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 349
... beautiful with the miracles of Byzantine art have been covered over -perhaps defaced . Partly church , partly mosque , it still awes one with its grand story . Some day , when no man can say , those four six - winged seraphim , all in ...
... beautiful with the miracles of Byzantine art have been covered over -perhaps defaced . Partly church , partly mosque , it still awes one with its grand story . Some day , when no man can say , those four six - winged seraphim , all in ...
Page 372
... , but it was the cradle of all that was beautiful in the arts , and to Venice was due the awakening of literature . Its own exclusiveness destroyed VENICE . 373 Venice after a time . But let. 372 ROME , FLORENCE , VENICE , AND MILAN .
... , but it was the cradle of all that was beautiful in the arts , and to Venice was due the awakening of literature . Its own exclusiveness destroyed VENICE . 373 Venice after a time . But let. 372 ROME , FLORENCE , VENICE , AND MILAN .
Page 411
... beautiful park on which the June sun was shining . This was the private park of the Radziwill Palace , which is now Bismarck's Berlin home . The library was a large , spacious room , the walls of gray marble , and the furniture plain ...
... beautiful park on which the June sun was shining . This was the private park of the Radziwill Palace , which is now Bismarck's Berlin home . The library was a large , spacious room , the walls of gray marble , and the furniture plain ...
Page 421
... beautiful , and showed , said the General , the highest state of discipline . It was followed by a charge and a march past , the General on foot reviewing , and the rain whirling in heavy gusts . After this we all drove to a military ...
... beautiful , and showed , said the General , the highest state of discipline . It was followed by a charge and a march past , the General on foot reviewing , and the rain whirling in heavy gusts . After this we all drove to a military ...
Page 431
... beautiful , as it is rather sandy , though this arid aspect decreases as the river Elbe is neared . A short time after leaving Berlin we hear the town of Spandau called by the railroad conductor . Spandau recalls to us a military prison ...
... beautiful , as it is rather sandy , though this arid aspect decreases as the river Elbe is neared . A short time after leaving Berlin we hear the town of Spandau called by the railroad conductor . Spandau recalls to us a military prison ...
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