 | Frederick Chamier - 1835 - Počet stránok 236
...manners good and polished, their society agreeable, their hospitality proverbial ; and again I say, " I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and say all is barren." I have been at feasts given by the sultan, at which the grand vizier presided,... | |
 | Tales - 1836 - Počet stránok 392
... TALES A RAMBLER. PRINTED BY STEWAItT AND CO., OLD BAILEY. TALES X. ARAMBL I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba. and cry, 'Tis all barren ! STER*E. ILLUSTRATED BY II. C. SELOUS. LONDON: SMITH, ELDER AND CO. CORNHILL, BOOKSELLEKS TO THEIR... | |
 | Edmund Flagg - 1838 - Počet stránok 292
...severe, sour-complexioned man, then 1 here disallow 1U to be a competent judge." — IZAAK WALTON* " I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, ' Tie an barren."'— STIRDI. "Chacun a son stile; le mien, comme vous voyez, Ms. £1 Sb.VI.lSI. IN... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, Charles Fox - 1841 - Počet stránok 290
...expressing contrast or opposition though closely connected in construction, are separated by a comma ; as, " I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba and cry, 'tis all barren." "Though deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet not dull ; Strong, without rage ; without o'erflowing... | |
 | 1842 - Počet stránok 146
...will be felt in spite of all reasonings, and let our warnings have been what they may. — Cowper. I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beer-sheba, and cry, " It is all barren." No man has a right to be idle — not to speak of that great work which we all... | |
 | Sir William Jackson Hooker - 1842 - Počet stránok 794
...following extract from Mr. Cunningham's first letter gives a most interesting detail of his voyage. " I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba and say all is barren." STKIlNE. " Our 104th day at sea, on tht eastern side of Bass' Straits, Ci|* Horn... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1842 - Počet stránok 524
...month, "pars parvafui." A gentleman who wrote sentiment towards the end of the last century, says — " I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and find all barren ;" so far from participating in such compassion, I think a fellow who could pass from... | |
 | Bombay Geographical Society - 1846 - Počet stránok 344
...adding to the variety, freshness, and beauty, of the scene even at this parched season of the year. I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and say " all is barren." At every turn, the attentive observer sees something either to gratify the taste... | |
 | Throne Crick - 1847 - Počet stránok 298
...lay his hands on. If this won't turn out something, another will — no matter — 'tis an essay upon human nature, I get my labour for my pains — 'tis...travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, 'tis all barren. Yet so it is. And so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruit it offers." I have had... | |
 | 1850 - Počet stránok 588
...distract the sight, fatigued as it is by the monotonous aspect of this humid and herbaceous surface." " I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, ' 'Tis all barren,' " exclaims Yorick, but without knowing how far such a traveller is deserving of commiseration, we may... | |
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I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, " 'tis all barren." And so it is : and so is all the world, to him who will not cultivate the fruit it offers. 
