I pity the man who can travel from Dan. to Beersheba, and cry, 'Tis all barren and so it is; and so is all the world to him, who will not cultivate the fruits it offers. A Lift for the Lazy - Seite 147von H. Wharton Griffith - 1849 - 195 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Richard Green Parker - 1857 - 464 Seiten
...expressing contrast or opposition, though closely connected in construction, are separated by a comma; as, "I pity the man, who can travel from Dan to Beersheba and cry, 'T is all barren." " Though deep, yet clear : though gentle, yet not dull ; Strong, without rage ;... | |
| Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott - 1859 - 660 Seiten
...a rude sublimity, such as Salvator Bosa would have made his study. "I pity the man," said Sterne, " who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry 'tis...him who will not cultivate the fruits it offers." On the Dorsetshire coast massive barriers oppose the continual beating of the waves — black, barren,... | |
| Mackenzie Edward C. Walcott - 1859 - 198 Seiten
...rude sublimity, such as Salvator ]?osa would have made his study. " I pity the man," said Sterne, " who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry 'tis...him who will not cultivate the fruits it offers." On the Dorsetshire coast massive barriers oppose the continual beating of the waves — black, barren,... | |
| Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1860 - 416 Seiten
... THE SEASON-TICKET. THE SEASON-TICKET. ' I pity the man, who can travel from Dan to Beersheba and cry " ' Tia all barren.' " LONDON : RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET1860. TO CHEYNE BRADY, ESQ. (OF... | |
| Henry Dircks - 1863 - 408 Seiten
...articled clerk, in Mr. Goldbeater's office, in Bristol, to acquire a knowledge of mercantile business. I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba,...is all the world to him, who will not cultivate the fruit it offers. STERNE. Ma. FOBSTEB'S continental tour terminated within a year ; and his return home... | |
| John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 Seiten
...Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale ? POPE. — Essay on Man, Epistle IV. Line 888. BARREN. — I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, Tis all barren. STERNE. — A street in Calais — Sentimental Journey. BASE. — Lewd fellows of the baser sort. ACTS,... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1864 - 440 Seiten
...my blood awake, and laid the gross to sleep. / I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Becrsheba, and cry, 'Tis all barren; — and so it is : and so...him \ who will not cultivate the fruits it offers. I .declare, said I, clapping my hands cheerily together, that was I in a desert, I would find out wherewith... | |
| Percy Fitzgerald - 1864 - 478 Seiten
...the unpleasant names of Smelfungus and Mundungus. " I pity the man," he wrote in a famous passage, " who can travel from Dan to Beersheba and cry 'tis all barren." He met Smelfungus in the grand portico of the Pantheon, " ' "Tis nothing but a huge cock-pit,' said... | |
| John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 Seiten
...vi. Ch. viii. " They order," said I, " this matter better in France." Sentimental Journeg. Page 1. I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, 'T is all barren. Ibid. In the Street. Calais * A proverbial phrase. Disguise thyself as them wilt,... | |
| 1866 - 320 Seiten
...strong. STERNE. " They order," said I, " this matter better in France." Sentimental Journey. Line I . I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, " 'T is all barren." Sentimental Journey. In the Street. Calais. God tempers the wind to the shorn... | |
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