| Thomas Robert Jolliffe - 1854 - 294 σελίδες
...be made with perfect safety, and scarcely any personal inconvenience. And according to Dr. Johnson, the GRAND OBJECT of travelling is to see THE SHORES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN. " On those shores," says our great moralist, " were " the four great empires of the world — the As" syrian, Persian,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 376 σελίδες
...day with General Paoli, and talking of his projected journey to Italy, — ' A man,' said Johnson, ' who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of...is expected a man should see. The grand object of all travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean. On those shores were the four great empires... | |
| James Boswell - 1858 - 464 σελίδες
...who had nothing else but his parts." A journey to Italy was still in his thoughts. He said, " A man who has not been in Italy is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what is expected a man should see. The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 402 σελίδες
...thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone. * [" A man," said Johnson, " who has not been in Italy, i8 always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having...is expected a man should see. The grand object of all travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean. On those shores were the four great empires... | |
| James Comper Gray - 1872 - 422 σελίδες
...Thornton. Clauda, drifting before tli3 wind a Wordsworth. Ь See Smith, 106; Hanson, 373, 406. e Lisa. The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean. On these shores were the four great empires of the world— the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian and... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 898 σελίδες
...* A man,' said Johnson, «hu lia* not beeo ID Italy, li always conscious of an inferiority, from bu ver's solace, and the author's pride. What wits, what poets dost thou dai all travelling is to see the thon* of tlir Mediterranean. On those shores were the four crett empire«... | |
| James Boswell - 1873 - 620 σελίδες
...who had nothing else but his parts.' A journey to Italy was still in his thought«. He said, 'A man who has not been in Italy is always conscious of an inferiority, from hit not having seen what is expected a man should tee. The grand object of travelling is to see the... | |
| James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 σελίδες
...else but his parts.' A journey to Italy was still in his thoughts. He said, ' A man who has not bcen in Italy is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having scen what is expected a man should see. The grand object of travelling is to sce the shores of the... | |
| Jakob Olaus Løkke - 1875 - 556 σελίδες
...General Paoli, and talking of his [Johnson's] projected journey to Italy, — »A man«, said Johnson, »who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of...is expected a man should see. The grand object of all travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean. On those shores were the four great empires... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1883 - 1162 σελίδες
...with General Paoll, and talking of Ws projected journey to Italy,—' A man,' said Johnson,' who bas BLIGED AND SINCERE FRIEND CANTO THE FIRST. I. KNOW...where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds t M*. [See Appendix, Note 40.] The grand object of all Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow—... | |
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