 tis true, the Holy Land, As full of texts as Cuddie Headrigg's mother, The Bible in one hand, And my own common-place-book in the other — But you have been to Palestine — alas ! Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, Resemble copper wire, or...  Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes - Стр. 3541892Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1846 - Страниц: 608
...complimentary to Mr. Wilson, in his character of Oriental Traveller: — "You have been to Palestine — alas! Some minds improve by travel, others, rather Resemble...or brass, Which gets the narrower by going farther !" The argument is capable of being dangerously and extravagantly misapplied : but no one can well... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1862 - Страниц: 604
...Laughter like this usually serves the world ; thus of the Bigot : " You have been to Palestine, alas 1 Some minds improve by travel ; others rather Resemble copper, wire, or brass, AVhich get the narrower by going further." It is this same power which, while one of his most inconsiderable... | |
 | University magazine - 1846 - Страниц: 780
...to Mr. Wilson, in his character of Oriental Traveller : — " You have been to Palestine — alas I Some minds improve by travel, others, rather Resemble...or brass, Which gets the narrower by going farther 1" The argument is capable of being dangerously and extravagantly misapplied ; but no one can well... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1846 - Страниц: 672
...in one hand, And my own common-place-book in the other — But you have been to Palestine — alas ! Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, Resemble...or brass, Which gets the narrower by going farther ! Worthless are all such Pilgrimages — very ! If Palmers at the Holy Tomb contrive The human heats... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1846 - Страниц: 620
...complimentary to Mr. Wilson, in his character of Oriental Traveller: — "You have been to Palestine — alai! Some minds improve by travel, others, rather Resemble...or brass, Which gets the narrower by going farther !" The argument is capable of being dangerously and extravagantly misapplied : but no one can well... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1846 - Страниц: 258
...in one hand, And my own common-place-book in the other — But you have been to Palestine — alas ! Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, Resemble copper wire, or brass, ODE TO RAE WILSON, ESQUIRE. 205 Which gets the narrower by going farther ! Worthless are all such Pilgrimages... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1847 - Страниц: 256
...in one hand, And my own common-place-book in the other — But you have been to Palestine — alas ! Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, Resemble...or brass, Which gets the narrower by going farther ! Worthless are all such Pilgrimages — very ! If Palmers at the Holy Tomb contrive The human heats... | |
 | Augustus Kinsley Gardner - 1849 - Страниц: 342
...intellectual capital augmented by foreign traffic. The utility of travel depends upon the traveller — " Some minds improve by travel ; others, rather Resemble...brass. Which gets the narrower by going farther.* XLIII. Flower Markets. The Pantheon. Painting by Gros. Tombs of Voltaire, Rousseau, Lagrange, and others.... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - Страниц: 206
...and sight entire." So Thomas Hood, in his Ode to Rae Wilson, "You have been to Palestine, — alas ! Some minds improve by travel, others rather Resemble...copper wire, or brass. Which gets the narrower by going further." The writings of Douglas Jerrold abound in this method of conveying truths in proverbs, and... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - Страниц: 480
...Bible in one hand, And my own common-place-book in the other™ But you have been to Palestine—-alas! Some minds improve by travel, others, rather^ Resemble...or brass, Which gets the narrower by going farther ! Worthless are all such Pilgrimages—very ! If Palmers at the Holy Tomb contrive The human heats... | |
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