A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, by Mr Yorrick1779 |
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Page 47
... fellow , who would be very honour to ferve an Englishman glish one , more than any other ? - nerous , faid the landlord But why an En- They are fo ge- I'll be shot if this is quoth I to myself not a livre out of my pocket , this very ...
... fellow , who would be very honour to ferve an Englishman glish one , more than any other ? - nerous , faid the landlord But why an En- They are fo ge- I'll be shot if this is quoth I to myself not a livre out of my pocket , this very ...
Page 49
... fellow determined the in his favour ; fo I hired him first matter at ence and then began to inquire what he could do : But I fhall find out · his talents , quoth I , as I want them Frenchman can do every thing . befides , a Now Now poor ...
... fellow determined the in his favour ; fo I hired him first matter at ence and then began to inquire what he could do : But I fhall find out · his talents , quoth I , as I want them Frenchman can do every thing . befides , a Now Now poor ...
Page 51
... fellow he was a faithful , affectio- nate , fimple foul as ever trudged after the heels of a philofopher ; and notwithstanding his talents of drum- beating and fpatterdash - making , which , tho ' very good in themfelyes , happen'd to ...
... fellow he was a faithful , affectio- nate , fimple foul as ever trudged after the heels of a philofopher ; and notwithstanding his talents of drum- beating and fpatterdash - making , which , tho ' very good in themfelyes , happen'd to ...
Page 52
... fellow , for fhaming me into one of a better kind . With all this , La Fleur had a fmall caft of the coxcomb but he seemed at first fight to be more a coxcomb of nature than of art ; and before I had been three days in Paris with him ...
... fellow , for fhaming me into one of a better kind . With all this , La Fleur had a fmall caft of the coxcomb but he seemed at first fight to be more a coxcomb of nature than of art ; and before I had been three days in Paris with him ...
Page 53
... fellow , faid the landlord , is beloved by all the town , and there is , fcarce a corner in Mont- riul where the want of him will not be felt : he has but one misfortune in the world , continued he , " He is always in love . " I am ...
... fellow , faid the landlord , is beloved by all the town , and there is , fcarce a corner in Mont- riul where the want of him will not be felt : he has but one misfortune in the world , continued he , " He is always in love . " I am ...
Common terms and phrases
afk'd againſt begg'd better betwixt bidet breaſt cafe caft CALAIS chaife cloſe Count Deffein door Engliſh Eugenius eyes faid fhe fame fcarce fecond feem'd feemed feen fent fentiment feven fhall fhew fhould fide filk fille de chambre fimple fingle firſt fituation Fleur fmall fome fomething foon foul fous fpirit ftood fuch fupper fure fweet hand heart heaven herſelf himſelf honour houſe inftantly itſelf juſt La Fleur lady laſt leaſt lefs livre look look'd Louis d'ors Madame Maria maſter Monf Monfieur moſt muſt myſelf NAMPONT notary numbers obferving occafion old French old French officer opera comique paffage paffing pafs'd Paris parterre pleaſure pocket poor portmanteau prefent reafon Remife replied ſaid ſcarce ſhe ſmall Smelfungus ſtep ſtory ſtreet thee theſe thing thou told took traveller turn twas walk'd whofe wiſh worfe Yorick
Popular passages
Page 63 - He then took his crust of bread out of his wallet again, as if to eat it, held it some time in his hand, then laid it upon the bit of his ass's bridle, looked wistfully at the little arrangement he had made, and then gave a sigh.
Page 183 - I felt such undescribable emotions within me, as I am sure could not be accounted for from any combinations of matter and motion. I am positive I have a soul; nor can all the books with which materialists have pestered the world ever convince me to the contrary.
Page 63 - AND this, said he, putting the remains of a crust into his wallet, and this should have been thy portion, said he, hadst thou been alive to have shared it with me.
Page 183 - As she told me this, she took the handkerchief out of her pocket to let me see it : she had folded it up neatly in a couple of vine leaves, tied round with a tendril ; on opening it, I saw an S marked in one of the corners.
Page 44 - I pity the man who can travel from Dan. to Beersheba, and cry, 'Tis all barren and so it is; and so is all the world to him, who will not cultivate the fruits it offers.
Page 187 - ... mere pomp of words! but that I feel some generous joys and generous cares beyond myself all comes from thee, great great SENSORIUM of the world! which vibrates, if a hair of our heads but falls upon the ground, in the remotest desert of thy creation...
Page 116 - I saw him pale and feverish ; in thirty years the western breeze had not once fanned his blood, — he had seen no sun, no moon, in all that time, nor had the voice of friend or kinsman breathed through his lattice; — his children — But here my heart began to bleed, and I was forced to go on with another part of the portrait.
Page 133 - tis a quiet journey of the heart in pursuit of NATURE, and those affections which arise out of her, which make us love each other and the world, better than we do.
Page 114 - NATURE herself shall change no tint of words can spot thy snowy mantle or chymic power turn thy sceptre into iron with thee to smile upon him as he eats his crust, the swain is happier than his monarch, from whose court thou art exiled Gracious heaven! cried I, kneeling down upon the last step but one in my ascent, grant me but health, thou great Bestower of it, and give me but this fair goddess as my companion and shower down thy mitres, if it seems good unto thy divine providence, upon those heads...
Page 181 - When we had got within half a league of Moulines, at a little opening in the road leading to a thicket, I discovered poor Maria sitting under a poplar; — she was sitting with her elbow in her lap, and her head leaning on one side within her hand.