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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... coach starts . The harbour , full of three- deckers , presents a glorious sight ; which an Eng- lishman cannot look at without feeling that in- L ward glorying , and exultation of soul , which Lon- 2 [ SEPT . DEPARTURE FROM ENGLAND .
... coach starts . The harbour , full of three- deckers , presents a glorious sight ; which an Eng- lishman cannot look at without feeling that in- L ward glorying , and exultation of soul , which Lon- 2 [ SEPT . DEPARTURE FROM ENGLAND .
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... sight of land , sea - scene . is much less vast than I had expected . The pa- norama is limited to a little circle of water , seven miles all round us . Within the limits of this circle we move along , day after day , without the least ...
... sight of land , sea - scene . is much less vast than I had expected . The pa- norama is limited to a little circle of water , seven miles all round us . Within the limits of this circle we move along , day after day , without the least ...
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... sight at sea : but I confess I think it inferior to the same scene on shore . There is indeed plenty of the— " dread magnificence of Heaven , ” — but it is all over in a moment . The sun braves the east , and carries the heavens by a ...
... sight at sea : but I confess I think it inferior to the same scene on shore . There is indeed plenty of the— " dread magnificence of Heaven , ” — but it is all over in a moment . The sun braves the east , and carries the heavens by a ...
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... sight of land , with nothing above but the " 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 ...
... sight of land , with nothing above but the " 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 ...
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... sight of land ! Indeed , I believe , we did catch a glimpse of Cape Finisterre in our passage , but it might have been a " camel " or a " whale ; " - this morning , how- ever , the rock of Lisbon rose with clouded majesty within a few ...
... sight of land ! Indeed , I believe , we did catch a glimpse of Cape Finisterre in our passage , but it might have been a " camel " or a " whale ; " - this morning , how- ever , the rock of Lisbon rose with clouded majesty within a few ...
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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.