Change of air, or, The philosophy of travelling; autumnal excursions through France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and Belgium1831 |
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... Labour . Care - worn Countenance . Etiolation , or Blanching ......... .. 4 Salutary Effects of Travelling Ex- 22 ib . ercise ... 5 Plan of a Tour for Restoration of 23 6 Health .. 8 ....... 9 Moral Effects of Travelling Exercise 25 ...
... Labour . Care - worn Countenance . Etiolation , or Blanching ......... .. 4 Salutary Effects of Travelling Ex- 22 ib . ercise ... 5 Plan of a Tour for Restoration of 23 6 Health .. 8 ....... 9 Moral Effects of Travelling Exercise 25 ...
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... for the doctors ultimately , if not for the undertakers . It is that WEAR AND TEAR of the living machine , mental and corporeal , which results from over - strenu- WEAR AND TEAR . 3 ous labour or exertion of 2 WEAR AND TEAR .
... for the doctors ultimately , if not for the undertakers . It is that WEAR AND TEAR of the living machine , mental and corporeal , which results from over - strenu- WEAR AND TEAR . 3 ous labour or exertion of 2 WEAR AND TEAR .
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... labour of the body . The fatigue induced by the hardest day's toil may be dissipated by " tired Nature's sweet restorer , balmy sleep ; ' but not so the fatigue of the mind ! Thought and care cannot be discontinued or cast off when we ...
... labour of the body . The fatigue induced by the hardest day's toil may be dissipated by " tired Nature's sweet restorer , balmy sleep ; ' but not so the fatigue of the mind ! Thought and care cannot be discontinued or cast off when we ...
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... and corporeal labour . We see people — almost whole nations , enjoy health and comparative happiness with scarcely any exercise of the thinking faculties - and we observe whole classes of society , as , for example , LAWYERS.
... and corporeal labour . We see people — almost whole nations , enjoy health and comparative happiness with scarcely any exercise of the thinking faculties - and we observe whole classes of society , as , for example , LAWYERS.
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... labour inordinately with the brain , whether in literature , law , science , or art - the octo- genarians and the nonogenarians whom we meet with , are only the human pyramids that have withstood , somewhat longer than usual , the extra ...
... labour inordinately with the brain , whether in literature , law , science , or art - the octo- genarians and the nonogenarians whom we meet with , are only the human pyramids that have withstood , somewhat longer than usual , the extra ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Alps ancient animal Apennines arch atmosphere Baveno beautiful body Cæsar Campagna Capitol carriage cliffs climate CLOACINA countenance cretinism descended earth EFFECTS OF TRAVELLING England English Eternal City excitement exercise feelings fertile Florence France French Geneva Genoa gloomy goitre Heaven hills houses human imagination impressions influence inhabitants intellectual invalid Italian Italy journey Jura Jura Mountains labour Lady Morgan lake Lake of Geneva less magnificent maladies malaria marble Martigny mental miles mind modern Mont Blanc moral mountains Naples nature neighbouring never Nice night objects palaces Paris pass pellagra physical Pisa plains pleasure Pompeii Pontine Marshes precipices present Radicofani Rhone road rocks Roman Rome ruins scene scenery seen shew shores side sight Simplon skies snow stream streets summit surface temple THERMÆ thing thousand Tiber tion torrent tower town tramontane valley Vaud villages WEAR and TEAR whole winds wonder
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 221 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies; The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight. Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Seite 20 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity...
Seite 12 - He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Seite 202 - In all her length far winding lay, With promontory, creek and bay, And islands that empurpled bright, Floated amid the livelier light, And mountains, that like giants stand, To sentinel enchanted land.
Seite 12 - tis true, this god did shake : His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried ' Give me some drink, Titinius,
Seite 279 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Seite 252 - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee ; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Seite 2 - Twas his the vast and trackless Deep to rove : Alternate change of Climates has he known, And felt the fierce extremes of either zone, Where polar Skies congeal th...
Seite 128 - ... of Roman citizens. That distinction was generally considered either as a legal qualification or as a proper recompense for the soldier; but a more serious regard was paid to the essential merit of age, strength, and military stature. In all levies, a just preference was given to the climates of the North over those of the South...
Seite 44 - No, never shall I lose the trace Of what I've felt in this bright place. And, should my spirit's hope grow weak, Should I, oh God, e'er doubt thy power, This mighty scene again I'll seek, At the same calm and glowing hour, And here, at the sublimest shrine That Nature ever rear'd to Thee, Rekindle all that hope divine, And feel my immortality ! EXTRACT II.