 | 436 pages
...his mule's beft fpeed by the way, if cudgelling would beat it out of her. It was plain, to Nicholas's conviction as plain could be, that his road laid ftrait...front ; the mule was of -opinion, that the turning on fhe left down the hill towards the Prado was the road- of all roads moil: familiar and agreeable to... | |
 | English poetry - 284 pages
...better than Nicolas, who was refolved not to lofe an inch of his way, nor of his mule's beft fpeed by the way, if cudgelling could beat it out of her. It was plain to Nicqlas's conviction as plain could be, that his road kid ftrait forward to the little convent in front... | |
 | 1795 - 94 pages
...resolved not to lose an inch of his way, nor of his mule's best speed by the way, if cudgelling couid beat it out of her. It was plain to Nicolas's conviction as plain could be, that his road laid strait forward to the little convent in front; the mule was of opinion, that the turning on the left... | |
 | British essayists - 1803 - 278 pages
...better than Nicolas, who was resolved not to lose an inch of his way, nor of his mule's best speed by the way, if cudgelling could beat it out of her. It...Nicolas's conviction as plain could be, that his road laid strait forward to the little convent in front; the mule was of opinion, that the turning on the left... | |
 | Sydney Melmoth - English prose literature - 1805 - 368 pages
...better than Nicolas, who was resolved not to lose an inch of his way, nor of his mule's best speed by the way, if cudgelling could beat it out of her. It...Nicolas's conviction as plain could be, that his road laid straight forward to the little convent in front; the mule was of opinion, that the turning on the left... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 416 pages
...better than Nicolas, who was resolved not to lose an inch of his way, nor of his mule's best speed by the way, if cudgelling could beat it out of her. It...conviction, as plain could be, that his road laid straight forward to the little convent in front; the mule was of opinion, that the turning on the left... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 370 pages
...was resolved not to lose an inch of his way, nor of his mule's best speed by the way, if cudgeling could beat it out of her. It was plain to Nicolas's...conviction, as plain could be, that his road laid straight forward to the little convent in front ; the mule was of opinion, that the turning on the... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 754 pages
...better than Nicolas, who was resolved not to lose an inch of his way, nor of his mule's best speed by the way, if cudgelling could beat it out of her. It was plain to JSicolas's conviction, as plain could be, that his road laid straight forward to the little convent... | |
 | Ambrose Marten - 1826 - 926 pages
...better than Nicolas, who was resolved not to lose an inch of his way, nor of his mule's best speed by the way, if cudgelling could beat it out of her. It...conviction, as plain could be, that his road laid straight forward to the little convent in front ; the mule was of opinion, that the turning on the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1856 - 388 pages
...better than Nicolas, who was resolved not to lose an inch of his way, nor of his mule's best speed, by the way, if cudgelling could beat it out of her. It...conviction, as plain could be, that his road laid straight forward to the little convent in front ; the mule was of opinion, that the turning on the... | |
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Nicolas's conviction, as plain could be, that his road laid straight forward to the little convent in front ; the mule was of opinion, that the turning on the left down the hill towards the Prado was the road of all roads most familiar and agreeable to... 