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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... grand and imposing . The width is 107 French feet , and the height 230. I paced the whole range of the aqueduct , upon which there is a fine stone walk of about three quarters of a mile , protected by a parapet . This vast work , while ...
... grand and imposing . The width is 107 French feet , and the height 230. I paced the whole range of the aqueduct , upon which there is a fine stone walk of about three quarters of a mile , protected by a parapet . This vast work , while ...
Strana 32
... grand . The African side much more bold and lofty than the European . Attempted to sketch the rock of - Gibraltar , which is less remarkable for its height , 32 [ ост . Voyage to Leghorn FLORENCE (continued Venus de Medicis.
... grand . The African side much more bold and lofty than the European . Attempted to sketch the rock of - Gibraltar , which is less remarkable for its height , 32 [ ост . Voyage to Leghorn FLORENCE (continued Venus de Medicis.
Strana 43
... Grand Duke of Tuscany moves about his dominions , all the post - horses on his route are put under taboo for his exclusive use . Unluckily for us , he was to - day on his road from Pisa to Florence . It was necessary , therefore , to ...
... Grand Duke of Tuscany moves about his dominions , all the post - horses on his route are put under taboo for his exclusive use . Unluckily for us , he was to - day on his road from Pisa to Florence . It was necessary , therefore , to ...
Strana 52
... Grand Duke . The Pitti Palace was thrown open to receive the congratulations of the public on the marriage of the Grand Duke's eldest son to a Princess of Saxony . The bride , an elegant interesting girl of seventeen , paid her ...
... Grand Duke . The Pitti Palace was thrown open to receive the congratulations of the public on the marriage of the Grand Duke's eldest son to a Princess of Saxony . The bride , an elegant interesting girl of seventeen , paid her ...
Strana 54
... Grand Duke and all the Court were invited . The Italians have been celebrated for their masquerading talents ; -but if this ball were taken as a sample , a masquerade is a duller thing in Italy than in England . I believe it is never ...
... Grand Duke and all the Court were invited . The Italians have been celebrated for their masquerading talents ; -but if this ball were taken as a sample , a masquerade is a duller thing in Italy than in England . I believe it is never ...
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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.