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" The chief satisfaction of these islanders, when not engaged in war or in hunting, seemed to be that of lying at their ease in the open air, recounting tales of the bravery of their countrymen, and singing songs in honour of the Corsicans and against the... "
The Journal of a Tour to Corsica: & Memoirs of Pascal Paoli - Page 52
by James Boswell - 1923 - 110 pages
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 38

1768 - 694 pages
...of thefc ifltnders when not engaged in war or in hunting:, feemcd to bu that of lying at their ealc in -the open air, recounting tales of the bravery of their countrymen, and Tinging fongs in honour of the Corficans, andavjainft the Genoefe. Kven in the nightthey will cominue...
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An Account of Corsica: The Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of ...

James Boswell - 1768 - 426 pages
...of thefe iflanders when not engaged in war or in hunting, feemed to be that of lying at their cafe in the open air, recounting tales of the bravery of their countrymen, and finging fongs in honour of the Cordcans, and againft the Genoefe. Even in the night they will continue...
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An Account of Corsica,: The Journal of a Tour to that Island, and Memoirs of ...

James Boswell - 1769 - 430 pages
...of thefe iflanders when not engaged in war or in hunting, feemed to be that of lying at their eafe in the open air, recounting tales of the bravery of their countrymen, and fmging fongs in honour of the Corficans, and againft the Genoefe, Even in the night they will Ua continue...
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Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine: And His Journal ...

James Boswell, Andrew Erskine - 1879 - 284 pages
...1233.—ED. t "You see yon birkie, ca'da lord, Wha struts, and stares, and a' that."—Burns.—ED. a passo misurato) with prodigious airs of consequence....unless rain forces them to retire into their houses. satisfaction. The General did me the honour to present me with his own pistols, made in the island,...
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Boswell's correspondence with ... Andrew Erskine, and his Journal of a tour ...

James Boswell - 1879 - 304 pages
...a religious order, first instituted in Tuscany in 1233. — ED. t " You see yon birkie, ca'da lord, a passo misurato) with prodigious airs of consequence....unless rain forces them to retire into their houses. satisfaction. The General did me the honour to present me with his own pistols, made in the island,...
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The Growth of Napoleon: A Study in Environment

Norwood Young - 1910 - 484 pages
...attributed to the national habit of carrying a stiletto (siea) over the heart (cor). Boswell says : " The chief satisfaction of these islanders, when not...honour of the Corsicans and against the Genoese." Their idleness naturally ended in poverty. At the time when Boswell wrote, on the eve of the Revolution,...
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The Boswellian Hero

William C. Dowling - 2008 - 226 pages
...immediately entered into conversation with me" (169); or of this scene of Corsicans at their leisure: "the chief satisfaction of these islanders, when not...unless rain forces them to retire into their houses" (184-85). When Corsica was written, the American frontier had yet to be mythologized, but Boswell's...
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The Journals of James Boswell, 1762-1795

James Boswell - 1994 - 450 pages
...seen a Corsican, in the very heat of a baiting, run in, drive off the dogs, seize the half-frantic animal by the horns, and lead it away. The common...rain forces them to retire into their houses. The ambasdatore inglese, as the good peasants and soldiers used to call me, became a great favourite among...
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Politeness and Its Discontents: Problems in French Classical Culture

Peter France - 1992 - 268 pages
...nations, from the Indians of America to the Highlanders of Scotland. Boswell notes for instance that 'the chief satisfaction of these islanders, when not...recounting tales of the bravery of their countrymen'." But as compared with the images of Scotland to be found in Johnson and Scott, there are virtually no...
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The Age of Napoleon

J. Christopher Herold - 2002 - 484 pages
...ferocity. "The chief satisfaction of the islanders," Boswell had noted, "when not engaged in war or hunting seemed to be that of lying at their ease in the open air, recounting tales of bravery of their countrymen, and singing songs in honor of the Corsicans, and against the Genoese."...
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