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 sider |
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... gharry , ' which we left standing in one of the broader streets . We drive back through the crowd ; our gharrywan ' engaged in a constant vociferation at various natives who will walk in the middle of the road , till we emerge again ...
... gharry , ' which we left standing in one of the broader streets . We drive back through the crowd ; our gharrywan ' engaged in a constant vociferation at various natives who will walk in the middle of the road , till we emerge again ...
Side 34
... gharry . ' Even fourteen years ago , in the time of the mutiny , the journey from Calcutta to Delhi involved some 700 miles of travelling in a ' gharry . ' Now it is a matter of two days ' journey on a railway , at a pace moderate ...
... gharry . ' Even fourteen years ago , in the time of the mutiny , the journey from Calcutta to Delhi involved some 700 miles of travelling in a ' gharry . ' Now it is a matter of two days ' journey on a railway , at a pace moderate ...
Side 44
... gharry ' by the bridge of boats , and then a drive of a couple of miles takes us through the outskirts of the city to the only hotel in the place , kept by a native , where we are ensconced for the night . We are now in the holy city of ...
... gharry ' by the bridge of boats , and then a drive of a couple of miles takes us through the outskirts of the city to the only hotel in the place , kept by a native , where we are ensconced for the night . We are now in the holy city of ...
Side 61
... gharry makes a tight fit of it : happily other gharries are not often met in it , and we thread our way through without meeting anything more bulky than a bullock ; an elephant or another gharry would have caused a ' jam ' absolute ...
... gharry makes a tight fit of it : happily other gharries are not often met in it , and we thread our way through without meeting anything more bulky than a bullock ; an elephant or another gharry would have caused a ' jam ' absolute ...
Side 65
... gharry . Leaving the station , we cross the Jumna by a bridge of boats , and enter the city of Akbar . It is only 300 years since that Great Mogul began to make a capital out of what was then a mere village , and it was only eighty ...
... gharry . Leaving the station , we cross the Jumna by a bridge of boats , and enter the city of Akbar . It is only 300 years since that Great Mogul began to make a capital out of what was then a mere village , and it was only eighty ...
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Side 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
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 176 - O wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as others see us!
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 51 - Here lies Henry Lawrence, who tried to do his duty. May the Lord have mercy on his soul.
Side 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.
Side 117 - Former customers have inspired caution, — no credit given." "A small stream always flowing."