 France ; the efforts of industry the most vigorous ; the animation the most lively. An activity has been here, that has swept away all difficulties before it, and has clothed the very rocks with verdure. It would be a disgrace to common sense to ask the...  Travels in France - Página 56por Arthur Young - 1892 - 366 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1880 - 644 páginas
...cultivated in terraces. Much watering at St. Lawrence. The scenery very interesting to a farmer. From Gange to the mountain of rough ground which I crossed, the...has swept away all difficulties before it, and has clothed the very rocks with verdure. It would be a disgrace to common sense to ask the cause ; the... | |
 | George John Shaw- Lefevre (baron Eversley.) - 1882 - 42 páginas
...property turns sand into gold." Speaking of the district near Gange, he said : — "An industry and activity has been here that has swept away all difficulties before it, and has clothed the very rocks with verdure. It would be a disgrace to common-sense to ask the cause — the... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1883 - 268 páginas
...was surprised to find by far the greatest exertion in irrigation which I had yet seen in France. ... An activity has been here that has swept away all difficulties before it, and has clothed the very rocks with verdure. It would be a disgrace to common sense to ask the cause ; the... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1885 - 626 páginas
...scenery very interesting to a farmer. From Gange, to the mountain of rough ground which I crossed, ths ride has been the most interesting which I have taken...has swept away all difficulties before it, and has clothed the very rocks with verdure. It would be a disgrace to common sense to ask the cause ; the... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1888 - 628 páginas
...cultivated in terraces. Much watering at St. Lawrence. The scenery very interesting to a farmer. From Gange, to the mountain of rough ground which I crossed, the...has swept away all difficulties before it, and has clothed the very rocks with verdure. It would be a disgrace to common sense to ask the cause; the enjoyment... | |
 | Arthur Young - 1889 - 472 páginas
...in terraces. Much watering at St. Laurence.2 The scenery very interesting to a farmer. From Gange, to the mountain of rough ground which I crossed, the...the very rocks with verdure. It would be a disgrace tocommon sense to ask the cause : the enjoyment of property must have done it. Give a man the secure... | |
 | Francis Amasa Walker - 1889 - 348 páginas
...estates. A hundred years ago an eminent traveller, Arthur Young, wrote, of a certain district in France : "An activity has been here that has swept away all difficulties before it and has clothed the very rocks with verdure. It would be a disgrace to common sense to ask the cause: the enjoyment... | |
 | Matilda Betham-Edwards - 1890 - 348 páginas
...July, 1787, "to the mountain of rough ground which I crossed " (in the direction of Mondardier), " the ride has been the most interesting which I have...has swept away all difficulties before it and has clothed the very rocks with verdure. It would be a disgrace to common sense to ask the cause; the enjoyment... | |
 | John Watson - 1891 - 132 páginas
...naturally as white as snow, but improved by industry. The magic of property turns sand to gold. From Gange to the mountain of rough ground which I crossed, the...most interesting which I have taken in France; the effort of industry, the most vigorous; the animation, the most lively; an activity has been here that... | |
 | 1891 - 626 páginas
...different experience, but after all deductions will leave a sum of truth which no one can ignore : "An activity has been here, that has swept away all difficulties before it, and has clothed the very rocks with verdure. It would be an insult to common sense to ask the cause. The enjoyment... | |
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