Journal of a Voyage to LisbonCambridge University Press, 1913 - 116 páginas |
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... scarce afford him a pleasure worthy of his labour ; and surely it would give him very little opportunity of communi- cating any kind of entertainment or improvement to others . L. F. I To make a traveller an agreeable companion to a man ...
... scarce afford him a pleasure worthy of his labour ; and surely it would give him very little opportunity of communi- cating any kind of entertainment or improvement to others . L. F. I To make a traveller an agreeable companion to a man ...
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... scarce ever pays us for our attention . There is nothing , I think , half so valuable as knowledge , and yet there is nothing which men will give themselves so little trouble to attain ; unless it be , perhaps , that lowest degree of it ...
... scarce ever pays us for our attention . There is nothing , I think , half so valuable as knowledge , and yet there is nothing which men will give themselves so little trouble to attain ; unless it be , perhaps , that lowest degree of it ...
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... scarce need to be informed that the writer I mean is the late bishop of Cloyne , in Ireland , and the discovery , that of the virtues of tar - water . I then happened to recollect , upon a hint given me by the inimitable author of the ...
... scarce need to be informed that the writer I mean is the late bishop of Cloyne , in Ireland , and the discovery , that of the virtues of tar - water . I then happened to recollect , upon a hint given me by the inimitable author of the ...
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... scarce appeared three times . So that the early fruits came to the fulness of their growth , and to some appearance of ripeness , without acquiring any real maturity ; having wanted the heat of the sun to soften and meliorate their ...
... scarce appeared three times . So that the early fruits came to the fulness of their growth , and to some appearance of ripeness , without acquiring any real maturity ; having wanted the heat of the sun to soften and meliorate their ...
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... scarce settled in Paradise , before they disliked their own home , and became passengers to another place . Hence it appears , that the humour of travelling is as old as the human race , and that it was their curse from the beginning ...
... scarce settled in Paradise , before they disliked their own home , and became passengers to another place . Hence it appears , that the humour of travelling is as old as the human race , and that it was their curse from the beginning ...
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act of parliament Aeneid agreeable anchor appear apprehend assistance attended Axylus believe boat cabin called captain carried chearfulness convey deck declared degree dinner Diodorus Siculus distemper doth dropsy Dunciad endeavours enjoy entertainment entirely evil expence favour Fielding Fielding's fish former gentlemen Gilbert Burnet give Gravesend hath honour human humour Humphrys immediately Jonathan Wild July justice justice of peace kind labour ladies land latter least likewise live London magistrates Marshall Saxe means miles Minorca morning never novel obliged observation passengers perhaps person pleasant pleasure poor port present reader returned Ryde sail sailors scarce seemed seldom shew shillings ship shore sight society soon Spithead sufficient superior sure tar-water taste thing thought Tom Jones traveller true truth utmost venison vessel VOYAGE TO LISBON whole wife wind wind-bound Zachary Grey