 The temporary absence of worldly scenes and employments produces a state of mind peculiarly fitted to receive new and vivid impressions. The vast space of waters that separates the hemispheres is like a blank page in existence. There is no gradual transition,...  The Cornell Era - Page 2491906Full view - About this book
 | 1834 - 536 pages
...AMERICAN. To an American visiting Europe, the long voyage he has to make is an excellent preparative. From the moment you lose sight of the land you have left, all is vacancy until you step upon the opposite shore, and are launched at once into the bustle and novelties of another world. I... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 196 pages
...employments prodnces a state of mind peculiarly fitted to receive new and vivid impressions. The vpst space of waters that separates the hemispheres is...until you step on the opposite shore, and are launched at once into the bustle and novelties of another world. In travelling by land there is a continuity... | |
 | Periodicals - 1835 - 272 pages
...AMERICAN. To an American visiting Europe, the long voyage he has to make is an excellent preparative. From the moment you lose sight of the land you have left, all is vacancy until you step upon the opposite shore, and are launched at once into the bustle and novelties of another world. I... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1836 - 250 pages
...FOEH. To an American visiting Europe, the long voyage he has to make is an excellent, preparative. The temporary absence of worldly scenes and employments...until you step on the opposite shore, and are launched at once into the bustle and novelties of another world. In travelling by land there is a continuity... | |
 | Voyages and travels - 1838 - 534 pages
...AMERICAN. To an American visiting Europe, the long voyage he has to make is an excellent preparative. From the moment you lose sight of the land you have left, all is vacancy until you step upon the opposite shore, and are launched at once into the bustle and novelties of another world. I... | |
 | 1839 - 320 pages
...CONTINENT. To an American visiting Europe, the long voyage lie has to make is an excellent preparative. From the moment you lose sight of the land you have left, all is vacancy till you itep on the opposite shore, and are launched at once into the bustle and novelties of another... | |
 | Washington Irving - Short stories, American - 1843 - 400 pages
...OLD POEM. To an American visiting Europe, the long voyage he has to make is an excellent preparative. The temporary absence of worldly scenes and employments...until you step on the opposite shore, and are launched at once into the bustle and novelties of another world. In travelling by land there is a continuity... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 1124 pages
...POEM. O an American visiting Europe, the long voyage he has to make is an excellent preparative. Tlie temporary absence of worldly scenes and employments...lose sight of the land you have left all is vacancy iintil you step 011 the opposite shore, and are launched at once into the bustle and novelties of another... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1843 - 390 pages
...hemispheres is like a blank page in existence. There is no gradual transition by which, as inEurope, the features and population of one country blend almost...you step on the opposite shore , and are launched at once into the bustle and novelties of another world. In travelling by land there is a continuity... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 482 pages
...to slide over the unaccented Towels, either perverting or suppressing their sounds. To remedy sence of worldly scenes and employments produces a state...until you step on the opposite shore, and are launched at once into the bustle and novelties of another world. In travelling by land, there is a continuity... | |
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