Grant's Tour Around the World: With Incidents of His Journey Through England, Ireland, Scotland ...Forshee & McMakin, 1880 - 802 pages |
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... look elsewhere for information , and we are confident that we have succeeded in producing a book which is far superior in every way , than it would have been had we confined ourselves wholly to letters of a special correspondent . To ...
... look elsewhere for information , and we are confident that we have succeeded in producing a book which is far superior in every way , than it would have been had we confined ourselves wholly to letters of a special correspondent . To ...
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... looks . Surrounded by fine specimens of English manhood , through whose sturdy veins courses the bluest blood , the robust form and rosy face of Grant are conspicuous in their healthy appearance . Mr. Glad- stone's complexion had the ...
... looks . Surrounded by fine specimens of English manhood , through whose sturdy veins courses the bluest blood , the robust form and rosy face of Grant are conspicuous in their healthy appearance . Mr. Glad- stone's complexion had the ...
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... look upon him as representing that good will and affection which ought to subsist between us and the United States . It has been my duty to be connected with the great Dominion of Canada , stretching several thousand miles along the ...
... look upon him as representing that good will and affection which ought to subsist between us and the United States . It has been my duty to be connected with the great Dominion of Canada , stretching several thousand miles along the ...
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... looks especially cold . These poor souls need sun- shine , and they are almost too cold to beg . So much has been written about Naples that I may be spared a catalogue of its attractions . On entering the harbor the General and wife ...
... looks especially cold . These poor souls need sun- shine , and they are almost too cold to beg . So much has been written about Naples that I may be spared a catalogue of its attractions . On entering the harbor the General and wife ...
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... look at my base and ask of the ashes that cumber Herculaneum and Pompeii . " So the stubborn old monster never gave us a flash of welcome , only a smoky puff now and then to tell us that he was a monster all the time , if he only chose ...
... look at my base and ask of the ashes that cumber Herculaneum and Pompeii . " So the stubborn old monster never gave us a flash of welcome , only a smoky puff now and then to tell us that he was a monster all the time , if he only chose ...
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Page 328 - And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in, because of the multitude, they went upon the house-top, and let him down through the tiling with his couch, into the midst before Jesus.
Page 496 - The sunken glen, whose sunless shrubs must weep, The tender azure of the unruffled deep, The orange tints that gild the greenest bough, The torrents that from cliff to valley leap, The vine on high, the willow branch below, Mix'd in one mighty scene, with varied beauty glow.
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Page xv - GRANT: Understanding that your lodgment at Chattanooga and Knoxville is now secure, I wish to tender you and all under your command my more than thanks, my profoundest gratitude for the skill, courage, and perseverance with which you and they, over so great difficulties, have effected that important object. God bless you all.
Page 609 - Commerce had as many pilgrims as religion. All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandise. From the looms of Benares went forth the most delicate silks that adorned the balls of St. James's and of Versailles, and in the bazaars the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of Oude were mingled with the jewels of Golconda and the shawls of Cashmere.
Page 602 - ... supported by twelve pillars, all richly emblazoned with costly gems, and a fringe of pearls ornamented the borders of the canopy. Between the two peacocks stood the figure of a parrot of the ordinary size...
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Page 496 - ... way, And frequent turn to linger as you go, From loftier rocks new loveliness survey, And rest ye at our
Page xiv - When at Ringgold, we rode for half a mile in the face of the enemy, under an incessant fire of cannon and musketry ; nor did we ride fast, but upon an ordinary trot ; and not once do I believe did it enter the General's mind that he was in danger. I was by his side and watched him closely. In riding that distance we were going to the front, and I could see that he was studying the positions of the two armies, and, of course, planning how to defeat the enemy, who was here making a most desperate stand,...
Page 56 - I had proposed to leave Liverpool immediately on arrival, and proceed to London, where I knew our Minister had made arrangements for a formal reception, and had accepted for me a few invitations of courtesy ; but what was my surprise to find nearly all the shipping in port at Liverpool decorated with flags of all nations, and from the mainmast of each the flag of the Union was most conspicuous.