| Edward Morton - 1830 - 514 pàgines
...which acquired for it the distinguished praise of the author of " St. Petersburg." * About a quar* " After all, the best, the purest, the most grateful,...the inhabitants of St. Petersburg is the water of ter of an hour having been so employed several rockets were discharged, and shortly afterwards the... | |
| George Dobson, Henry M. Grove, Hugh Stewart - 1913 - 692 pàgines
...by a distinguished English physician (Dr. Granville), who wrote, after a visit to St. Petersburg : ' After all, the best, the purest, the most grateful,...inhabitants of St. Petersburg is the water of the Neva.' This praise now reads like satire, for, in order to avoid Neva water altogether, many persons are paying... | |
| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1830 - 604 pàgines
...a late writer) recommend it to the traveller's use, except for washing or household employments ; " After all, the best, the purest, the most grateful,...the water of the Neva. Oh, commend me to the water ofthat river for quenching thirst, pleasing the palate, and assisting digestion ! Malvern must yield... | |
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