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 332
... wonderful for breadth and beauty , and even now , with the gray clouds about us and the rain falling in a mist , we looked down the mountain's dizzy side and saw hill after hill sweeping like billows on toward the sea . As a glimpse of ...
... wonderful for breadth and beauty , and even now , with the gray clouds about us and the rain falling in a mist , we looked down the mountain's dizzy side and saw hill after hill sweeping like billows on toward the sea . As a glimpse of ...
Page 355
... wonderfully handsome one . Athens is a mine of ancient research , and not a day passes without some wonderful finds being made . Excavations are constantly being prosecuted , for not a spade is put.
... wonderfully handsome one . Athens is a mine of ancient research , and not a day passes without some wonderful finds being made . Excavations are constantly being prosecuted , for not a spade is put.
Page 359
... wonderful , and there is no tire in him . is of immense advantage to us to have such a practical head . Without any of the rigor of military rule , hours of grand de- partures are fixed , and if there are stragglers - well , they must ...
... wonderful , and there is no tire in him . is of immense advantage to us to have such a practical head . Without any of the rigor of military rule , hours of grand de- partures are fixed , and if there are stragglers - well , they must ...
Page 373
... wonderful skill of the gondoliers , and the ease with which they propelled their boats . Much of our time in Venice was spent on the gondolas . Of course one cannot get along without them , as they answer the purpose of cars or cabs in ...
... wonderful skill of the gondoliers , and the ease with which they propelled their boats . Much of our time in Venice was spent on the gondolas . Of course one cannot get along without them , as they answer the purpose of cars or cabs in ...
Page 381
... wonderful to think that we shall pass on a railroad which is lower than the bed of an adjacent river , and that the tides of the North Sea , which beat against the dunes , dikes , and sandhills of Northern Holland , rise eleven feet ...
... wonderful to think that we shall pass on a railroad which is lower than the bed of an adjacent river , and that the tides of the North Sea , which beat against the dunes , dikes , and sandhills of Northern Holland , rise eleven feet ...
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