The Tourist's Guide: Or, Pencillings in England and on the Continent; with the Expenses, Conveyances, Distances, Sights, Hotels, Etc. and Important Hints to the TouristG. B. Zieber & Company, 1847 - 260 páginas |
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... give a general view of the society and arrangements which may here be obtained by the more light - hearted voyager . Add to this , the best modes of travelling , and other subjects interest- ing and instructive to the tourist , and the ...
... give a general view of the society and arrangements which may here be obtained by the more light - hearted voyager . Add to this , the best modes of travelling , and other subjects interest- ing and instructive to the tourist , and the ...
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... give publicity to , I have clothed in homely terms ; I shall , therefore , offer no apology for a matter - of - fact style , which , though faulty in a romance writer , may be praiseworthy in the author of a note- book , a guide to ...
... give publicity to , I have clothed in homely terms ; I shall , therefore , offer no apology for a matter - of - fact style , which , though faulty in a romance writer , may be praiseworthy in the author of a note- book , a guide to ...
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... give prefe- rence to the splendid American packet - ships , with their usually polite and attentive commanders . The Columbus packet - ship was considered a crack craft for sailing , as well as having excellent accommodations . In her I ...
... give prefe- rence to the splendid American packet - ships , with their usually polite and attentive commanders . The Columbus packet - ship was considered a crack craft for sailing , as well as having excellent accommodations . In her I ...
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... give effect to the numerous chaste white marble tombs which are seen in all directions , tower- ing amid the green foliage . Standing in the centre , one can ima- gine himself a prisoner among the dead : for all around are perpen ...
... give effect to the numerous chaste white marble tombs which are seen in all directions , tower- ing amid the green foliage . Standing in the centre , one can ima- gine himself a prisoner among the dead : for all around are perpen ...
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... give preference to those in the United States , in buildings , machinery , and cleanliness . Having read and heard of the emaciated and sickly appearance of the females employed in the English factories generally , I was pleased , and ...
... give preference to those in the United States , in buildings , machinery , and cleanliness . Having read and heard of the emaciated and sickly appearance of the females employed in the English factories generally , I was pleased , and ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Abbey admiration American amusement ancient Antwerp appearance arriving beautiful Belgium Boulogne Bradgate Park Bruges Brussels Buckingham Palace building called castle Cathedral celebrated century Chapel CHAPTER Charing Cross church cliff costly court crossing crowd distance Dover Dover Castle dress Duke Duke of Wellington Earl England English Europe examine expense factories fare favourite feet France French gardens gates gentleman Hall horses hospitality Hotel hour House hundred immense invited Jerome Bonaparte King ladies Lady Jane Grey late leaving Liverpool London Lord magnificent mansion marble miles Minister morning Napoleon neat Newstead Abbey noble numerous officers paintings palace Palais Palais Royal Paris Park passed persons picturesque polite Prince Quarndon Queen railway residence rich Royal seat seen shillings ship smile splendid stands statuary steamer stone stranger Street Thames Theatre thousand tomb tourist Tower town travelling Tuileries United walk walls Waterloo Windsor Windsor Castle
Pasajes populares
Página 199 - Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Página 33 - I KNEW by the smoke, that so gracefully curled Above the green elms, that a cottage was near, And I said, " If there 's peace to be found in the world, " A heart that was humble might hope for it here...
Página 25 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Página 195 - Me other cares in other climes engage, Cares that become my birth, and suit my age ; In various knowledge to improve my youth, And conquer prejudice, worst foe to truth ; By foreign arts domestic faults to mend, Enlarge my notions, and my views extend; The useful science of the world to know, Which books can never teach, or pedants show.
Página 213 - There is a winding irregularity and want of uniform appearance in many of the streets of London by which it is greatly disfigured and all grandeur of aspect lost . . . with a few exceptions strangers may traverse the whole metropolis without the least knowledge that such large buildings have any existence.' Ruskin has said everything that its outside critics had left unsaid, and the average Londoner will add something to that. You may hear a good word said for Battersea Park or for the view from...
Página 168 - For, even as the index tells us the contents of stories, and directs to the particular chapters, even so does the outward habit and superficial order of garments (in man or woman) give us a taste of the spirit, and demonstratively point (as it were a manual note from the margin) all the internal quality and habiliment of the soul...
Página 211 - Its chief strength on the land side consists in its being able to lay the whole level under water. On the side next the river is a strong curtain, with a noble gate, called the watergate, in the middle ; and the ditch is palisaded. Before this curtain is a platform in the place of a counterscarp, on which are planted 106 guns, from 24 to...
Página 79 - ... tide, ventilates and purifies the whole ; the immense quantities of water conveyed into the houses, even the meanest, for • domestic purposes, afford the means of cleanliness, one of the surest companions of health. In a word, although the atmosphere of London is too frequently moist, the weather often in extremes, and the change from one extreme to another frequently sudden, yet the metropolis may fairly be deemed one of the most healthy in the world.
Página 88 - Here, in one spacious room, 150 feet by 33, are arranged in regular and chronological order, no less a number than twentytwo equestrian figures, comprising many of the most celebrated kings of England, accompanied by their favourite lords and men of rank, all of them, together with their horses, in the armour of the respective periods when they flourished; many, indeed, in the identical suits in which they appeared while living. Along the centre of the ceiling, immediately over each figure, is a...
Página 33 - Grey, and the granddaughter maternally of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, by Mary, Queen Dowager of France, sister of King Henry VIII.