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 330
... lady of our expedition as an offering from the Holy Land . We are off an hour ahead of time , thanks to our illustrious commander . had been calculated by experts that we should reach Jerusalem about sundown ; but the General had ...
... lady of our expedition as an offering from the Holy Land . We are off an hour ahead of time , thanks to our illustrious commander . had been calculated by experts that we should reach Jerusalem about sundown ; but the General had ...
Page 355
... LADY . liar graceful costumes of the country . Nothing can exceed the distinction of the more aristocratic of the Greeks . If , however , the peculiar people of the Greek of Praxiteles have passed away , and another type has been ...
... LADY . liar graceful costumes of the country . Nothing can exceed the distinction of the more aristocratic of the Greeks . If , however , the peculiar people of the Greek of Praxiteles have passed away , and another type has been ...
Page 369
... ladies bow , bestowing their sweet- est smiles on the chief of our party . We get a better view of the Arno from the Cacine . We wish it were bluer ; we are told it is so sometimes , but that the rains have given it a golden gleam ...
... ladies bow , bestowing their sweet- est smiles on the chief of our party . We get a better view of the Arno from the Cacine . We wish it were bluer ; we are told it is so sometimes , but that the rains have given it a golden gleam ...
Page 373
... lady , who waved her kerchief . Of course the Rialto was visited , and the Bridge of Sighs . We ad- mired the wonderful skill of the gondoliers , and the ease with which they propelled their boats . Much of our time in Venice was spent ...
... lady , who waved her kerchief . Of course the Rialto was visited , and the Bridge of Sighs . We ad- mired the wonderful skill of the gondoliers , and the ease with which they propelled their boats . Much of our time in Venice was spent ...
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... ladies and gallants from all Europe . Bath houses are plenty , and those peculiar lumbering machines which are driven into the Promiscuous bathing is hardly à la mode in Europe , and though the North Sea , at least off the coast of ...
... ladies and gallants from all Europe . Bath houses are plenty , and those peculiar lumbering machines which are driven into the Promiscuous bathing is hardly à la mode in Europe , and though the North Sea , at least off the coast of ...
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