Travels Into Different Parts of Europe, in the Years 1791 and 1792: With Familiar Remarks on Places--men--and MannersT. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1796 |
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... whole - Vol- taire's house . : LETTER XLIII . 209 Laufanne - Environs - Swell of lake - Cha- racter of Lausanne - Gibbon - First view of Glaciers - Project of tour . LETTER XLIV .. 217 Route to Chamouni - Bonneville - Singular ...
... whole - Vol- taire's house . : LETTER XLIII . 209 Laufanne - Environs - Swell of lake - Cha- racter of Lausanne - Gibbon - First view of Glaciers - Project of tour . LETTER XLIV .. 217 Route to Chamouni - Bonneville - Singular ...
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... of etiquette performed , the whole field of amusement is opened , and wherever you hear mention of festivities , you are at liberty to participate them . The 2 Comteffe Comteffe de Choifeul is at the head of thefe parties LETTER VI . 25.
... of etiquette performed , the whole field of amusement is opened , and wherever you hear mention of festivities , you are at liberty to participate them . The 2 Comteffe Comteffe de Choifeul is at the head of thefe parties LETTER VI . 25.
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... whole of her attention , and her time is divided between amufement and devotion . The dignity of her age and station , and the courteousness of her manners , give her the highest importance in the fashionable affemblies . The modern ...
... whole of her attention , and her time is divided between amufement and devotion . The dignity of her age and station , and the courteousness of her manners , give her the highest importance in the fashionable affemblies . The modern ...
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... English ftile . He had ftored his cellars with excellent wine , and nothing was wanting to his felicity , but the honour of their opinion upon the taste and execution execution of the whole . The ladies gave him to [ 28 ]
... English ftile . He had ftored his cellars with excellent wine , and nothing was wanting to his felicity , but the honour of their opinion upon the taste and execution execution of the whole . The ladies gave him to [ 28 ]
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... whole . The ladies gave him to understand , that his description had fo fascinated them , that they would certainly not lose so fair an opportunity of being amufed . This was what the Marquis neither in- tended nor expected , yet the ...
... whole . The ladies gave him to understand , that his description had fo fascinated them , that they would certainly not lose so fair an opportunity of being amufed . This was what the Marquis neither in- tended nor expected , yet the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
affure afpect againſt agreeable Amfterdam amuſement antient Antwerp appeared Auftrian Bafle beauty Belgic Berne beſt Bois-le-duc Breda Bruffels church circumftances cloſe confiderable converfation croffing crouded curiofity diſcovered Dutch Engliſh entered Eupen Europe exhibit exift faid fame faſhionable fcarcely fcene fcenery feemed feveral fhall fhould fide fingular finiſhed firft firſt fituation fociety fome foon formed fpirit fprings ftand ftill ftone ftrangers ftreets fubject fuch fuffered fufficiently fummit Geneva greateſt himſelf hiſtory Holland houfes houſes iffue induſtry intereft itſelf laft laſt Lauterbourg leagues lefs leſs LETTER Louis XIV mafter meaſures ment moft moſt mountains muft muſt myſelf North Holland obfervations objects occafion ourſelves paffage paffed pleaſure poffeffed political prefent purpoſes raiſed reafon refidence refpect Rhine Rotterdam route ſcarcely ſcenes ſeem ſome Stadtholder ſtate table d'hôte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion town traveller ufually univerfal veffel vifit village whofe whoſe
Pasajes populares
Página 183 - Yes! let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art.
Página 249 - And when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe with heaved stroke Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallowed haunt.
Página 262 - A dungeon horrible on all fides round As one great furnace flam'd, yet from thofe flames No light, but rather darknefs vifible Serv'd only to difcover fights of woe, Regions of forrow, doleful fhades,. where peace And reft can never dwell...
Página 17 - Saint, the fingular object of which induces me to mention it. It was held at the apartments of the Comtefle de Choifeul, and attended by moft of the fafhionable people.
Página 219 - He appears rather inditing to an amanuen(is, than holding converfation with a ftranger. But though he talks too oracularly, — he is at his table cheerful, frank, and convivial. His hofpitalities are however not...
Página 17 - Choifeul, and attended by moft of the fafhionable people. Agreeably to the law of the aflembly, the gains of the evening were to be difpofed of, at the difcretion of the lady of the houfe, in purpofes of charity. This is a cuftom of ancient eftablifhment. An aflembly of this nature, where pleafure and religion are combined, muft give birth to many fingular impreflions.
Página 116 - Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward methinks, and diligently flow, The firm connected bulwark feems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidft the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and ufurps the fhore.
Página 172 - Strafburgh was want of money. Nothing is to be found in circulation but paper and copper. " Tout iroit bien," laid an old man,
Página 17 - Every means are employed to excite fuperftitious horror, and recal to the mind the memory of that darknefs which enveloped the face of the earth. All that breathes the air of diflipation muft be entirely banifhed, and amufement fo qualified by motive, and fo chaftifed by aufterity, as» to receive the ferious caft of religious exercife.
Página 84 - ... caricatures. Imagine, says he, a short figure, with more breadth than goes to the proportion of elegance, and with very little alteration in the width downward to the waist, the petticoats descending only half way below the knee. Imagine further, a round small face covered with a hat of three feet in diameter, perfectly circular, and applied to the head in a part contiguous to the circumference. Then conceive a number of these figures in motion...