 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1847 - 580 pages
...me,' says our sensible heroine, ' though of a sex in whom cowardice is no disgrace, I cannot say that I anticipated hazard or required much persuasion in...an adventure, if you do not make one for yourself.' The few authentic cases of falling in with thieves have, she is satisfied, ' arisen more or less from... | |
 | American periodicals - 1847 - 610 pages
...danger by some bravado, nr some indiscretion of temper, or by neglect of euch ordinary precautions ae are customary and reasonable, you may, when the country...overrun with civil warriors, travel in Portugal as eecurely, if not so emoothly, as you can navigate the Thames from Vauxball to Richmond, or as you may... | |
 | 1847 - 606 pages
...up a few "moving accidents and hairbreadth 'scapes," and of so giving to my Journal the atttraction of a Story-book. The truth is, as I believe, that...an adventure, if you do not make one for yourself.' The few authentic cases of falling in with thieves have, she is satisfied, ' arisen more or less from... | |
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I resisted the temptation of getting up a few "moving accidents and hairbreadth 'scapes," and of so giving to my Journal the attraction of a Story-book. The truth is, as I believe, that unless you lay yourself out for danger by some bravado, or some indiscretion... 