotted superstition . The priests seem to fear that the growing spirit of inquiry will destroy the foundations of their power ; and therefore ...
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Strana 23 - How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Makes ill deeds done...
Strana 102 - You should not have believed me. For virtue cannot so inoculate our old stock but we shall relish of it.
Strana 209 - My father's spirit in arms ! all is not well; I doubt some foul play: 'would, the night were come! Till then sit still, my soul: Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes.
Strana 39 - For it so falls out, That what we have we prize not to the worth, Whiles we enjoy it; but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value; then we find The virtue, that possession would not show us Whiles it was ours...
Strana 9 - It is a strange thing that in sea voyages, where there is nothing to be seen but sky and sea, men should make diaries ; but in land travel, wherein so much is to be observed, for the most part they omit it, as if chance were fitter to be registered than observation.
Strana 106 - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its Author ; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Strana 82 - Winter season does of our own. The only advantage of Italy then is, that your penance is shorter than it would be in England ; for I repeat, that during the time it lasts, Winter is more severely felt here, than at Sidmouth, where I would even recommend an Italian invalid to repair, from November till February ; — if he could possess himself of Fortunatus's cap, to remove the difficulties of the journey.
Strana 132 - Caron dimonio, con occhi di bragia, Loro accennando, tutte le raccoglie: Batte col remo qualunque s
Strana 231 - ... ritu florent modo nata vigentque. debemur morti nos nostraque: sive receptus terra Neptunus classes Aquilonibus arcet, regis opus...
Strana 245 - As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.