Journal of a Voyage to LisbonCambridge University Press, 1913 - 116 páginas |
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... higher and more open towards the south , whilst it is guarded from the north wind by a ridge of hills , and from the smells and smoke of London by its distance ; which last is not the fate of Kensington 16 THE AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION.
... higher and more open towards the south , whilst it is guarded from the north wind by a ridge of hills , and from the smells and smoke of London by its distance ; which last is not the fate of Kensington 16 THE AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION.
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... wind blows from any corner of the east . care in Obligations to Mr Ward I shall always confess ; for I am convinced that he omitted no endeavouring to serve me , without any expectation or desire of fee or reward . The powers of Mr ...
... wind blows from any corner of the east . care in Obligations to Mr Ward I shall always confess ; for I am convinced that he omitted no endeavouring to serve me , without any expectation or desire of fee or reward . The powers of Mr ...
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... delays , and as the wind had been long nested , as it were , in the south - west , where it con- stantly blew hurricanes , I began with great reason to apprehend that our voyage might be long . Though indeed VOYAGE TO LISBON 29.
... delays , and as the wind had been long nested , as it were , in the south - west , where it con- stantly blew hurricanes , I began with great reason to apprehend that our voyage might be long . Though indeed VOYAGE TO LISBON 29.
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... wind and tide with us , he would have found it impossible to overtake the ship , till she was . come to an anchor at Gravesend . The morning was fair and bright , and we had a passage thither , I think , as pleasant as can be conceiv'd ...
... wind and tide with us , he would have found it impossible to overtake the ship , till she was . come to an anchor at Gravesend . The morning was fair and bright , and we had a passage thither , I think , as pleasant as can be conceiv'd ...
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... winds , bounding over the waves before us . And here I cannot pass by another observation on the deplorable want of taste in our enjoyments , which we shew by almost totally neglecting the pursuit of what seems to me the highest degree ...
... winds , bounding over the waves before us . And here I cannot pass by another observation on the deplorable want of taste in our enjoyments , which we shew by almost totally neglecting the pursuit of what seems to me the highest degree ...
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