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 340
... leaves from the Tree of Agony . climbed the Mount of Olives to the summit . We entered the chapel said to be the site of the Ascension - now a Moslem mosque . We went to the top of one of the minarets and looked far beyond to the land ...
... leaves from the Tree of Agony . climbed the Mount of Olives to the summit . We entered the chapel said to be the site of the Ascension - now a Moslem mosque . We went to the top of one of the minarets and looked far beyond to the land ...
Page 345
... leave and went to sea . On the morn- ing of the 28th we came in sight of the Russian camp at Gal- lipoli . Early on the morning of March 1st , Lieutenant Strong called me and I came on deck . The wind was cold and blow- ing , but as the ...
... leave and went to sea . On the morn- ing of the 28th we came in sight of the Russian camp at Gal- lipoli . Early on the morning of March 1st , Lieutenant Strong called me and I came on deck . The wind was cold and blow- ing , but as the ...
Page 354
... leave - takings from all the Americans at Constantinople , follow- ing in the lead of our chief , we made straight for Athens . The usual good weather which follows the General's move- ments accompanied him , and the journey to Athens ...
... leave - takings from all the Americans at Constantinople , follow- ing in the lead of our chief , we made straight for Athens . The usual good weather which follows the General's move- ments accompanied him , and the journey to Athens ...
Page 360
... to Rome toward the close of the month , we leave the classic soil of Greece , and speeding through the blue Mediter- ranean , steer our course toward Italy . RF 1 1 1 娶 We ROME . CHAPTER XIII 360 CONSTANTINOPLE AND ATHENS .
... to Rome toward the close of the month , we leave the classic soil of Greece , and speeding through the blue Mediter- ranean , steer our course toward Italy . RF 1 1 1 娶 We ROME . CHAPTER XIII 360 CONSTANTINOPLE AND ATHENS .
Page 412
... leaving in a hurry . Then while the men are ad- vancing they will see us retreating . ' Sure enough , in an hour or so the cannon shot began to plunge this way and that way , and we saw we must leave . It was difficult to move the Em ...
... leaving in a hurry . Then while the men are ad- vancing they will see us retreating . ' Sure enough , in an hour or so the cannon shot began to plunge this way and that way , and we saw we must leave . It was difficult to move the Em ...
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