Hints for PedestriansSimpkin, Marshall & Company, 1843 - 110 páginas |
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... claims for the convenience and service of a vehicle , those demands must be responded to according to the circum- tan ces , & c . , of the party requiring such aids . 8. The mountaineers of all countries are always the strongest 10.
... claims for the convenience and service of a vehicle , those demands must be responded to according to the circum- tan ces , & c . , of the party requiring such aids . 8. The mountaineers of all countries are always the strongest 10.
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... parties inquiring may have a guess as to whether they are getting the right sort or not . The real ones always fetch their prices which prove the extent of the demand . We have been in the habit of wearing them constantly now for two ...
... parties inquiring may have a guess as to whether they are getting the right sort or not . The real ones always fetch their prices which prove the extent of the demand . We have been in the habit of wearing them constantly now for two ...
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... parties on the Wye , or shooting excursions on the moors , when sport was the only object in view , and the non- necessity for a spruce appearance operated so as to pre- vent sometimes the usual attention to neatness in all parts of the ...
... parties on the Wye , or shooting excursions on the moors , when sport was the only object in view , and the non- necessity for a spruce appearance operated so as to pre- vent sometimes the usual attention to neatness in all parts of the ...
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... party so looking at it has recom- mended , the method of rinsing the mouth with cold spring water , and the use of a soft tooth - brush , as refreshing and quenching to the thirst , without the risk of evils attend- ing the swallowing ...
... party so looking at it has recom- mended , the method of rinsing the mouth with cold spring water , and the use of a soft tooth - brush , as refreshing and quenching to the thirst , without the risk of evils attend- ing the swallowing ...
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... the spirit used . It is simple and easy of adoption , and we beg parties will take the trouble to do it always on such occasions , for their own good : it has taken perhaps long 66 to describe , but that is owing to the need 58.
... the spirit used . It is simple and easy of adoption , and we beg parties will take the trouble to do it always on such occasions , for their own good : it has taken perhaps long 66 to describe , but that is owing to the need 58.
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Página 13 - Each in his hidden sphere of joy or woe Our hermit spirits dwell, and range apart, Our eyes see all around in gloom or glow— Hues of their own, fresh borrow'd from the heart.
Página 89 - Cornaro, who was the author of the little treatise I am mentioning, was of an infirm constitution, till about forty, when, by obstinately persisting in an exact course of temperance, he recovered a perfect state of health; insomuch that at fourscore he published his book, which has been translated into English, under the title of, Sure and certain methods of attaining a long and healthy Life.
Página 13 - What is this passing scene? A peevish April day! A little sun — a little rain, And then night sweeps along the plain. And all things fade away.
Página 7 - Ah! what avail the largest gifts of heaven, " When drooping health and spirits go amiss? " How tasteless then whatever can be given! " Health is the vital principle of bliss, " And exercise of health. In proof of this, " Behold the wretch, who slugs his life away, " Soon swallow'd in disease's sad abyss; " While he whom toil has braced, or manly play, " Has light as air each limb, each thought as clear as day.
Página 102 - What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and god-like reason To fust in us unus'd.
Página 14 - Yet wait awhile and see the calm leaves float Each to his rest beneath their parent shade. How like decaying life they seem to glide ! And yet no second spring have they in store, But where they fall, forgotten to abide Is all their portion, and they ask no more.
Página 14 - Now the tir'd hunter winds a parting note, And Echo bids good-night from every glade ; Yet wait awhile, and see the calm leaves float Each to his rest beneath their parent shade.
Página 11 - Now, in travelling, we multiply events, and innocently. We set out, as it were, on our adventures ; and many are those that occur to us, morning, noon, and night. The day we come to a place which we have long heard and read of, — and in Italy we do so continually, — it is an era in our lives ; and from that moment the very name calls up a picture.
Página 106 - THE PRINCIPLES OF PHYSIOLOGY, APPLIED TO THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH, AND TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL EDUCATION.
Página 103 - WHO says, the wan autumnal sun Beams with too faint a smile To light up nature's face again, . And, though the year be on the wane, With thoughts of spring the heart beguile? Waft him, thou soft September breeze, And gently lay him down Within some circling woodland wall, Where bright leaves, reddening ere they fall,* .Wave gaily o'er the waters brown.