...understood the art of Walking, that is, of taking walks, — who had a genius, so to speak, for sauntering : which word is beautifully derived "from idle people...country, in the Middle Ages, and asked charity, under pretense of going a la Sainte Terre," to the Holy Land, till the children exclaimed, "There goes a...

...paragraph from the pen of Thoreau, is well worthy a second reading. "Sauntering," he mentions as " beautifully derived from idle people who roved about...Middle Ages, and asked charity under pretence of going a la ' Sainte terre,' to the Holy Land, till the children exclaimed, ' There goes a Salute Terrer,'...

...Saunter, (san'tgr) vi [F. sainte terre, the holy land, from idle people who roved about the country and asked charity under pretence of going d la sainte terre, to the holy land.] To wander about idly ; to lounge. Saurian, (saw're-an) a. [G. sauros, a lisard.] Pertaining to or of...

...understood the art of Walking, that is, of taking walks, — who had a genius, so to speak, for sauntering: which word is beautifully derived from "idle people...country, in the middle ages, and asked charity, under pretense of going il la Saint Terre," to the Holy Land, till the children exclaimed, "There goes a...

...understood the art of Walking, that is, of taking walks, — who had a genius, so to speak, for sauntering : which word is beautifully derived " from idle people...Middle Ages, and asked charity, under pretence of going a la Sainte Terre," to the Holy Land, till the children exclaimed, " There goes a Sainte- Terrer" a...

...people who roved about the country, in the Middle Ages, and asked charity, under pretence of going a la Sainte Terre? to the Holy Land, till the children exclaimed, "There goes a Sainte- Terrer" a Saunterer, — a Holy-Lander. They who never go to the Holy Land in their walks,...

...The god of dreams or sleep. country in the Middle Ages and asking charity, under pretence of going a la Sainte Terre, to the Holy Land, till the children...' There goes a sainte-terrer!' — a saunterer, a Holy Lander. We speak of a ' sardonic ' smile, without reference to a plant growing in Sardinia, which...

...idle people roving about the country in the Middle Ages and asking charity, under pretence of going a la Sainte Terre, to the Holy Land, till the children exclaimed, ' There goes a suinte-terrerf — a saunterer, a Holy Lander. We speak of a 'sardonic' smile, without reference to...

...— What is the origin of the word ? EVG CAMDEN, NJ Thoreau, " Excursions," p. 161, says that it is from " Idle people who roved about the country, in the middle ages, and asked charity, under the pretense of going ' à la sainte terre ' to the Holy Land, till the children exclaimed, ' There...

...says, ''but one or two persons who understand the art of walking; who hac1 a genius for sauntering, which word is beautifully derived from idle people...roved about the country in the Middle Ages and asked charitv, under pretense of going a la Saintt Tim, a Sainte Terre, a Holy Lander. They who never go...