 Nothing can be finer, or more exact, than Mr. Pope's description of a traveller straining up the Alps. Every mountain he comes to he thinks will be the last ; he finds, however, an unexpected hill rise before him ; and that being scaled, he finds the...  A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature - Pàgina 120per Oliver Goldsmith - 1816Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1792 - 532 pàgines
...breadth. Nothing can be finer, or more exan, than the defcription in my motto, of a traveller draining up the Alps. Every mountain he comes to he thinks will be the laft: he finds, however, an unexpected hill rife before him 5 and that being fcaled, he beholds the... | |
 | 1799 - 404 pàgines
...breadth. Nothing can be finer, or mdlk exact, than Mr. Pope's defcription of a traveller {training up the Alps. Every mountain he comes to he thinks will be the laft ; he finds, however, an unexpected hill rife before him ; and that being fcaled, he finds the... | |
 | 1810 - 328 pàgines
...through its whole length by the Appenines. Nothing can be finer, or more exact, than that of Mr. Pope'? description of a traveller straining up the Alps....an unexpected hill rise before him; and that being scale.l, he i'uxU the highest summit almost at as great a distance as before. Upon quitting the plain,... | |
 | Richard Lobb - 1817 - 418 pàgines
...nearly of the same breadth. Nothing can be finer, or more exact, than the description in my motto, of a traveller straining up the Alps. Every mountain...unexpected hill rise before him ; and that being scaled, he beholds the highest summit almost at as great a distance as before. Upon quitting the plain, he left,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pàgines
...various phenomena. [Scenery of the Alps.] [From the ' ПШагу of the Earth and Animated Nature.1] he prime of think« will be the last : he finds, however, an unexpected hill rise before him ; and that being scaled,... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 744 pàgines
...experience, of the wonders that present themselves to the traveller over lofty mountains ; and he adds that ' nothing can be finer or more exact than ' Mr. Pope's...description of a traveller straining up the Alps.' Geneva was his resting-place in Switzerland; but he visited Basle arid Berne ; ate a ' savoury ' dinner... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 740 pàgines
...experience, of the wonders that present themselves to the traveller over lofty mountains ; and he adds that ' nothing can be finer or more exact than ' Mr. Pope's...description of a traveller straining up the Alps.' Geneva was his resting-place in Switzerland; but he visited Basle and Berne ; ate a ' savoury ' dinner... | |
 | Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 pàgines
...experience, of the wonders that present themselves to the traveller over lofty mountains ; and he adds that ' nothing can be finer or more exact than ' Mr. Pope's...description of a traveller straining up the Alps.' Geneva was his resting-place in Switzerland; but he visited Basle and Berne ; ate a ' savoury ' dinner... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pàgines
...various phenomena. [Scenery of tJie Âlpi.] [From the ' History of the Earth and Animated Nature.1] ower from the dalf ; And sweeter from the sky the...deep-sunk glen ; While from yon lowly roof, whose curling almoet at as great a distance as before. Upon quitting the plain, he might have left a green and fertile... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 766 pàgines
...distinguished from them by their figure, which, as I have said, resembles the billows of the sea. 1 As we approach, the mountain assumes a deeper colour;...traveller straining up the Alps. Every mountain he conies to he thinks will be the last; he finds, however, an unexpected hill rise before him ; and that... | |
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