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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... TREES OF CALIFORNIA . The San Joaquin Valley - Californian Corn - growing - Californian Heat- Gold - mining - The Foot - hills - The Pine Forests - The Sequoias - The Grizzly Giant - Other Giants — Their Size and Beauty - The Silence of ...
... TREES OF CALIFORNIA . The San Joaquin Valley - Californian Corn - growing - Californian Heat- Gold - mining - The Foot - hills - The Pine Forests - The Sequoias - The Grizzly Giant - Other Giants — Their Size and Beauty - The Silence of ...
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... trees - the only vegetation visible . We should have to go a few miles towards the centre of the island to find the verdant spots where grow unrivalled oranges , and the flowers that make up the bouquets which are sold in the streets of ...
... trees - the only vegetation visible . We should have to go a few miles towards the centre of the island to find the verdant spots where grow unrivalled oranges , and the flowers that make up the bouquets which are sold in the streets of ...
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... trees . But , directly we cast anchor , the peculiar characteristic of the place manifests itself in the motley crowd of boat- men , porters , guides , and hotel agents , who swarm on to our vessel's decks . They are dressed in various ...
... trees . But , directly we cast anchor , the peculiar characteristic of the place manifests itself in the motley crowd of boat- men , porters , guides , and hotel agents , who swarm on to our vessel's decks . They are dressed in various ...
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... trees , must at all times look pretty ; but they probably come with a fresher charm on the senses of those whose latest recollections of dry land consist of the scorched rocks of Aden , the bare desert of Egypt , and the yellow ...
... trees , must at all times look pretty ; but they probably come with a fresher charm on the senses of those whose latest recollections of dry land consist of the scorched rocks of Aden , the bare desert of Egypt , and the yellow ...
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... trees , while beneath them is a luxurious undergrowth of ferns and flowers , creepers and sensitive plants , among which flits every now and then a gay butterfly or a beetle with wings of every metallic hue . In the trees above are not ...
... trees , while beneath them is a luxurious undergrowth of ferns and flowers , creepers and sensitive plants , among which flits every now and then a gay butterfly or a beetle with wings of every metallic hue . In the trees above are not ...
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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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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."