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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... close , we are out in Southampton Water , and while the vessel is running down the Solent and out past the Needles , we are busy over an orthodox Christmas dinner , destined possibly to bring matters to a climax with some delicate ...
... close , we are out in Southampton Water , and while the vessel is running down the Solent and out past the Needles , we are busy over an orthodox Christmas dinner , destined possibly to bring matters to a climax with some delicate ...
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... close to our cabin door , with now and then a crash of plates and glasses , as some heavy lurch deposits everything movable on the floor . Then follows a heavy slumber , and after twenty - four hours of alternate misery and oblivion ...
... close to our cabin door , with now and then a crash of plates and glasses , as some heavy lurch deposits everything movable on the floor . Then follows a heavy slumber , and after twenty - four hours of alternate misery and oblivion ...
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... close by the island of Jebel Tsuga , evidently of volcanic formation . It con- sists of a mountain , apparently about 3,000 ft . in height , sloping up from the sea in an alternation of rocky ridges OVERLAND . 13 and deep ravines . In ...
... close by the island of Jebel Tsuga , evidently of volcanic formation . It con- sists of a mountain , apparently about 3,000 ft . in height , sloping up from the sea in an alternation of rocky ridges OVERLAND . 13 and deep ravines . In ...
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... close by the Cantonment , in which are quartered one or two regiments of Sepoys , through a street of the small and dirty town hard by , and then up to the foot of the ravine in which are situated the famous tanks of Aden . These ...
... close by the Cantonment , in which are quartered one or two regiments of Sepoys , through a street of the small and dirty town hard by , and then up to the foot of the ravine in which are situated the famous tanks of Aden . These ...
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... close to the stern , swim round the rudder - post , and dive down again . There is no doubt , however , that these young mermen can , and often do , perform the feat with- out any deception . We leave Aden before sunset , and at ten o ...
... close to the stern , swim round the rudder - post , and dive down again . There is no doubt , however , that these young mermen can , and often do , perform the feat with- out any deception . We leave Aden before sunset , and at ten o ...
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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."