"Respire" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... at the threshold, and seems to respire even the noisome air of the metropolis as if it were Eden. As he proceeds down Hill Street he stops, and gazes for a moment on the opposite house. What passes in his mind we know not. Perhaps he is reminded that in that ...
— The Young Duke • Benjamin Disraeli
... pump, air blower, lungs, bellows, blowpipe, fan, ventilator, punkah[obs3]; branchiae[obs3], gills, flabellum[obs3], vertilabrum[obs3]. whiffle ball. V. blow, waft; blow hard, blow great guns, blow a hurricane &c. n.; wuther[obs3]; stream, issue. respire, breathe, puff; whiff, whiffle; gasp, wheeze; snuff, snuffle; sniff, sniffle; sneeze, cough. fan, ventilate; inflate, perflate|; blow up. Adj. blowing &c. v.; windy, flatulent; breezy, gusty, squally; stormy, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus
... sans relache; ces reptiles venimeux, dont il redoutoit la morsure; ces betes feroces toujours prets a le devorer; enfin, cette, chaleur suffocante des lieux bas qu'il vient de quitter; l'air qu'il respire rafraichit et le vivifie; il s'arrete, et ce qui l'environne l'etonne et le ravit; s'il regarde au-dessous de lui, tout est eclipse par des nuages, dont la surface egale mouvante lui represente une mer qu'habite le silence et que termine son horison; s'il jette la vue sur la ...
— Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 4) • James Hutton |
