 | John Murray - 1867 - 660 pages
...pronounces it as " worthy only of a rich man's misplaced extravagance, and of the taste of a confectioner." To taste it may have little pretension ; but, for...groves, its aloes and cactuses starting out of the rocks—and, above all, its glorious situation, bathed by the dark blue waters of the lake, reflecting... | |
 | Samuel Manning - 1871 - 218 pages
...will assent to the truth of Murray's criticism : " To taste it may have little pretension ; but to a traveller fresh from the rigid climate of the north...and, above all, its glorious situation, bathed by the dark blue waters of the lake, reflecting the sparkling white villages on its banks, and the distant... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1872 - 782 pages
...pronounces it as " worthy only of a rich man's misplaced extravagance, and of the taste of a confectioner." To taste it may have little pretension ; but, for a traveller fresh from the north, this creation of art, with its aromatic groves, starting out of the rocks — and, above all,... | |
 | John Murray - 1874 - 756 pages
...pronounces it as " worthy only of a rich man's misplaced extravagance, and of the taste of a confectioner." To taste it may have little pretension ; but, for a traveller fresh from the north, this creation of art, with its aromatic groves, starting out of the rocks — and, above all,... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1877 - 736 pages
...pensée grandiose, une espèce de création ; " Gibbon, " an enchanted palace, a work of the fairies, in a lake accompanied with mountains." To taste it may...sparkling white villages on its banks and the distant snows of the Alps — cannot fail to afford pleasure. Every handful of mould on the island was originally... | |
 | Samuel Manning - 1878 - 240 pages
...will assent to the truth of Murray's criticism : " To taste it may have little pretension ; but to a traveller fresh from the rigid climate of the north...its aloes and cactuses starting out of the rocks, ISOLA BELLA, LAGO MAGGIORE. and, above all, its glorious situation, bathed by the dark blue waters... | |
 | Samuel Manning - 1881 - 218 pages
...will assent to the truth of Murray's criticism : ' To taste it may have little pretension ; but to a traveller fresh from the rigid climate of the north...and, above all, its glorious situation, bathed by the dark blue waters of the lake, reflecting the sparkling white villages on its banks, and the distant... | |
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To taste it may have little pretension; but, for a traveller fresh from the rigid climate of the north, this singular creation of art, with its aromatic groves, its aloes and cactuses starting out of the rocks — and, above all, its glorious situation,... 
