Change of air, or, The philosophy of travelling; autumnal excursions through France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and Belgium1831 |
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... doubt of success ! for life itself was new , And the heart promised what the fancy drew . But when I mingled with the chafing " tide of human exis- tence " at Charing Cross , my heart sunk within me - I felt , as it B were , annihilated ...
... doubt of success ! for life itself was new , And the heart promised what the fancy drew . But when I mingled with the chafing " tide of human exis- tence " at Charing Cross , my heart sunk within me - I felt , as it B were , annihilated ...
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... doubt of it . Chelsea and Greenwich present us with veteran soldiers and sailors of 80 , 90 , and 100 years . But is it to be inferred from these speci- mens , that a naval or military life includes no extra wear and tear of the ...
... doubt of it . Chelsea and Greenwich present us with veteran soldiers and sailors of 80 , 90 , and 100 years . But is it to be inferred from these speci- mens , that a naval or military life includes no extra wear and tear of the ...
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... impressions the MIND forms its ideas , its judgments , and its determinations . That man excels all other animals in his intellectual system , there can be little doubt ; but it would not Reciprocities of Mind and Body.
... impressions the MIND forms its ideas , its judgments , and its determinations . That man excels all other animals in his intellectual system , there can be little doubt ; but it would not Reciprocities of Mind and Body.
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... doubt that many cases of this kind , which ultimately end in insanity , or at least in monomania , might be greatly ameliorated , if not completely cured , by a system of exercise con- ducted on the foregoing plan , and urged into ...
... doubt that many cases of this kind , which ultimately end in insanity , or at least in monomania , might be greatly ameliorated , if not completely cured , by a system of exercise con- ducted on the foregoing plan , and urged into ...
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... doubt , that the change from what is considered a good , to what is thought a bad air , is often attended with marked good effects . Hence it is very reasonable to conclude , that the mere change of one kind of air for another has an ...
... doubt , that the change from what is considered a good , to what is thought a bad air , is often attended with marked good effects . Hence it is very reasonable to conclude , that the mere change of one kind of air for another has an ...
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.