| Sir Richard Francis Burton - Arabian Peninsula - 1855 - 424 pages
...place of rest to become the most domestic of men. For a while he smokes the "pipe of permanence" * with an infinite zest ; he delights in various siestas during the day, relishing withal a long sleep at night ; he enjoys dining at a fixed dinner hour, and wonders at the demoralisation... | |
| Sir Richard Francis Burton, Richard Francis Burton - Arabian Peninsula - 1879 - 576 pages
...place of rest to become the most domestic of men. For awhile he smokes the long " pipe of permanence " with an infinite zest ; he delights in various siestas during the day, relishing withal deep sleep through the dark hours ; he enjoys dining at a fixed dinner-hour, and he wonders at the demoralisation... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1897 - 492 pages
...nearest place of rest to become the most domestic of men. For a while he smokes the "pipe of permanence" with an infinite zest; he delights in various siestas during the day, relishing withal a long sleep at night; he enjoys dining at a fixed dinner hour, and wonders at the demoralization of... | |
| Harry Thurston Peck - Literature - 1901 - 468 pages
...place of rest to become the most domestic of men. For a while he smokes the " pipe of permanence " with an infinite zest; he delights in various siestas during the day, relishing withal a long sleep at night; he enjoys dining at a fixed dinner hour, and wonders at the demoralization of... | |
| Thomas Wright - Explorers - 1906 - 310 pages
...nearest place of rest to become the most domestic of men. For a while he smokes the pipe of permanence with an infinite zest, he delights in various siestas during the day, relishing withal a long sleep at night ; he enjoys dining at a fixed dinner hour, and wonders at the demoralisation... | |
| Thomas Wright - 1906 - 304 pages
...nearest place of rest to become the most domestic of men. For a while he smokes the pipe of permanence with an infinite zest, he delights in various siestas during the day, relishing withal a long sleep at night ; he enjoys dining at a fixed dinner hour, and wonders at the demoralisation... | |
| Harry Thurston Peck - Anthologies - 1901 - 462 pages
...place of rest to become the most domestic of men. For a while he smokes the " pipe of permanence " with an infinite zest ; he delights in various siestas during the day, relishing withal a long sleep at night ; he enjoys dining at a fixed dinner hour, and wonders at the demoralization... | |
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