 | Joseph Addison - 1842
...brocade petticoat rises out of the mines of Peru, and the diamond necklace out of the bowels of Indostan. celebrated liook, jfrtto Oymnastiui apud j**l»f mw,...Liliri so. Vtuct, 1569 quarto. min in one year, than farther advances towards a plum, than to a sloe, and carries an apple to no greater perfection than... | |
 | 1843 - 216 Seiten
...every thing that is convenient and ornamental. Nor is it the least part of this our happiness, that If we consider our own country in its natural prospect,...without the assistance of art, can make no further advances towards a plum, than a sloe, and carries an apple to no greater perfection than a crab; that... | |
 | 1847
...petticoat rises out of the mines of Peru, and the diamond necklace out of the bowels of Hindostan. pig-nuts, with other delicacies of the like nature,...without the assistance of art, can make no further advances towards a plum than to a sloe, and carries an apple to no greater perfection than a crab.... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1850
...asked what countryman he was, replied that he was a citizen of the world." " If," continues Addison, " we consider our own country in its natural prospect,...benefits and advantages of commerce, what a barren and uncomfortable spot of earth falls to our share ! Natural historians tell us that no fruit grows... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 860 Seiten
...body of men thriving in their own private fortunes, and at the same time promoting the public stock " If we consider our own country in its natural prospect,...benefits and advantages of commerce, what a barren and uncomfortable spot of earth falls to our share ! Natural historians tell us that no fruit grows... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 860 Seiten
...body of men thriving in their own private fortunes, and at the same time promoting the public stock " If we consider our own country in its natural prospect,...benefits and advantages of commerce, what a barren and uncomfortable spot of earth falls to our share ! Natural historians tell us that no fruit grows... | |
 | 1853
...by bringing into their country whatever is wanting, and carrying out of it whatever is superfluous. If we consider our own country in its natural prospect,...of itself, and without the assistance of art, can * See No. 1. make no farther advances towards a plum than to a sloe, and carries an apple to no greater... | |
 | Alexander Somerville - 1853
...own country in its natural prospects, without any of the benefits and advantages of commerce, what an uncomfortable spot of earth falls to our share ! Natural...without the assistance of art, can make no further advances towards a plum than to a sloe, and carries an apple to no greater a perfection than a crab... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853
...brocade petticoat rises out of the mines of Peru, and the diamond necklace out of the bowels of Indostan. If we consider our own country in its natural prospect,...uncomfortable spot of earth falls to our share ! Natural histoiians tell us, that no fruit grows originally among us, besides hips and haws, acorns and pignuts,... | |
 | 1853 - 742 Seiten
...brocade petticoat rises out of the mines of Peru, and the diamond necklace out of the bowels of Indostan. If we consider our own country in its natural prospect,...barren uncomfortable spot of earth falls to our share 1 Natural historians tell us, that no fruit grows originally among na, beside hips and haws, acorns... | |
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If we consider our own country in its natural prospect, without any of the benefits and advantages of commerce, what a barren, uncomfortable spot of earth falls to our share ! Natural historians tell us, that no fruit grows originally among us besides... 
