The continental traveller's oracle; or, Maxims for foreign locomotion. By Abraham Eldon. Ed. by his nephewHenry Colburn, 1828 |
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... true . unction ; every one believed him , for no one had been so far . At ten years old I was the most demure , silent , best combed , and best washed little boy in the village . No one could say a word against me , but that I ate my ...
... true . unction ; every one believed him , for no one had been so far . At ten years old I was the most demure , silent , best combed , and best washed little boy in the village . No one could say a word against me , but that I ate my ...
Pàgina 27
... true religion , we behold nothing but buffaloes and rododendrons . Wales shows how much may be done in this way : - a curate has often twenty children ; and the lower his salary and diet , the more patri- archal and prolific is he . I ...
... true religion , we behold nothing but buffaloes and rododendrons . Wales shows how much may be done in this way : - a curate has often twenty children ; and the lower his salary and diet , the more patri- archal and prolific is he . I ...
Pàgina 43
... true , that the sun is hot , and the palaces damp ; and for want of remembering the distinction , I soon caught a cold , which the doctors at- tempted to improve into a fever . I paid them off the second week , and disappointed them ...
... true , that the sun is hot , and the palaces damp ; and for want of remembering the distinction , I soon caught a cold , which the doctors at- tempted to improve into a fever . I paid them off the second week , and disappointed them ...
Pàgina 97
... true- born , home - manufactured Briton to the last . But purposes will not overtake practices , nor words , deeds ; and finding that I am fast journeying to that land whence no traveller returneth , and that soon must I be , instead of ...
... true- born , home - manufactured Briton to the last . But purposes will not overtake practices , nor words , deeds ; and finding that I am fast journeying to that land whence no traveller returneth , and that soon must I be , instead of ...
Pàgina 104
... true . How naturally , then , the whole subject falleth into its proper di- visions ! the head is not without the trunk , nor the trunk without the feet ; but it is a fair tree with all its parts perfect , and each of its branches in ...
... true . How naturally , then , the whole subject falleth into its proper di- visions ! the head is not without the trunk , nor the trunk without the feet ; but it is a fair tree with all its parts perfect , and each of its branches in ...
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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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