 | Tobias Smollett, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 494 pages
...with all the joy of a beloved son, who, after a tedious and fatiguing voyage, reviews the chimnies of his father's house. He surveyed the neighbouring...reconnoitring the land of Canaan from the top of Mount Fisgah ; and to such a degree of impatience was he inflamed by the sight, that, instead of proceeding... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett - 1824 - 282 pages
...with all the joy of a beloved son, who, after a tedious and fatiguing voyage, reviews the chimnies of his father's house ; he surveyed the neighbouring...mount Pisgah ; and to such a degree of impatience was be inflamed by the sight, that, instead of proceeding to Calais, he resolved to take his passage directly... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett, Sir Walter Scott - 1835 - 554 pages
...while that was preparing, went forth to view the city and harbour. When he beheld the white cliti's of Albion, his heart throbbed with all the joy of...Canaan from the top of Mount Pisgah ; and to such a dpgree of impatience was he inflamed by the sight, that, instead of proceeding to Calais, he resolved... | |
 | Tobias Smollett, Walter Scott - 1851 - 1084 pages
...night, he did not think proper to make the usual halts on this journey for sleep or refreshment, nor did he once quit the chaise till his arrival at Boulogne,...Pisgah ; and to such a degree of impatience was he innamed by the sight, that, instead of proceeding to Calais, he resolved to take his passage directly... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1895 - 290 pages
...night, he did not think proper to make the usual halts on this journey, for sleep or refreshment, nor did he once quit the chaise till his arrival at Boulogne,...land of Canaan from the top of Mount Pisgah ; and to Ferdinand Count Fathom such a degree of impatience was he inflamed by the sight, that, instead of proceeding... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1902 - 706 pages
...night, he did not think proper to make the usual halts on this journey, for sleep or refreshment, nor did he once quit the chaise till his arrival at Boulogne,...Boulogne, even if he should hire a vessel for the purpose. )/Vith these sentiments, he inquired if there was any ship bound for England, and was so fortunate... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett - 1902 - 758 pages
...night, he did not think proper to make the usual halts on this journey, for sleep or refreshment, nor did he once quit the chaise till his arrival at Boulogne,...directly from Boulogne, even if he should hire a vessel [ 221 ] for the purpose. With these sentiments, he inquired if there was any ship bound for England,... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb - 1903 - 634 pages
...with all the joy of a beloved son, who, after a tedious and fatiguing voyage, reviews the chimnies of his father's house : he surveyed the neighbouring...Boulogne, even if he should hire a vessel for the purpose. Page 73, line 28. Poussin's " Plague at Athens." See plate opposite page 408 ; for "Gin Lane " see... | |
 | Aileen Douglas - 1995 - 244 pages
...exploits, England is represented as a kind of Eden. When he first views England's cliffs, Ferdinand's "heart throbbed with all the joy of a beloved son,...reconnoitring the land of Canaan from the top of mount Pisgah" (127). This recalls, very strongly, Satan's first view of earth in Book 3 of Paradise Lost. He looked... | |
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He surveyed the neighbouring coast of England with fond and longing eyes, like another Moses, reconnoitring the land of Canaan from the top of Mount Pisgah ; and to such a degree of impatience was he inflamed by the sight, that, instead of proceeding... 