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Page 178
... Italy . From them they might have learned , before they put themselves on board the packet , that all those points upon which the imagination reposes with so much com- placency , are perfectly consistent with disorder , and misery , and ...
... Italy . From them they might have learned , before they put themselves on board the packet , that all those points upon which the imagination reposes with so much com- placency , are perfectly consistent with disorder , and misery , and ...
Page 180
... Italians , and chiefly that of the Romans , to the decline of moral energy among them , -which same moral energy is ... Italian 180 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE .
... Italians , and chiefly that of the Romans , to the decline of moral energy among them , -which same moral energy is ... Italian 180 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE .
Page 181
... Italian air is not favourable to cleanliness . The neatest people , in all their household concerns , are the Dutch ... Italy , even this obstinate early association is conquered , and the word immediately brings to our mind images of ...
... Italian air is not favourable to cleanliness . The neatest people , in all their household concerns , are the Dutch ... Italy , even this obstinate early association is conquered , and the word immediately brings to our mind images of ...
Page 182
... Italy except noblemen ; society being , as of old , di- vided into two classes , the Patricians and the Plebeians : but though every gentleman is a nobleman , I am sorry to say , every nobleman is not a gentleman ; neither would many of ...
... Italy except noblemen ; society being , as of old , di- vided into two classes , the Patricians and the Plebeians : but though every gentleman is a nobleman , I am sorry to say , every nobleman is not a gentleman ; neither would many of ...
Page 183
... Italy is not the same thing ; but it never can consist in dulness , dirt , and dilapidation , any where . Italian com- fort may not require thick carpets , warm fires , or close rooms ; but it can be no worse of clean floors , com ...
... Italy is not the same thing ; but it never can consist in dulness , dirt , and dilapidation , any where . Italian com- fort may not require thick carpets , warm fires , or close rooms ; but it can be no worse of clean floors , com ...
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