Travels in France During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789George Bell and Sons, 1889 - 366 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 55
Page vi
... scenes of pitiable management , and the houses , of misery . " Throughout the entire work we find métayage , or farming on half profits , condemned in the strongest terms , yet nothing has done more to improve the condition of the ...
... scenes of pitiable management , and the houses , of misery . " Throughout the entire work we find métayage , or farming on half profits , condemned in the strongest terms , yet nothing has done more to improve the condition of the ...
Page ix
... scene of the most terrible guerilla warfare of the Blancs and the Bleus , now possesses a railway station worthy of a capital . It may be briefly described as a town of 22,000 and odd souls , with- out a beggar . No rags , dirt , or ...
... scene of the most terrible guerilla warfare of the Blancs and the Bleus , now possesses a railway station worthy of a capital . It may be briefly described as a town of 22,000 and odd souls , with- out a beggar . No rags , dirt , or ...
Page xxiv
... scene of rural ease and smiling fertility ; far and wide the beautifully cultivated plain , with its varied crops , not one inch of land wasted , the whole forming a brilliant patchwork of green fields and yellow corn , whilst dotted ...
... scene of rural ease and smiling fertility ; far and wide the beautifully cultivated plain , with its varied crops , not one inch of land wasted , the whole forming a brilliant patchwork of green fields and yellow corn , whilst dotted ...
Page lvi
... scenes of misery , and accuracy of husbandry into the parent of national weakness . These are subjects that never will be understood from the specu- lations of the mere farmer , or the mere politician ; they demand a mixture of both ...
... scenes of misery , and accuracy of husbandry into the parent of national weakness . These are subjects that never will be understood from the specu- lations of the mere farmer , or the mere politician ; they demand a mixture of both ...
Page 5
... scene , the people , the language , every object is new ; and in those circumstances in which there is most resemblance , a discriminating eye finds little diffi- culty in discovering marks of distinctions . The noble improvement of a ...
... scene , the people , the language , every object is new ; and in those circumstances in which there is most resemblance , a discriminating eye finds little diffi- culty in discovering marks of distinctions . The noble improvement of a ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abbé agreeable agriculture Ardèche Arthur Young attention beautiful better Bradfield Broussonet built celebrated chateau circumstances clergy common conversation corn corvées count court cultivated Dine dinner Drôme duke edition England English enquiries Etat Europe expence farm farmer favour Finistère France French garden Garonne gentleman give Hérault hills History husbandry idea inclosed interesting king kingdom l'Abbé la Rochefoucauld lady land Languedoc Liancourt liberty Loire Louis Louis XVI Madame manufactures marquis Memoir ment métayage miles Mons mountains National Assembly Necker nobility noble Notes Oise Paris parliament pass peasant person pleased pleasure political poor Portrait present province Pyrenees revolution river road Rochefoucauld rock royal scene seen seigneur Seine Inférieure shew table d'hôte taxes thing tion Tour town Trans traveller vale Vaucluse Versailles village vols walk whole wine wood Woodcuts writes
Popular passages
Page 10 - Knickerbocker's History of New York, from the beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty.
Page 7 - Comprehending the Chronology and History of the World, from the Earliest Times to the Russian Treaty of Peace, April 1856. By JW Rosse. 800 pages. i«.
Page 366 - SOCRATES' Ecclesiastical History. Comprising a History of the Church from Constantine, AD 305, to the 38th year of Theodosius II. With Short Account of the Author, and selected Notes. SOZOMEN'S Ecclesiastical History. AD 324-440. With Notes, Prefatory Remarks by Valesius, and Short Memoir. Together with the ECCLESIASTICAL His TORY OF PHILOSTORGIUS, as epitomised by Photius.
Page 6 - CHEVREUL on Colour. Containing the Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colours, and their Application to the Arts; including Painting, Decoration, Tapestries, Carpets, Mosaics, Glazing, Staining, Calico Printing, Letterpress Printing, Map Colouring, Dress, Landscape and Flower Gardening, &c.
Page 364 - MA SULLY. Memoirs of the Duke of, Prime Minister to Henry the Great. With Notes and Historical Introduction. 4 Portraits. 4 vols. TAYLOR'S (Bishop Jeremy) Holy Living and Dying, with Prayers, containing the Whole Duty of a Christian and the parts of Devotion fitted to all Occasions.
Page 4 - With Introduction and Notes by Prof. W. Wagner, Ph.D. PINDAR. In Prose, with Introduction and Notes by Dawspn W.
Page 366 - BOETHIUS'S Consolation of Philosophy. King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Version of. Witn an English Translation on opposite pages, Notes, Introduction, and Glossary, by Rev, S. Fox, MA To which is added the Anglo-Saxon Version of the METRES OF BOETHIUS, with a free Translation by Martin F. Tupper, DCL BRAND'S Popular Antiquities of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Illustrating the Origin of our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions.
Page 3 - Longus, and Achilles Tatius ; viz., The Adventures of Theagenes and Chariclea ; Amours of Daphnis and Chloe ; and Loves of Clitopho and Leucippe. Trans., with Notes, by Rev R.
Page 360 - Vol. I. —Essays, Lectures, and Poems. Vol. II. — English Traits, Nature, and Conduct of Life. Vol. III.— Society and Solitude— Letters and Social Aims — Miscellaneous Papers (hitherto uncollected)— May-Day, &c. FOSTER'S (John) Life and Correspondence. Edit, by JE Ryland. Portrait. 2 vols. — Lectures at Broadmead Chapel. Edit, by JE Ryland. 2 vols. Critical Essays contributed to the
Page 3 - Archdn. Browne. •- — Politics and Economics. Trans., with Notes, Analyses, and Index, by E. Walford, MA, and an Essay and Life by Dr. Gillies. Metaphysics. Trans., with Notes, Analysis, and Examination Questions, by Rev. John H. M'Mahon, MA — History of Animals. In Ten Books. Trans., with Notes and Index, by R. Cresswell, MA — Organon ; or. Logical Treatises, and the Introduction of Porphyry. With Notes, Analysis, and Introduction, by Rev. O. F. Owen, MA 2 vols. 3$. 6d. each, Rhetoric and...