Ultima Thule —— Or a Summer in Iceland

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ISBN: 9781332468560 出版年：2016 页码：407 Richard F Burton Forgotten Books

Peter Porcupine, over combativeness, and the undue spirit of opposition that characterises an objector-general, with the morbid object of gaining popularity by stating something new — a hasty judgment, which justifies me in writing these volumes, and in supporting my previously expressed views. I can appeal for confirmation to the dozen intelligent English tourists who were in Iceland at the same time as myself: all united with me in deridin'g their previous conceptions, and in forming the estimate here offered to the public.