Change of air, or, The philosophy of travelling; autumnal excursions through France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and Belgium1831 |
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... beautiful specimens of plants . It is entirely with the first kind of travelling that I have to do - namely , that mode which conduces most to the restoration of health , leaving every other consideration entirely out of the question ...
... beautiful specimens of plants . It is entirely with the first kind of travelling that I have to do - namely , that mode which conduces most to the restoration of health , leaving every other consideration entirely out of the question ...
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... beautiful and sublime views , and such a variety of interesting objects , as the line which the above route presents . It would be better , however , to dedicate three months to the tour , if time and other circumstances permitted ...
... beautiful and sublime views , and such a variety of interesting objects , as the line which the above route presents . It would be better , however , to dedicate three months to the tour , if time and other circumstances permitted ...
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... beautiful views in Italy and the Rhingau , or the keen mountain air of the Highlands of Scotland or Wales , combined with the novelty , variety , and succession of manners and customs of the countries through which he passes , abstract ...
... beautiful views in Italy and the Rhingau , or the keen mountain air of the Highlands of Scotland or Wales , combined with the novelty , variety , and succession of manners and customs of the countries through which he passes , abstract ...
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... beautiful are here protended before the eye , in every direction , and in endless variety , so that the traveller lingers on this elevated mountain pass , lost in amazement at the enchanting scenery by which he is surrounded on every ...
... beautiful are here protended before the eye , in every direction , and in endless variety , so that the traveller lingers on this elevated mountain pass , lost in amazement at the enchanting scenery by which he is surrounded on every ...
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... beautiful , I ap- prehend they will give me ample latitude to say any thing else that I may choose respecting them . If I were to qualify the bravery of the male sex with a dash of the bravado - the beauty of the females with a tincture ...
... beautiful , I ap- prehend they will give me ample latitude to say any thing else that I may choose respecting them . If I were to qualify the bravery of the male sex with a dash of the bravado - the beauty of the females with a tincture ...
Términos y frases comunes
Alps ancient animal Apennines arch atmosphere Baveno beautiful body Cæsar Campagna Capitol carriage cliffs climate CLOACINA countenance cretinism descended earth EFFECTS OF TRAVELLING England English Eternal City excitement exercise feelings fertile Florence France French Geneva Genoa gloomy goitre Heaven hills houses human imagination impressions influence inhabitants intellectual invalid Italian Italy journey Jura Jura Mountains labour Lady Morgan lake Lake of Geneva less magnificent maladies malaria marble Martigny mental miles mind modern Mont Blanc moral mountains Naples nature neighbouring never Nice night objects palaces Paris pass pellagra physical Pisa plains pleasure Pompeii Pontine Marshes precipices present Radicofani Rhone road rocks Roman Rome ruins scene scenery seen shew shores side sight Simplon skies snow stream streets summit surface temple THERMÆ thing thousand Tiber tion torrent tower town tramontane valley Vaud villages WEAR and TEAR whole winds wonder
Pasajes populares
Página 221 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies; The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight. Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Página 20 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity...
Página 12 - He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Página 202 - In all her length far winding lay, With promontory, creek and bay, And islands that empurpled bright, Floated amid the livelier light, And mountains, that like giants stand, To sentinel enchanted land.
Página 12 - tis true, this god did shake : His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried ' Give me some drink, Titinius,
Página 279 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Página 252 - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee ; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Página 2 - Twas his the vast and trackless Deep to rove : Alternate change of Climates has he known, And felt the fierce extremes of either zone, Where polar Skies congeal th...
Página 128 - ... of Roman citizens. That distinction was generally considered either as a legal qualification or as a proper recompense for the soldier; but a more serious regard was paid to the essential merit of age, strength, and military stature. In all levies, a just preference was given to the climates of the North over those of the South...
Página 44 - No, never shall I lose the trace Of what I've felt in this bright place. And, should my spirit's hope grow weak, Should I, oh God, e'er doubt thy power, This mighty scene again I'll seek, At the same calm and glowing hour, And here, at the sublimest shrine That Nature ever rear'd to Thee, Rekindle all that hope divine, And feel my immortality ! EXTRACT II.