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... says Fontenelle , he felt himself a botanist . He desired to learn their names ; he care- fully observed their differences , and sometimes ab- sented himself from his class in order to botanize in the country , preferring nature to the ...
... says Fontenelle , he felt himself a botanist . He desired to learn their names ; he care- fully observed their differences , and sometimes ab- sented himself from his class in order to botanize in the country , preferring nature to the ...
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... , but the cookery of the Pyrenees , which , to the Rouen epicurean , appeared more terrible than pre- cipices or robbers . He was quite aware , says he , that in these vast solitudes he should find no sub- JOSEPH PITTON DE TOURNEFORT . 9.
... , but the cookery of the Pyrenees , which , to the Rouen epicurean , appeared more terrible than pre- cipices or robbers . He was quite aware , says he , that in these vast solitudes he should find no sub- JOSEPH PITTON DE TOURNEFORT . 9.
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... says our travel- ler , with evident chagrin , might as well have con- tained monkeys as reasonable creatures . In this style they proceeded to Erzeroom , where they arrived on the 15th of June . Winter had not yet relinquished his ...
... says our travel- ler , with evident chagrin , might as well have con- tained monkeys as reasonable creatures . In this style they proceeded to Erzeroom , where they arrived on the 15th of June . Winter had not yet relinquished his ...
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... says he , such a variety of villages , gar- dens , and plantations present themselves to our view , that from Rosetta to Cairo , and from thence all the way down by the other branch , to Damietta , we see nothing but crowds of people ...
... says he , such a variety of villages , gar- dens , and plantations present themselves to our view , that from Rosetta to Cairo , and from thence all the way down by the other branch , to Damietta , we see nothing but crowds of people ...
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... says the doctor , " in some fine sand , which was placed in the bottom of the vessel ; and when I saw them they had just cast their skins , and were as brisk and lively as if newly taken . The horns of this viper are white and shining ...
... says the doctor , " in some fine sand , which was placed in the bottom of the vessel ; and when I saw them they had just cast their skins , and were as brisk and lively as if newly taken . The horns of this viper are white and shining ...
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Page 92 - I was so struck with admiration, that I could not for some time speak to her, being wholly taken up in gazing. That surprising harmony of features ! that charming result of the whole ! that exact proportion of body ! that lovely bloom of complexion, unsullied by art! the unutterable enchantment of her smile ! — But her eyes ! — large and black, with all the soft languishment of the blue ! every turn of her face discovering some new grace.
Page 89 - The great ladies seldom let their gallants know who they are ; and 'tis so difficult to find it out, that they can very seldom guess at her name, whom they have corresponded with for above half a year together. You may easily imagine...
Page 293 - Eleven of them ranged alongside of us about the distance of three miles. The greatest diameter of the largest appeared to me at that distance as if it would measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at SE leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. It was in vain to think of flying...
Page 88 - ... their fancies ; some putting flowers, others a plume of heron's feathers, and, in short, what they please; but the most general fashion is a large bouquet of jewels, made like natural flowers; that is, the buds, of pearl; the roses, of different coloured rubies; the jessamines, of diamonds; the jonquils, of topazes, etc., so well set and enamelled, 'tis hard to imagine any thing of that kind so beautiful. The hair hangs at its full length behind, divided into tresses braided with pearl or ribbon,...
Page 288 - Though a mere private Briton, I triumphed here, in my own mind, over kings and their armies; and every comparison was leading nearer and nearer to presumption, when the place itself where I stood, the object of my vain-glory, suggested what depressed my short-lived triumphs.
Page 273 - I saw, with the utmost astonishment, two pieces, thicker and longer than our ordinary beefsteaks, cut out of the higher part of the buttock of the beast. How it was done I cannot positively say, because, judging the cow was to be killed from the moment I saw the knife drawn, I was not anxious to view that catastrophe, which was by no means an object of curiosity. Whatever way it was done, it surely was adroitly, and the two pieces were spread upon the outside of one of their shields.
Page 87 - The first part of my dress is a pair of drawers, very full, that reach to my shoes, and conceal the legs more modestly than your petticoats.
Page 187 - English, he obtained permission of seven days' absence from the ship, for the purpose of seeing his mother, who then kept a boarding-house at Southold, occupied chiefly by British officers. " He rode up to the door, alighted, went in, and asked if he could be accommodated in her house as a lodger. She replied that he could, and showed him a room into which his baggage was conveyed. After having adjusted his dress he came out, and took a seat by the fire, in company with several other officers, without...
Page 47 - ... like combustible matter, which were severally set on fire upon the approach of the locusts. But this was all to no purpose ; for the trenches were quickly filled up, and the fires extinguished -by infinite swarms succeeding one another ; whilst the front was regardless of danger, and the rear pressed on so close, that a retreat was altogether impossible.
Page 294 - I saw from the SE a haze come in colour like the purple part of a rainbow, but not so compressed or thick; it did not occupy twenty yards in breadth, and was about twelve feet high from the ground. It was a kind of...