 France : he said, he thought that was the best climate where he could be abroad in the air with pleasure, or at least without trouble and inconvenience, the most days of the year, and the most hours of the day ; and this, he thought, he could be in England,...  The Works of Oliver Goldsmith - Seite 383von Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 1 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 338 Seiten
...reside constantly in town owe this disorder mostly to the influence of the weather. It is impossible to describe what a variety of transmutations an east...change a lady of fashion into a parlour couch : an aklerman into a plate of custards, and a dispenv.-r of justice into a rattrap. Even phiiosophers themselves... | |
 | 1808 - 674 Seiten
...climate, and extolling those of Italy and •Spain, or at least of France. He said be thought that the best climate where he could be abroad in the air with pleasure, or at least without trouble and inconvenience, the most days of the year, and the most hours of the dav ; and this he thought he... | |
 | 1804 - 242 Seiten
...influence of the weather. It is impossible to describe what a variety of transmutations an east wind shall produce ; it has been known to change a lady of fashion into a parlour-couch, an alderman into a plate of custards, and a dispenser of justice into a rat-trap. Even... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 522 Seiten
...reside constantly in town owe this disorder mostly to the influence of the weather. It is impossible to describe what a variety of transmutations an East...plate of custards, and a dispenser of justice into a rat trap. Even philosophers themselves are not exempt from its influence; it has often converted a... | |
 | William Temple - 1814 - 606 Seiten
...were reviling our climate, and extolling those of Italy and Spain, or at least of France : he said, he thought that was the best climate, where he could...least without trouble or inconvenience, the most days of the year, and the most hours of the day; and this, he thought, he could be in England, more than... | |
 | Ethelinda Margaretta Thorpe Potts - 1814 - 284 Seiten
...Columbelle, Whose blood the tranquil scene prophanes, I fear too justly she complains * Charles II. thought that was the best climate, where he could...the air with pleasure, or at least without trouble and inconvenience, the most days of the year, or the most hours of the day ; and this he thought he... | |
 | Varieties - 1819 - 774 Seiten
...wish not that my days should be spent in the land of my fathers." " Yet Charles the Second said, he thought that was the best climate, where he could...abroad in the air, with pleasure, or at least without inconvenience, the most days in the year, and the most hours in the day ; and this he conceived he... | |
 | 1821 - 384 Seiten
...reviling our climate, and extolling those of Italy and Spain, or at least, of France : he said, he thought that was the best climate, where he could...least without trouble or inconvenience, the most days of the year, and the most -hours of the day ; and this, he thought, he could be in England, more than... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1821 - 602 Seiten
...Europe are out of the question. Charles II., in reply to some who were reviling our climate, said he thought that was the best climate where he could be...the air with pleasure, or, at least, without trouble and inconvenience, the most days of the year, and the most hours of the day ; and this he thought he... | |
 | 1821 - 602 Seiten
...reply to some who were reviling our climate, said he thought that was the best climate where he could could be abroad in the air with pleasure, or, at least, without trouble and inconvenience, the most days of the year, and the most hours of the day; and this he thought he... | |
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