 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1821 - 614 pages
...then, — what a difference between the warm carpet, the snug elbowed chair, and the blazing coal-fire of an English winter evening ; — and the stone stair-cases,...starving casements of an Italian house ! — where every thing is designed to guard against the heat of summer ; which occupies as large a proportion... | |
 | Henry Matthews - 1822 - 328 pages
...then, what a difference between the warm carpet, the snug elbowed chair, and the blazing coal-fire of an English winter evening, and the stone staircases,...starving casements of an Italian house ! — where every thing is designed to guard against the heat of summer; which occupies as large a proportion of... | |
 | Henry Matthews - Europe - 1824 - 318 pages
...then, what a difference between the warm carpet, the snug elbowed chair, and the blazing coal-fire of an English winter evening, and the stone staircases,...marble floors, and starving casements of an Italian house!—where every thing is designed to guard against the heat of summer ; which occupies as large... | |
 | James Johnson - Health - 1831 - 326 pages
...other way. The streets are built to exclude as much as possible the rays of the sun, and are now as damp and cold, as rain or frost can make them. And...starving casements of an Italian house ! — where every thing is designed to guard against the heat of Summer ; which occupies as large a proportion... | |
 | James Johnson - 1831 - 312 pages
...then, — what a difference between the warm carpet, the snug elbowed chair, and the blazing coal-fire of an English Winter evening; and the stone staircases,...starving casements of an Italian house ! — where every thing is designed to guard against the heat of Summer ; which occupies as large a proportion... | |
 | Henry Matthews - Europe - 1836 - 394 pages
...built to exclude as much as possible the rays of the sun, and are now as damp and cold as rain and frost can make them. And then, what a difference between...against the heat of summer, which occupies as large a proportion of the Italian year, as the winter season does our own. The only advantage of Italy then... | |
 | Thomas Henry Burgess - Italy - 1852 - 262 pages
...built to exclude, as much as possible, the rays of the sun, and are now as damp and cold as rain and frost can make them. And then, what a difference between...floors, and starving casements of an Italian house ! The only advantage of Italy, then, is, that your penance is shmi,er than it would be in England ;... | |
 | John Hughes Bennett - 1853 - 152 pages
...can make them. And then he adds, " What a difference between the warm carpet, the snug elbow-chair, and the blazing coal fire of an English winter evening,...floors, and starving casements of an Italian house ! " a It is well pointed out by Dr Burgess, that those who go to the large Italian cities are exposed... | |
 | John Hughes Bennett - 1854 - 174 pages
...can make them. And then he adds: "What a difference between the warm carpet, the snug elbovr-chair, and the blazing coal fire of an English winter evening,...marble floors, and starving casements of an Italian house!"2 It is well pointed out by Dr. Burgess, that those who go to the large Italian cities are exposed... | |
 | James Richard Douglas Perceval Bright - 1860 - 418 pages
...quoted, " what a difference between the warm carpet, the snug elbowed chair, and the blazing coal-fire of an English winter evening, and the stone staircases,...is designed to guard against the heat of summer." The average number of rainy days annually is estimated at 117, which is 61 less than London. The mean... | |
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... frost can make them. And then, — what a difference between the warm carpet, the snug elbowed chair, and the blazing coal- fire of an English Winter evening; and the stone staircases, marble floors, and starving casements of an Italian house ! —... 
