My travels, or, An unsentimental journey through France, Switzerland and Italy, Volumen 3Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1855 |
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... give great inducements either by its cleanliness or its cookery ; to arrive at the Restaurant would sicken anybody but a half - starved Frenchman , or a Neapolitan . Neither am I very partial to the Hotel de Russie ; for the Santa Lucia ...
... give great inducements either by its cleanliness or its cookery ; to arrive at the Restaurant would sicken anybody but a half - starved Frenchman , or a Neapolitan . Neither am I very partial to the Hotel de Russie ; for the Santa Lucia ...
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... give the trouble of having the things sent - it is extraordinary how the sun changes their appearance on the road . I have known a picture changed altoge- ther . If you take an apartment , drive - or per- haps it is as well to walk ...
... give the trouble of having the things sent - it is extraordinary how the sun changes their appearance on the road . I have known a picture changed altoge- ther . If you take an apartment , drive - or per- haps it is as well to walk ...
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... give the thief four carlini , and when the article is washed , it will sell for a piastre . From the time of my being robbed in St. Peter's - whilst the pope was blessing me and the thief - I had my pockets sewn up , but I must needs ...
... give the thief four carlini , and when the article is washed , it will sell for a piastre . From the time of my being robbed in St. Peter's - whilst the pope was blessing me and the thief - I had my pockets sewn up , but I must needs ...
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... give my captive in charge ; but I was told he was only a povero diavolo endeavouring to get his livelihood ; and the thief walked away as disconcerted as honesty . I had a hint that sometimes these blows of a stranger might be paid by a ...
... give my captive in charge ; but I was told he was only a povero diavolo endeavouring to get his livelihood ; and the thief walked away as disconcerted as honesty . I had a hint that sometimes these blows of a stranger might be paid by a ...
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... gives way under the footing , and that the rise is so precipitous besides which , if you will not take guides , they walk before you , and the whole lava set in motion by them purposely , makes your footstep the more difficult ; the ...
... gives way under the footing , and that the rise is so precipitous besides which , if you will not take guides , they walk before you , and the whole lava set in motion by them purposely , makes your footstep the more difficult ; the ...
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Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 185 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
Página 202 - Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Página 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...
Página 312 - In the whole mien there is a simplicity and dignity which, united with her exquisite loveliness and deep sorrow, are inexpressibly pathetic.
Página 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...