 I ever wish to change such hours of freedom for all the luxuries of civilised life ; and. unnatural and extraordinary as it may appear, yet such is the fascination of the life of the mountain hunter, that I believe...  London labour and the London poor - Page 300by Henry Mayhew - 1861Full view - About this book
 | England - 1848 - 788 pages
...fantastic shapes it assumed, peopling the solitude with figures of those far away. Scarcely, however, did I ever wish to change such hours of freedom for all the luxuries of civilised life ; and, unnatural and extraordinary as it may appear, yet such is the fascination of... | |
 | George Frederick Augustus Ruxton - Indians of North America - 1848 - 320 pages
...fantastic shapes it assumed, peopling the solitude with figures of those far away. Scarcely, however, did I ever wish to change such hours of freedom for...instance could be adduced of even the most polished and civiHzed of men, who had once tasted the sweets gf its attendant liberty and freedom from every worldly... | |
 | Scotland - 1848 - 798 pages
...V\U\ unvotes. «A Scarcely, Low-ever, did I ever wish to change 6\wV \\owcs. ' luxuries of civilised life ; and, unnatural and extraordinary as it may appear, yet such is the fascination of the lift! of the mountain hunter, that I believe not one instance could be adduced of even the most polished... | |
 | England - 1848 - 802 pages
...fantastic shapes it assumed, peopling the solitude with figures of those far away. Scarcely, however, did I ever wish to change such hours of freedom for all the luxuries of civilised life ; and, unnatural and extraordinary as it may appear, yet such is the fcisciuatkm of... | |
 | George Frederick Augustus Ruxton - Frontier and pioneer life - 1849 - 340 pages
...Scarcely, however, did I ever wish to change such hours of freedom for all the luxuries of civilised life ; and. unnatural and extraordinary as it may...instance could be adduced of even the most polished and civilised of men, who had once tasted the sweets of its attendant liberty, and freedom from every worldly... | |
 | George Frederick Augustus Ruxton - Frontier and pioneer life - 1849 - 384 pages
...fantastic shapes it assumed, peopling the solitude with figures of those far away. Scarcely, however, did I ever wish to change such hours of freedom for all the luxuries of civilised life; and, unnatural and extraordinary as it may appear, yet such is the fascination of the... | |
 | George Frederick Ruxton - Frontier and pioneer life - 1849 - 340 pages
...fantastic shapes it assumed, peopling the solitude with figures of those far away. Scarcely, however, did I ever wish to change such hours of freedom for all the luxuries of civilised life ; and, unnatural and extraordinary as it may appear, yet such is the fascination of... | |
 | Sid Smith - Canada - 1850 - 304 pages
...fantastic shapes it assumed, peopling the solitude with figures of those far away. Scarcely, however, did I ever wish to change such hours of freedom for...fascination of the life of the mountain hunter, that 1 believe not one instance could be adduced ol even the most polished and civilized of men, who had... | |
 | George Frederick Augustus Ruxton - Frontier and pioneer life - 1851 - 316 pages
...ever wish to change such hours of freedom for all the luxuries of civilised life ; and, vinnatural and extraordinary as it may appear, yet such is the...instance could be adduced of even the most polished and civilised of men, who had once tasted the sweets of its attendant liberty, and freedom from every worldly... | |
 | Henry Mayhew - Charities - 1851 - 552 pages
...and mules, or the attendant cayute which nightly serenaded us. Seldom did I ever wish to change snch hours of freedom for all the luxuries of civilized...unnatural and extraordinary as it may appear, yet snch is the fascination of the life of the mountain bunter, that I believe not one iustance could be... | |
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