Round the World in 1870: An Account of a Brief Tour Made Through India, China, Japan, California, and South AmericaH. S. King & Company, 1872 - 408 من الصفحات |
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... called upon whenever we are in want of a few moments ' pleasant recollection . We spend a cool hour when the stars are out , on the sea - wall , watching the frequent flashes of sum- mer lightning in an electric cloud towards the west ...
... called upon whenever we are in want of a few moments ' pleasant recollection . We spend a cool hour when the stars are out , on the sea - wall , watching the frequent flashes of sum- mer lightning in an electric cloud towards the west ...
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... called barrister , is said to be going out to Calcutta , he is looked upon as doomed to so many years ( if he lives as long ) of banished life , breathing nothing but germs of fever or cholera , perspiring all day under a sweltering sun ...
... called barrister , is said to be going out to Calcutta , he is looked upon as doomed to so many years ( if he lives as long ) of banished life , breathing nothing but germs of fever or cholera , perspiring all day under a sweltering sun ...
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... called in India ' Ghâts , ' and extending here for the length of nearly a mile . As we push out into the middle of the stream , this line of Ghâts , broken here and there by the projecting wings of some devout Rajah's palace , or by the ...
... called in India ' Ghâts , ' and extending here for the length of nearly a mile . As we push out into the middle of the stream , this line of Ghâts , broken here and there by the projecting wings of some devout Rajah's palace , or by the ...
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... called , of the place . We are scarcely inside before we are glad to get out again , and escape from the overpowering odours ; though in stepping into the narrow crowded passage , we only change a fetid atmosphere for one slightly less ...
... called , of the place . We are scarcely inside before we are glad to get out again , and escape from the overpowering odours ; though in stepping into the narrow crowded passage , we only change a fetid atmosphere for one slightly less ...
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... called . It is narrower and more thoroughly native - looking than the one we shall see at Delhi ; and in respect of cleanliness , or rather dirtiness , ranks between that and the one at Cawnpore , the last- named possessing an odour ...
... called . It is narrower and more thoroughly native - looking than the one we shall see at Delhi ; and in respect of cleanliness , or rather dirtiness , ranks between that and the one at Cawnpore , the last- named possessing an odour ...
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Banda Oriental bank beautiful broad Buenos Ayres buildings Calcutta Callao Canton Cape Pillar Cawnpore China Chinese coast colour coolies Cordova course distance English estancia European feet flat foot foreign garden gauchos gharry green half handsome Hankow harbour height hills Himalayas Hongkong horses houses hundred island Japan Japanese kind Kobé land leave look Lucknow mid-day miles Monte Video morning mountains Mussoorie native nearly neighbouring night Ningpo Osaca palkees Pampas pass Penang picturesque plain port Punta Arenas quarter railway reach ride ridge rise river road rock round running San Francisco scarcely scene seems Shanghae sheep Shogun shops side Sierra sight slopes stands steamer stone Strait stream streets summit surrounded tea-houses temple Tocaido town traveller trees Uruguay valley Valparaiso vessel village voyage walk walls wind wood yards Yedo Yokohama
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الصفحة 207 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
الصفحة 13 - Stood on my feet. About me round I saw Hill, dale, and shady woods, and sunny plains, And liquid lapse of murmuring streams ; by these, Creatures that lived and moved, and walk'd or flew, Birds on the branches warbling ; all things smiled ; With fragrance and with joy my heart o'erflowed.
الصفحة 89 - Or other worlds they seem'd, or happy isles, Like those Hesperian gardens fam'd of old, Fortunate fields, and groves, and flowery vales, Thrice happy isles...
الصفحة 176 - O wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as others see us!
الصفحة 151 - It is said of man morally, that the whole head is sick and the whole heart is faint — that from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot, there is no soundness in him.
الصفحة 275 - But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken.
الصفحة 51 - Here lies Henry Lawrence, who tried to do his duty. May the Lord have mercy on his soul.
الصفحة 231 - Access denied ; and over-head up-grew Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene ; and, as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
الصفحة 117 - Former customers have inspired caution, — no credit given." "A small stream always flowing."