My travels, or, An unsentimental journey through France, Switzerland and Italy, Том 3Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1855 |
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... less , or more , as the season is good or bad , and your contract with the French cook may be somewhat reduced ; but for 2 piastres a - day , you ought to be most handsomely served ; indeed , 18 carlini , or one piastre and a half , is ...
... less , or more , as the season is good or bad , and your contract with the French cook may be somewhat reduced ; but for 2 piastres a - day , you ought to be most handsomely served ; indeed , 18 carlini , or one piastre and a half , is ...
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... less admire my position . The difficulty arises from the last eruption , the cinders or the dust of the lava being knee- deep ; and out of our whole party , only an Englishman and his French wife , Mr. and Madame Lowe , did the whole ...
... less admire my position . The difficulty arises from the last eruption , the cinders or the dust of the lava being knee- deep ; and out of our whole party , only an Englishman and his French wife , Mr. and Madame Lowe , did the whole ...
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... less practised eye would at once perceive that if Spain had stood still , Sicily seemed rooted . But this inaction must not be attributed to the mismanagement of its Viceroy ; never had any sovereign a better servant than Ferdinand of ...
... less practised eye would at once perceive that if Spain had stood still , Sicily seemed rooted . But this inaction must not be attributed to the mismanagement of its Viceroy ; never had any sovereign a better servant than Ferdinand of ...
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... less , and mules are his best assistants . The absence of all improvement may be seen in the state of the square in which stands the palace , the residence of the viceroy ; even within the city , progress is not rapid ; and I would ...
... less , and mules are his best assistants . The absence of all improvement may be seen in the state of the square in which stands the palace , the residence of the viceroy ; even within the city , progress is not rapid ; and I would ...
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... less numerous ; nor do they thrust their deformities into your face , or mob your carriage , as they do at Naples ; but this remark is only applicable to Palermo , for , as we get into the interior , we shall find the beggars of ...
... less numerous ; nor do they thrust their deformities into your face , or mob your carriage , as they do at Naples ; but this remark is only applicable to Palermo , for , as we get into the interior , we shall find the beggars of ...
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Сторінка 136 - ... a land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of oil olive and honey; a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
Сторінка 136 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy GOD chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy GOD, to walk in His ways, and to fear Him. For the LORD thy GOD bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Сторінка 214 - Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give: When thou hast it by thee.
Сторінка 312 - There is a fixed and pale composure upon the features: she seems sad and stricken down in spirit, yet the despair thus expressed is lightened by the patience of gentleness. Her head is bound with folds of white drapery from which the yellow strings of her golden hair escape, and fall about her neck.
Сторінка 226 - But thou, of temples old, or altars new, Standest alone — with nothing like to thee — Worthiest of God, the holy and the true. Since Zion's desolation, when that He Forsook His former city, what could be, Of earthly structures, in His honour piled, Of a sublimer aspect? Majesty, Power, Glory, Strength, and Beauty, all are aisled In this eternal ark of worship undefiled.
Сторінка 185 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
Сторінка 202 - Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Сторінка 103 - Angel of life! thy glittering wings explore Earth's loneliest bounds, and Ocean's wildest shore. Lo! to the wintry winds the pilot yields His bark careering o'er...
Сторінка 312 - In the whole mien there is a simplicity and dignity which, united with her exquisite loveliness and deep sorrow, are inexpressibly pathetic.
Сторінка 102 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty : For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors to my blood ; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility ; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly...