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... Coats , frock - coat , advantages of . 42 .-- Shooting Jackets , convenience of for a short tour . 42. - Velveteen , plaid , and other kinds . 43. - Water - proof coats their pretensions discussed . 44. - Pockets packed - weight thrown ...
... Coats , frock - coat , advantages of . 42 .-- Shooting Jackets , convenience of for a short tour . 42. - Velveteen , plaid , and other kinds . 43. - Water - proof coats their pretensions discussed . 44. - Pockets packed - weight thrown ...
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... nature , in preference to working on mathematical prin- ciples , by which Gulliver's coat was cut out , the foot will be allowed to retain thereby unimpeded that elastic play and perfection of form which the Great Artificer of its 35.
... nature , in preference to working on mathematical prin- ciples , by which Gulliver's coat was cut out , the foot will be allowed to retain thereby unimpeded that elastic play and perfection of form which the Great Artificer of its 35.
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... would be sufficient , with a pair of pumps , to put on in the evening . One of these latter will go snugly into a side pocket of your coat , with a sock turned inside out around it . CHAPTER IV . ACCOUTREMENTS CONTINUED . - CAP A PIED 37.
... would be sufficient , with a pair of pumps , to put on in the evening . One of these latter will go snugly into a side pocket of your coat , with a sock turned inside out around it . CHAPTER IV . ACCOUTREMENTS CONTINUED . - CAP A PIED 37.
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... coat , and beyond all question it is the neatest and best style of coat , and therefore , though we shall take occasion to sug- gest another kind as presenting on the whole more advan- tages for the traveller , yet we do not mean to say ...
... coat , and beyond all question it is the neatest and best style of coat , and therefore , though we shall take occasion to sug- gest another kind as presenting on the whole more advan- tages for the traveller , yet we do not mean to say ...
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... coat or cloak - compared with the evil results of which a A fact which accounts for the interior of the india rubber coats being moist after being worn sometime , and which is therefore supposed to leak , but improperly . simple good ...
... coat or cloak - compared with the evil results of which a A fact which accounts for the interior of the india rubber coats being moist after being worn sometime , and which is therefore supposed to leak , but improperly . simple good ...
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Page 13 - Each in his hidden sphere of joy or woe Our hermit spirits dwell, and range apart, Our eyes see all around in gloom or glow— Hues of their own, fresh borrow'd from the heart.
Page 89 - Cornaro, who was the author of the little treatise I am mentioning, was of an infirm constitution, till about forty, when, by obstinately persisting in an exact course of temperance, he recovered a perfect state of health; insomuch that at fourscore he published his book, which has been translated into English, under the title of, Sure and certain methods of attaining a long and healthy Life.
Page 13 - What is this passing scene? A peevish April day! A little sun — a little rain, And then night sweeps along the plain. And all things fade away.
Page 7 - Ah! what avail the largest gifts of heaven, " When drooping health and spirits go amiss? " How tasteless then whatever can be given! " Health is the vital principle of bliss, " And exercise of health. In proof of this, " Behold the wretch, who slugs his life away, " Soon swallow'd in disease's sad abyss; " While he whom toil has braced, or manly play, " Has light as air each limb, each thought as clear as day.
Page 102 - What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and god-like reason To fust in us unus'd.
Page 14 - Yet wait awhile and see the calm leaves float Each to his rest beneath their parent shade. How like decaying life they seem to glide ! And yet no second spring have they in store, But where they fall, forgotten to abide Is all their portion, and they ask no more.
Page 14 - Now the tir'd hunter winds a parting note, And Echo bids good-night from every glade ; Yet wait awhile, and see the calm leaves float Each to his rest beneath their parent shade.
Page 11 - Now, in travelling, we multiply events, and innocently. We set out, as it were, on our adventures ; and many are those that occur to us, morning, noon, and night. The day we come to a place which we have long heard and read of, — and in Italy we do so continually, — it is an era in our lives ; and from that moment the very name calls up a picture.
Page 106 - THE PRINCIPLES OF PHYSIOLOGY, APPLIED TO THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH, AND TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL EDUCATION.
Page 103 - WHO says, the wan autumnal sun Beams with too faint a smile To light up nature's face again, . And, though the year be on the wane, With thoughts of spring the heart beguile? Waft him, thou soft September breeze, And gently lay him down Within some circling woodland wall, Where bright leaves, reddening ere they fall,* .Wave gaily o'er the waters brown.