Around the World with General Grant: A Narrative of the Visit of General U.S. Grant, Ex-president of the United States, to Various Countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1979 : to which are Added Certain Conversations with General Grant on Questions Connected with American Politics and History, Volume 1, Part 2American News Company, 1879 |
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Page 501
... Spain . If we have an Athens in America , so has Germany ; and this Teutonic Athens , this center of art , is called Munich . Now the Bavarian has certain peculiar charac- teristics which are not in the least æsthetic . Old Munich ...
... Spain . If we have an Athens in America , so has Germany ; and this Teutonic Athens , this center of art , is called Munich . Now the Bavarian has certain peculiar charac- teristics which are not in the least æsthetic . Old Munich ...
Page 515
... Spain , who was at that time directing the ma- neuvers of his troops at Vittoria . The king's message , couched in most courteous terms , conveyed an invitation requesting the General to honor him with a visit , and such an honor could ...
... Spain , who was at that time directing the ma- neuvers of his troops at Vittoria . The king's message , couched in most courteous terms , conveyed an invitation requesting the General to honor him with a visit , and such an honor could ...
Page 517
... Spain that old friends could drop in and talk about old times . It was here that Bismarck came before the German and Austrian war to find out what Napoleon would do . Napoleon was quite charmed by the young German statesman , and was ...
... Spain that old friends could drop in and talk about old times . It was here that Bismarck came before the German and Austrian war to find out what Napoleon would do . Napoleon was quite charmed by the young German statesman , and was ...
Page 521
... Spain a good deal and to have acquired a multitude of facts . But he cannot finish a chapter without singing " God save the Queen " and blessing the memory of the Duke of Wellington . He generally speaks of Wellington as " The Duke ...
... Spain a good deal and to have acquired a multitude of facts . But he cannot finish a chapter without singing " God save the Queen " and blessing the memory of the Duke of Wellington . He generally speaks of Wellington as " The Duke ...
Page 523
... SPAIN . 523 As to the politics of Spain , I could never see that any invasion ever did her good , and I do not see much difference between the invasions of the English and the French . It does not oc- cur to me that Wellington came here ...
... SPAIN . 523 As to the politics of Spain , I could never see that any invasion ever did her good , and I do not see much difference between the invasions of the English and the French . It does not oc- cur to me that Wellington came here ...
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