The Diary of an Invalid: Being the Journal of a Tour in Pursuit of Health, in Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, and France, in the Years 1817, 1818, and 1819, Volume 1 |
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Page v
... its original form ; -like an indifferent artist , whose finished picture has often less to re- commend it , than his first rough sketch from nature . Though this may be no excuse for publishing a Volume at all ; yet it will at.
... its original form ; -like an indifferent artist , whose finished picture has often less to re- commend it , than his first rough sketch from nature . Though this may be no excuse for publishing a Volume at all ; yet it will at.
Page vi
... less solicitous to add , than to take away : but in adhering to the original Diary , it was impossible to avoid frequent egotism ; so that if I should be found , on many occa- sions , uninteresting , or even impertinent , I fear I have ...
... less solicitous to add , than to take away : but in adhering to the original Diary , it was impossible to avoid frequent egotism ; so that if I should be found , on many occa- sions , uninteresting , or even impertinent , I fear I have ...
Page vii
... less unworthy of public atten- tion . Some passages have been altered , and some additions made ; and , with a view to facilitate the task of perusal , the narrative has been broken into chapters ; in order that the reader may be ...
... less unworthy of public atten- tion . Some passages have been altered , and some additions made ; and , with a view to facilitate the task of perusal , the narrative has been broken into chapters ; in order that the reader may be ...
Page ix
... less a volume of inaccuracies ; -and I fear that had my endeavours to weed out such imperfections been much more minute and prolonged , enough would have still remained to exercise the patience and require the in- dulgence of the reader ...
... less a volume of inaccuracies ; -and I fear that had my endeavours to weed out such imperfections been much more minute and prolonged , enough would have still remained to exercise the patience and require the in- dulgence of the reader ...
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... less interesting than the dull uniformity of the The view , when out of sight of land , sea - scene . is much less vast than I had expected . The pa- norama is limited to a little circle of water , seven miles all round us . Within the ...
... less interesting than the dull uniformity of the The view , when out of sight of land , sea - scene . is much less vast than I had expected . The pa- norama is limited to a little circle of water , seven miles all round us . Within the ...
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Page 23 - How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Makes ill deeds done...
Page 102 - You should not have believed me. For virtue cannot so inoculate our old stock but we shall relish of it.
Page 209 - My father's spirit in arms ! all is not well; I doubt some foul play: 'would, the night were come! Till then sit still, my soul: Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes.
Page 39 - For it so falls out, That what we have we prize not to the worth, Whiles we enjoy it; but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value; then we find The virtue, that possession would not show us Whiles it was ours...
Page 9 - It is a strange thing that in sea voyages, where there is nothing to be seen but sky and sea, men should make diaries ; but in land travel, wherein so much is to be observed, for the most part they omit it, as if chance were fitter to be registered than observation.
Page 106 - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its Author ; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Page 82 - Winter season does of our own. The only advantage of Italy then is, that your penance is shorter than it would be in England ; for I repeat, that during the time it lasts, Winter is more severely felt here, than at Sidmouth, where I would even recommend an Italian invalid to repair, from November till February ; — if he could possess himself of Fortunatus's cap, to remove the difficulties of the journey.
Page 132 - Caron dimonio, con occhi di bragia, Loro accennando, tutte le raccoglie: Batte col remo qualunque s
Page 231 - ... ritu florent modo nata vigentque. debemur morti nos nostraque: sive receptus terra Neptunus classes Aquilonibus arcet, regis opus...
Page 245 - As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.