 | John George Bishop - 1880 - 522 стор.
...town itself and the Downs (over which, by the bye, he delighted to gallop, when his health permitted), he said it was a "country so truly desolate, that...difficult to find a tree on which to fasten the rope." Despite all his prejudices, however, the Doctor came to Brighton — it needed sterner stuff than even... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - 1881 - 368 стор.
...because it was a country so truly desolate,' he said, ' that if one had a mind to hang VOL. n. G oneself for desperation at being obliged to live there, it...difficult to find a tree on which to fasten the rope.' When the sage uttered this dictum he had certainly overlooked the subject of mutton. He forgot how... | |
 | 1882 - 586 стор.
...detested Brighthelmstone Downs ' as a country so truly desolate that if one had a mind to hang oneself for desperation at being obliged to live there, it...would be difficult to find a tree on which to fasten a rope.' Yet he proved himself a good swimmer at Brighton, one of the bathing-men applauding his efforts.... | |
 | Belgravia - 1882 - 716 стор.
...detested Brighthelmstone Downs ' as a country BO truly desolate that if one had a mind to hang oneself for desperation at being obliged to live there, it...would be difficult to find a tree on which to fasten a rope.' Yet he proved himself a good swimmer at Brighton, one of the bathing-men applauding his efforts.... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1884 - 538 стор.
...however, and detested Hrighthelmstone Downs, " because it was a country so truly desolate (he said), that if one had a mind to hang one's self for desperation...difficult to find a tree on which to fasten the rope." Walking in a wood when it rained, was, I think, the only rural image he pleased his fancy with; "for... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1884 - 352 стор.
...however, and detested Brighthelmstone Downs, ' because it was a country so truly desolate,' he said, ' that if one had a mind to hang one's self for desperation...difficult to find a tree on which to fasten the rope.' " — Croker's Boswdl, Vol. II. p. 209. side of his head, wore a crimson waistcoat, and warbled in... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 534 стор.
...Brighthelmstone Downs, " because it was a country so truly desolate (he said), that if one had a miud to hang one's self for desperation at being obliged...difficult to find a tree on which to fasten the rope." Walking in a wood when it rained, was, I think, the only rural image he pleased his fancy with; "for... | |
 | D. Burchell Friend - 1886 - 238 стор.
...Brighthelmstone Down because it was a country so truly desolate that if one had a mind to hang oneself for desperation at being obliged to live there, it...would be difficult to find a tree on which to fasten a rope." Yet he stayed at Brighthelmstone twice, and the first time bathed often, for which, in a Guide-book... | |
 | Sanitary Institute - 1891 - 382 стор.
...her house in West Street (now the site of the Concert Hall), detested the Downs, and observed that " it was a country so truly desolate, that if one had...difficult to find a tree on which to fasten the rope." An old alliterative proverb refers to Brighton as "a Town without Trees, and a Sea without Ships."... | |
 | William Connor Sydney - 1891 - 424 стор.
...place was very dull and I was not well.' And why ? Mrs. Piozzi tells us that the reason was ' because it was a country so truly desolate that if one had...difficult to find a tree on which to fasten the rope.' But Brighthelmstone was not altogether dull. The visitors occasionally devoted their evenings to the... | |
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because it was a country so truly desolate (he said), that if one had a mind to hang one's self for desperation at being obliged to live there, it would be difficult to find a tree on which to fasten the rope. 
