Winter and Spring on the Shores of the Mediterranean: Or, The Riviera, Mentone, Italy, Corsica, Sicily, Algeria, Spain, and Biarritz as Winter ClimatesJ. Churchill & sons, 1870 - 621 pàgines |
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Winter and Spring on the Shores of the Mediterranean: Or, The Riviera ... James Henry Bennet Visualització completa - 1870 |
Winter and Spring on the Shores of the Mediterranean: Or, The ..., Edició 120 James Henry Bennet Visualització completa - 1870 |
Winter and Spring on the Shores of the Mediterranean: Or, The ..., Edició 120 James Henry Bennet Visualització completa - 1870 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 188 - Ah, what a life were this ! how sweet ! how lovely ! Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To shepherds, looking on their silly sheep, Than doth a rich embroider'd canopy To kings, that fear their subjects
Pàgina 66 - And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not. And it came to pass in the meanwhile, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain.
Pàgina 65 - And he said, Go again seven times. And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand.
Pàgina 37 - THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go. But in my spirit will I dwell, And dream my dream, and hold it true ; For tho' my lips may breathe adieu, I cannot think the thing farewell.
Pàgina 440 - What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile ; In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown ; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.
Pàgina 593 - DR. DJT FRANCIS. CHANGE OF CLIMATE; considered as a Remedy in Dyspeptic, Pulmonary, and other Chronic Affections; with an Account of the most Eligible Places of Residence for Invalids in Spain, Portugal, Algeria...
Pàgina 423 - LOUD roared the dreadful thunder, The rain a deluge showers, The clouds were rent asunder By lightning's vivid powers ; The night both drear and dark, Our poor devoted bark, Till next day, there she lay, In the Bay of Biscay...
Pàgina 226 - O Italy, how beautiful thou art ! Yet I could weep — for thou art lying, alas, Low in the dust ; and we admire thee now As we admire the beautiful in death.
Pàgina 226 - Of heaven ; and shall again. The hour shall come, When they who think to bind the ethereal spirit, Who, like the eagle cowering o'er his prey, Watch with quick eye, and strike and strike again If but a sinew vibrate, shall confess Their wisdom folly.
Pàgina 609 - ... go, to consider the change as placing him merely in a more favourable situation for the removal of his disease ; in fact, to bear constantly in mind, that the beneficial influence of travelling, of sailing, and of climate, requires to be aided by such a dietetic regimen and general mode of living, and by such remedial measures, as would have been requisite in his case had he remained in his own country. All the circumstances requiring attention from the invalid at home should be equally attended...