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" Though sluggards deem it but a foolish chase, And marvel men should quit their easy chair, The toilsome way, and long, long league to trace, Oh! there is sweetness in the mountain air, And Life, that bloated Ease can never hope to share. "
Comprising estimates of the expenses of travelling on foot - Page 8
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The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the transactions of the turf ...

560 pages
...sky above is clear, the air light, and all nature smiling around him ! " The sluggards deem it hut a foolish chase, And marvel men should quit their...life, that bloated ease can never hope to share.' ' (To be continued). PRESERVATION OP FOXES. BY A SALOPIAN. In this most inclement weather, which, from...
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The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the transactions of the turf ...

1856 - 722 pages
...drawbacks, yet it is a marvellously pleasant life, that of the free ranger of the hills and moors — " Though sluggards deem it but a foolish chase, And...quit their easy chair, The toilsome way and long long leagues to trace, Oh ! there is sweetness in the mountain air, And life, which bloated ease can never...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 7

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1812 - 510 pages
...restless Harold proceeds in his devious wanderings. ' Though sluggards deem it but a foolish chace, And marvel men should quit their easy chair, The toilsome...life, that bloated Ease can never hope to share!' In passing from the Portugueze to the Spanish territory, he is somewhat disappointed, by the smalluess...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 7

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1812 - 506 pages
...restless Harold proceeds in his devious wanderings. ' Though sluggards deem it but a foolish chace, And marvel men should quit their easy chair, The toilsome...life, that bloated Ease can never hope to share!' In passing from the Portugueze to the Spanish territory, he is somewhat disappointed, by the smallness...
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt : and Other Poems

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English literature - 1812 - 314 pages
...Childe Harold wends through many a pleasant place. Though sluggards deem it but a foolish chace, • And marvel men should quit their easy chair, The toilsome...And life, that bloated Ease can never hope to share. XXXL More bleak to view the hills at length recede, And, less luxuriant, smoother vales extend : Immense...
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The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature

English literature - 1812 - 708 pages
...And marvel men should quit their easy chair, The toilsome way, aud long, long league to trace ; Oh I there is sweetness in the mountain air, And life, that bloated ease can never hope to share.' ' Not that philosophy on such a mind E'er deign'd to bend her chastely awful eyes ; But passion raves...
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Childe Harold's pilgrimage [cantos 1 and 2, with other poems. Wanting pp

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 322 pages
...!) Whereon to gaze the eye with joyaunce fills, Childe Harold wends through many a pleasant place. Though sluggards deem it but a foolish chase, And...And life, that bloated Ease can never hope to share. XXXT. More bleak to view the hills at length recede, And, less luxuriant, smoother vales extend : Immense...
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The works of ... lord Byron, Volume 1

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 248 pages
...fills, Childe Harold wends through many a pleasant place. Though sluggards deem it but a foolish chace, And marvel men should quit their easy chair, The toilsome...And life, that bloated Ease can never hope to share. XXXI. More bleak to view the hills at length recede, And, less luxuriant, smoother vales extend : Immense...
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The works of ... lord Byron, Volume 1

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1816 - 248 pages
...race!) Whereon to gaze the eye with joyaunce fills, Childe Harold wends through many a pleasant place. Though sluggards deem it but a foolish chase, And...And life, that bloated Ease can never hope to share. XXXI. More bleak to view the hills at length recede, And, less luxuriant, smoother vales extend : Immense...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Lord Byron: Childe Harold

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 250 pages
...race!) Whereon to gaze the eye with joyaunce fills, Childe Harold wends through many a pleasant place. Though sluggards deem it but a foolish chase, And...And life, that bloated Ease can never hope to share. XXXI. More bleak to view the hills at length recede, And, less luxuriant, smoother vales extend : Immense...
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