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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... yards or more an opening is made from the tunnel to the face of the rock , and from this a gun looks down upon the harbour below , or upon the flat isthmus which connects the rock with the mainland . Though the galleries have earned ...
... yards or more an opening is made from the tunnel to the face of the rock , and from this a gun looks down upon the harbour below , or upon the flat isthmus which connects the rock with the mainland . Though the galleries have earned ...
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... yard or more , offers a half - rupee to one of them for the feat . The ingenuous youth disappears under water like a stone , and shortly afterwards re - appears at the opposite side of the vessel , grinning and panting ; but another ...
... yard or more , offers a half - rupee to one of them for the feat . The ingenuous youth disappears under water like a stone , and shortly afterwards re - appears at the opposite side of the vessel , grinning and panting ; but another ...
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... yards in diameter , each large branch supported by those downward shoots , which are the most striking characteristic of the tree . Under its thick shade of dark - green leaves the air is deliciously cool , and we may sit there ...
... yards in diameter , each large branch supported by those downward shoots , which are the most striking characteristic of the tree . Under its thick shade of dark - green leaves the air is deliciously cool , and we may sit there ...
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... yards distant , and near the bank of the river , is a sequestered spot containing a handsome marble tomb to the memory of Lady Canning . Half a mile away is a small collection of animals , duly caged : among them a magnificent pair of ...
... yards distant , and near the bank of the river , is a sequestered spot containing a handsome marble tomb to the memory of Lady Canning . Half a mile away is a small collection of animals , duly caged : among them a magnificent pair of ...
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... yards in width , even at this dry season , but it is so shallow that the ferrymen pole the boat across almost the whole distance . Arrived at the other side , we again take to our palkees , and for the first half mile pass across a ...
... yards in width , even at this dry season , but it is so shallow that the ferrymen pole the boat across almost the whole distance . Arrived at the other side , we again take to our palkees , and for the first half mile pass across a ...
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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."