Retrospect of Western Travel, Volume 1Saunders and Otley, 1838 - 239 pages |
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Page 18
... walk upon deck , no one was sorry to hear the breakfast - bell . Breakfast was the most cheerful meal of the day . If ever there was any news to tell , it was then . The early risers could sometimes speak to the slug- gards of a big ...
... walk upon deck , no one was sorry to hear the breakfast - bell . Breakfast was the most cheerful meal of the day . If ever there was any news to tell , it was then . The early risers could sometimes speak to the slug- gards of a big ...
Page 22
... walk . This was the hour for walking the deck ; and , till near teatime , almost the whole company might be seen parading like a school . I never grew very fond of walking on a heaving floor , on which you have to turn at the end of ...
... walk . This was the hour for walking the deck ; and , till near teatime , almost the whole company might be seen parading like a school . I never grew very fond of walking on a heaving floor , on which you have to turn at the end of ...
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... walk when one's limbs want resting with exercise . Remedy , patience . Perhaps air - cushions may be better still . Fifthly , warning is given to be careful in the use of water . Remedy , to bathe in seawater , and drink cider at dinner ...
... walk when one's limbs want resting with exercise . Remedy , patience . Perhaps air - cushions may be better still . Fifthly , warning is given to be careful in the use of water . Remedy , to bathe in seawater , and drink cider at dinner ...
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Harriet Martineau. one point of resemblance , the being unable to walk a mile or more out and back again , of how many persons is this the voluntary choice , who were never either in a prison or a ship ? I would never take the ...
Harriet Martineau. one point of resemblance , the being unable to walk a mile or more out and back again , of how many persons is this the voluntary choice , who were never either in a prison or a ship ? I would never take the ...
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... walking in precipitous places , by visiting the cell in which it is said , but doubtfully , that André was confined , or even by medita- ting on the lot of the solitary cow that has the honour of grazing in the midst of the only ruins ...
... walking in precipitous places , by visiting the cell in which it is said , but doubtfully , that André was confined , or even by medita- ting on the lot of the solitary cow that has the honour of grazing in the midst of the only ruins ...
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