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 347
... traveler , and archæologist to the Ex - President , which was attended by all the leading native and foreign offi- cials . ARRIVAL AT STAMBOUL . I cannot say that sight - seeing in Constantinople in March was of an agreeable character ...
... traveler , and archæologist to the Ex - President , which was attended by all the leading native and foreign offi- cials . ARRIVAL AT STAMBOUL . I cannot say that sight - seeing in Constantinople in March was of an agreeable character ...
Page 364
... traveler with awe and reverence . Its immensity seems lost at first , from the absolute perfection of its proportions . Here are THE VATICAN . 365 the tombs of innumerable popes ,. INTERIOR OF ST . PETER'S . can Library with the sight of ...
... traveler with awe and reverence . Its immensity seems lost at first , from the absolute perfection of its proportions . Here are THE VATICAN . 365 the tombs of innumerable popes ,. INTERIOR OF ST . PETER'S . can Library with the sight of ...
Page 369
... traveler who is not narrow in his judgment of men and things , who can in his mind compare the past with the present , gradually accepts these personages , sympathizes with their ends and aims , and is forced to believe that human ...
... traveler who is not narrow in his judgment of men and things , who can in his mind compare the past with the present , gradually accepts these personages , sympathizes with their ends and aims , and is forced to believe that human ...
Page 371
... of interest . It has been said that one of the most lasting impressions a traveler can receive is that derived from the first visit to the Piazza San Marco . Here it is that stand those two famous columns , one bearing the statue.
... of interest . It has been said that one of the most lasting impressions a traveler can receive is that derived from the first visit to the Piazza San Marco . Here it is that stand those two famous columns , one bearing the statue.
Page 375
... traveler , but their number is be- wildering . Some put it at eight thousand , others at five thou- sand ; but a happy mean may be struck somewhere between the two . If one wonders at the lofty structure which rises in the purity of ...
... traveler , but their number is be- wildering . Some put it at eight thousand , others at five thou- sand ; but a happy mean may be struck somewhere between the two . If one wonders at the lofty structure which rises in the purity of ...
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