Coryat's Crudities: Hastily Gobled Up in Five Moneths Travells in France, Savoy, Italy, Rhetia Commonly Called the Grisons Country, Helvetia Alias Switzerland, Some Parts of High Germany and the Netherlands; Newly Digested in the Hungry Aire of Odcombe in the County of Somerset, and Now Dispersed to the Nourishment of the Travelling Members of this Kingdome, Volume 2J. MacLehose and Sons, 1905 |
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Page 264 - Praedica verbum, insta opportune, importune, argue, obsecra, increpa, in omni patientia et doctrina.
Page iii - Crudities Hastily gobled up in five Moneths travells in France, Savoy, Italy, Rhetia commonly called the Grisons country, Helvetia alias Switzerland, some parts of high Germany and the Netherlands ; Newly digested in the hungry aire of Odcombe in the County of Somerset, and now dispersed to the nourishment of the travelling Members of this Kingdome By THOMAS CORYAT VOLUME II Glasgow James MacLehose and Sons Publishers to the University MCMV 'v.
Page 318 - All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O LORD ; and shall glorify thy name.
Page 110 - Howbeit I doe not by this praise of Zurich derogate from the learned men of mine owne country. For I am perswaded that our two famous Universities of Oxford and Cambridge do yeeld as learned men as any in the world ; but for the quantity (not the quality) of writing the Tigurines without doubt have the superioritie of our English men.
Page 172 - God the imputation of that vice could not be almost as truly cast upon mine owne nation as upon Germany. Besides I observed that they impose not such an inevitable necessity of drinking a whole health, especially those of the greater size, as many of our English gallants doe...
Page 245 - Germany, to beware by my travellers. example of going into any of their vineyardes without leave. For if thou shalt happen to be apprehended in ipso facto (as I was) by some rustical and barbarous Corydon of the country, thou mayest perhaps pay a farre deerer price for thy grapes then I did, even thy dearest blood.
Page 280 - Earle of Essex, after he had travelled in divers places of France, Switzerland, and some parts of high Germany. The riches I observed at this Mart were most infinite, especially in one place called Under Den Roemer, where the Goldsmithes kept their shoppes, which made the most glorious shew that ever I saw in my life, especially some of the Citie of Norimberg. This place is divided into divers other roomes that have a great many partitions assigned unto Mercers and such like artificers, for the exposing...
Page 289 - For their custome is that the passengers must exercise themselves with oares and rowing alternis vicibus, a couple together. So that the master of the boate (who me thinks in honestie ought either to doe it himselfe, or to procure some others to do it for him) never roweth but when his turne commeth. This [p. 574.] exercise both for recreation and health sake I confesse is very convenient for man. But to be tied unto it by way of a strict necessity when one payeth well for his passage, was a thing...
Page 279 - There are two things which make this citie famous ouer all Europe. The one the election of the King of the Romanes, the other the two noble fayres kept heere twise a yeare, which are called the Martes of Franckford.
Page 57 - The Italian when he uttereth any Latin word wherein this letter i is to be pronounced long, doth alwaies pronounce it as a double e, viz as ee. As for example: he pronounceth feedes for fides: veeta for vita: ameecus for amicus, &c.