The continental traveller's oracle; or, Maxims for foreign locomotion. By Abraham Eldon. Ed. by his nephewHenry Colburn, 1828 |
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... night drowned in oblivion all my recommendations and testi- monia , changed my aunt into a ' repiner and almost a malignant , and put the church and its livings , fold and shepherd , for ever out of my grasp and mind . On the very eve ...
... night drowned in oblivion all my recommendations and testi- monia , changed my aunt into a ' repiner and almost a malignant , and put the church and its livings , fold and shepherd , for ever out of my grasp and mind . On the very eve ...
Pàgina 36
... in an oven or a baker's shop or a poor cellar , ( which might be run dry in a night , ) because it is ancient , is , to say the best of it , but a most miserable affectation , worthy only of our black - letter gos- 36 THE CONTINENTAL.
... in an oven or a baker's shop or a poor cellar , ( which might be run dry in a night , ) because it is ancient , is , to say the best of it , but a most miserable affectation , worthy only of our black - letter gos- 36 THE CONTINENTAL.
Pàgina 41
... night had departed an hour before us - and on our ar- rival at For ' Appio , they were still missing ! ... A calesche was found overturned in the canal near , and the postilions , some hours after TRAVELLER'S ORACLE . 41.
... night had departed an hour before us - and on our ar- rival at For ' Appio , they were still missing ! ... A calesche was found overturned in the canal near , and the postilions , some hours after TRAVELLER'S ORACLE . 41.
Pàgina 44
... nights without any fear of an encoun- ter . The process is to hire your walker , or talker , or cicerone , and to walk and listen with him your five or ten shillings a - day : when one pays for it , one is apt to remember ; and as to ...
... nights without any fear of an encoun- ter . The process is to hire your walker , or talker , or cicerone , and to walk and listen with him your five or ten shillings a - day : when one pays for it , one is apt to remember ; and as to ...
Pàgina 50
... night's prison , because I was feebler or more tranquil than other men . I have often disputed on the unequal partition of good and evil in this sublunary world , but I know of few cases of a stronger description than what I have just ...
... night's prison , because I was feebler or more tranquil than other men . I have often disputed on the unequal partition of good and evil in this sublunary world , but I know of few cases of a stronger description than what I have just ...
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Pàgina 284 - ITALY. Being the Substance of a Journal of her Residence in that Country ; exhibiting a view of the present State of Society and Manners, Arts, Literature, and Literary Institutions ; interspersed with numerous Anecdotes of the most eminent Literary and Political Characters, &c.
Pàgina 284 - This is not merely a work of opinions expressed in the ornamental style of the writer. It is a substantial account of Italy, and may be consulted for its facts by the historian, the traveller, and the topographer.
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Pàgina 283 - THE HORSE AND CARRIAGE ORACLE. Containing Rules for Purchasing and Keeping, or Jobbing Horses and Carriages, in the easiest and most economical manner, with accurate Estimates of every expense occasioned thereby. Also an easy plan for ascertaining every Hackney Coach Fare.
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