Travels in England in 1782Cassell, 1886 - 192 páginas |
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Página 48 - I think there are more ayes than noes; or more noes than ayes. The ayes have it ; or the noes have it ;
Página 147 - So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden, where delicious Paradise, Now nearer, crowns with her enclosure green, As with a rural mound, the champaign head Of a steep wilderness...
Página 42 - I should have given the well-dressed man half-a-crown, or a couple of shillings, for a bottle of wine. Happy in this information I went again the next day, when the same man. who before had sent me away, after I had given him only two shillings, very politely opened the door for me, and himself recommended me to a good seat in the gallery.
Página 110 - While I was eating, a post-chaise drove up, and in a moment both the folding-doors were thrown open and the whole house set in motion, in order to receive, with all due respect, these guests, who, no doubt, were supposed to be persons of consequence.
Página 125 - Gd dn me," which in England does not seem to mean more mischief or harm than any of our or their common expletives in conversation, such as "O gemini!" or "The deuce take me!" ... I am almost ashamed to own, that next morning, when I awoke, I had got so dreadful a headache from the copious and numerous toasts of my jolly and reverend friends that I could not possibly get up.
Página 51 - ... at their respective houses. The moment that he began to speak, even this rude rabble became all as quiet as the raging sea after a storm; only every now and then rending the air with the parliamentary cry of hear him! hear him! and as soon as he had done speaking, they again vociferated aloud an universal huzza, every one, at the same time, waving his hat.
Página 88 - Here I trod on that fresh, even, and soft verdure which is to be seen only in England ; on one side of me lay a wood, than which Nature cannot produce a finer; and on the other the Thames, with its shelvy...