The continental traveller's oracle; or, Maxims for foreign locomotion. By Abraham Eldon. Ed. by his nephewHenry Colburn, 1828 |
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... pered , into a smile . He used to sit whole evenings building certainties out of shadows , and counting every spark in the cinders of his grate . I never heard him say a harsh word even to his blind horse , who in stumb- 6 THE CONTINENTAL.
... pered , into a smile . He used to sit whole evenings building certainties out of shadows , and counting every spark in the cinders of his grate . I never heard him say a harsh word even to his blind horse , who in stumb- 6 THE CONTINENTAL.
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... whole of the potion which was intended for both , and did not appear , I am sorry to say , very much the better for the draught . The ingredients of both their characters were mixed up in their son . I was as re- signed as my father ...
... whole of the potion which was intended for both , and did not appear , I am sorry to say , very much the better for the draught . The ingredients of both their characters were mixed up in their son . I was as re- signed as my father ...
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... whole family soon observed these incipient talents , but altogether mistook their destiny and direction . My father , in rubbing down my head by the blaze of his winter's fire , be- fore the evening candles had been yet brought in ...
... whole family soon observed these incipient talents , but altogether mistook their destiny and direction . My father , in rubbing down my head by the blaze of his winter's fire , be- fore the evening candles had been yet brought in ...
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... whole collection of my aunt's blue pocket - handker- chiefs was exhausted ; -my father almost forgot his smile , and my mother wailed and railed alternately at my father . She wept . over my approaching departure as if it had been my ...
... whole collection of my aunt's blue pocket - handker- chiefs was exhausted ; -my father almost forgot his smile , and my mother wailed and railed alternately at my father . She wept . over my approaching departure as if it had been my ...
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... for the advice of a whole host of female doctors , who soon sur- rounded me . I seemed with my aunt's fortune to have inherited her admirers ; and preachers of the Word , converted back- sliders , pilgrims 18 THE CONTINENTAL.
... for the advice of a whole host of female doctors , who soon sur- rounded me . I seemed with my aunt's fortune to have inherited her admirers ; and preachers of the Word , converted back- sliders , pilgrims 18 THE CONTINENTAL.
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Seite 283 - THE TRAVELLER'S ORACLE ; or, MAXIMS for LOCOMOTION. By WILLIAM KITCHINER, MD, Author of the " Cook's Oracle," " The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life,'' &c. &c. Second Edition. In 2 pocket vols. 15s. " Mirth and motion prolong life." " These two volumes abound in practical instruction of a rare and useful kind.
Seite 284 - ITALY as it is ; or narrative of an English family's residence for three years in that country. By the author of
Seite 284 - ITALY. Being the Substance of a Journal of her Residence in that Country ; exhibiting a view of the present State of Society and Manners, Arts, Literature, and Literary Institutions ; interspersed with numerous Anecdotes of the most eminent Literary and Political Characters, &c.
Seite 284 - This is not merely a work of opinions expressed in the ornamental style of the writer. It is a substantial account of Italy, and may be consulted for its facts by the historian, the traveller, and the topographer.
Seite 113 - Depuis ce jour me promene De la foret a la plaine, De la montagne au vallon. Je vais ou le vent me mene, Sans me plaindre ou m'effrayer, Je vais ou va toute chose, Ou va la feuille de rose Et la feuille de laurier.
Seite 283 - THE HORSE AND CARRIAGE ORACLE. Containing Rules for Purchasing and Keeping, or Jobbing Horses and Carriages, in the easiest and most economical manner, with accurate Estimates of every expense occasioned thereby. Also an easy plan for ascertaining every Hackney Coach Fare.
Seite 284 - ST. PETERSBURGH: A Journal of Travels to and from that Capital, THROUGH FLANDERS, ALONG THE BANKS OF THE RHINE. THROUGH PRUSSIA, RUSSIA, POLAND. SAXONY, SILESIA, BAVARIA, AND FRANCE. By AB GRANVILLE, MD, FRS, FLS, MRS, &c. " It will be read by every person who has either travelled in the countries visited by the Doctor, or who is desirous of becoming acquainted with them."— Globe. " A book. which contains a great deal of useful information.
Seite 216 - AVE, mari magno, turbantibus aequora ventis, E terra magnum alterius spectare laborem : Non quia vexari quemquam est jucunda voluptas, Sed , quibus ipse malis careas , quia cernere suave est.
Seite 284 - LONDONDERRY'S NARRATIVE of the LATE WAR in THE PENINSULA. 4to. with Map and Plans. III. RELIGIOUS DISCOURSES. By a LAYMAN. 8vo. 4s. 6d. IV. THE DIARY of THOMAS BURTON, Esa., a MEMBER in the PARLIAMENTS of the PROTECTORS OLIVER and RICHARD CROMWELL, from 1656 to 1659, now first published from the original Autograph Manuscript, in the possession of William Upcott, of...
Seite 284 - Being the Substance of a Journal of her Residence in that Country ; exhibiting a view of the present State of Society and Manners, Arts, Literature, and Literary Institutions ; interspersed with numerous Anecdotes of the most eminent Literary and Political Characters, &c. A new edition, revised. In 3 vols. 8vo.