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 358
... face of this much - revered old shrine . Away off in the distance , 1175 new effects produced . ATHENS . bathed in a sea of light , we catch a view of the Erectheum with its portico . There are merry laughs and chatterings going on ...
... face of this much - revered old shrine . Away off in the distance , 1175 new effects produced . ATHENS . bathed in a sea of light , we catch a view of the Erectheum with its portico . There are merry laughs and chatterings going on ...
Page 363
... faces , and waited to receive from some stolid emperor life or death . life or death . Here Christians suffered mar- tyrdom . THE COLISEUM . If there be any truth in the legend- and why should we not believe it ? -it was the monk ...
... faces , and waited to receive from some stolid emperor life or death . life or death . Here Christians suffered mar- tyrdom . THE COLISEUM . If there be any truth in the legend- and why should we not believe it ? -it was the monk ...
Page 381
... face . I think when a man is stared at for ten or fifteen years it be- comes a necessary provision of nature to wear something of an immovable mask . We really all are glad that we are going , and at last we bid our numerous friends ...
... face . I think when a man is stared at for ten or fifteen years it be- comes a necessary provision of nature to wear something of an immovable mask . We really all are glad that we are going , and at last we bid our numerous friends ...
Page 410
... face . But there is not a line on that face which does not belong to our association with Bismarck , for if ever true manhood , undaunted courage , and overpowering intellect were written on a man's features , they are all stamped on ...
... face . But there is not a line on that face which does not belong to our association with Bismarck , for if ever true manhood , undaunted courage , and overpowering intellect were written on a man's features , they are all stamped on ...
Page 423
... face , watching horsemen , artillery , and infantry march and countermarch over the Tempelhof grounds . Altogether it had been a trying day , for everybody felt cheer- less and damp . But Mrs. Grant has a nature that would see as much ...
... face , watching horsemen , artillery , and infantry march and countermarch over the Tempelhof grounds . Altogether it had been a trying day , for everybody felt cheer- less and damp . But Mrs. Grant has a nature that would see as much ...
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