Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain, During the Years 1810 and 1811, Volume 1author; and for sale, 1815 |
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... seen in England by a few friends , who read parts of it with interest , and , for the first time in his life , the idea entered his mind of writing a book ! He does not mean to throw any respon- sibility on his friends ; none of them ...
... seen in England by a few friends , who read parts of it with interest , and , for the first time in his life , the idea entered his mind of writing a book ! He does not mean to throw any respon- sibility on his friends ; none of them ...
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... seen on our left , and an- other assemblage of little old houses on our right , ( Flushing ) ; Pendennis Castle behind us , on a mound near the entrance of the harbour . The air was calm and mild , the sky of a very pale blue , —a light ...
... seen on our left , and an- other assemblage of little old houses on our right , ( Flushing ) ; Pendennis Castle behind us , on a mound near the entrance of the harbour . The air was calm and mild , the sky of a very pale blue , —a light ...
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... seen in England . He goes , we are told , to lounge away his ennui and his idleness beyond seas , -a premature attack of the maladie du pays . The English maladie du pays is of a is of a peculiar character ; it is not merely the result ...
... seen in England . He goes , we are told , to lounge away his ennui and his idleness beyond seas , -a premature attack of the maladie du pays . The English maladie du pays is of a is of a peculiar character ; it is not merely the result ...
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... seen nothing here of the luxury and pride which I expected to find every where in this warlike and commercial country . There is much despondency about Spain , and but one voice against the Walcheren expedition and against the ministers ...
... seen nothing here of the luxury and pride which I expected to find every where in this warlike and commercial country . There is much despondency about Spain , and but one voice against the Walcheren expedition and against the ministers ...
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... seen every day . Fahrenheit's thermometer about 50 ° . December 31. - We left Falmouth this morning , in a post chaise , fairly on our way to London . The country is an extensive moor , covered with furze , a low thorny bush , evergreen ...
... seen every day . Fahrenheit's thermometer about 50 ° . December 31. - We left Falmouth this morning , in a post chaise , fairly on our way to London . The country is an extensive moor , covered with furze , a low thorny bush , evergreen ...
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Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain, During the Years ..., Volume 1 Louis Simond Visualização integral - 1817 |
Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain, During the Years ..., Volume 1 Louis Simond Visualização integral - 1817 |
Journal of a tour and residence in Great Britain, during ... 1810 and 1811 ... Louis Simond Visualização integral - 1815 |
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Página 362 - ... know what to trust to; equity is according to the conscience of him that is Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot, a Chancellor's foot; what an uncertain measure would this be!
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Página 25 - At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. *Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
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