 | William Temple - Europe - 1731 - 506 pages
...with Pleafure, or at íeaft without Trouble and Inconvenience, the moft Days of the Year, and the moft Hours of the Day ; and this he thought he could be in England, more than in any Country he knew of in Europe. And I believe it is true, not only of the Hot and the Cold, bnt even... | |
 | William Temple - Europe - 1757 - 564 pages
...with -pleafure, or at leaft without trouble or inconvenience, the moft days of the year, and the moft hours of the day ; and this he thought he could be in England, more than in any country he knew of in Europe. And I believe it is true, not only of the hot and the cold, but even... | |
 | Architecture - 1776 - 502 pages
...pleafure, or at leaft with«' out trouble or inconvenience, the moft days of the year, and " the moft hours of the day ; and this he thought he could be " in England, more than in any country he knew in Europe." And I believe (adds Sir William) it is true, not only of the hot and the... | |
 | William Temple - Europe - 1814 - 606 pages
...the best climate, where he could be abroad in the air with pleasure, or at least without trouble or inconvenience, the most days of the year, and the...thought, he could be in England, more than in any country he knew of in Europe. And I believe it is true, not only of the hot and the cold, but even... | |
 | Ethelinda Margaretta Thorpe Potts - 1814 - 284 pages
...the air with pleasure, or at least without trouble and inconvenience, the most days of the year, or the most hours of the day ; and this he thought he could be in England, more than in any country he knew of in Europe.—* Temple't Gardens of Epicurus. t See page 258. VOL. I. S Of man, who... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1821 - 602 pages
...parts of Europe are out of the question. Charles II., in reply to some who were reviling our climate, said he thought that was the best climate where he...he thought he could be in England, more than in any country he knew of in Europe. ' There are,' says Sir William Temple, ' besides the temper of our climate,... | |
 | English literature - 1821 - 602 pages
...reply to some who were reviling our climate, said he thought that was the best climate where he could could be abroad in the air with pleasure, or, at least,...he thought he could be in England, more than in any country he knew of in Europe. ' There are,' says Sir William Temple, ' besides the temper of our climate,... | |
 | 1821 - 598 pages
...reply to some who were reviling our climate, said he thought that was the best climate where be could could be abroad in the air with pleasure, or, at least,...he thought he could be in England, more than in any country he knew of in Europe. ' There are,' says Sir William Temple, ' besides the temper of our climate,... | |
 | Sir William Temple - 1821 - 390 pages
...the best climate, where he could be abroad in the air with pleasure, or at least without trouble or inconvenience, the most days of the year, and the...thought, he could be in England, more than in any country he knew of in Europe : and I believe it U true, not only of the hot and the cold, but even... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1822 - 1494 pages
...and surface, will not be disputed. As to climate, Charles 1 1. in reply to some who wen rrviling it, said, he thought that was the best climate where he...day ; and this he thought he could be in England, iron- than in any country he knew of in Europe. - There are,' ' says Sir W. Temple, " besides the temper... | |
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England, that loved and esteemed his own country : 'twas in reply to some of the company that were reviling our climate, and extolling those of Italy and Spain, or at least of France : he said, he thought that was the best climate, where he could be abroad... 
