 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
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...ATLANTIC. 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 till you step on the opposite shore, and are launched at once into the bustle and novelties of another... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - Readers - 1851 - 396 pages
...Sentences. 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...until you step on the opposite shore, and are launched at once into the bustle and novelties of another world.* We one day descried some shapeless object... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1853 - 492 pages
...VOYAOE. 1. To an American visiting Europe, the long voyage he has to make, is an excellent preparative. The temporary absence of worldly scenes and employments,...you step on the opposite shore, and are launched, at once, into the bustle and novelties of another world. 2. In traveling by land, there is a continuity... | |
 | G. F. Burckhardt - 1853 - 366 pages
...new and vivid impressions. The vast space of waters that separates the hemispheres is like a blank2) page in existence. There is no gradual transition...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 continuity3)... | |
 | Seafaring life - 1854 - 504 pages
...IRVIHO. To an American visiting Europe, the long voyage he has to make ia 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 - American literature - 1855 - 268 pages
...OLD Posy. 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... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1855 - 530 pages
...IRVING. 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...until you step on the opposite shore, and are launched at once into the bustle and novelties of another world. I have said that at sea all is vacancy. I should... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1857 - 456 pages
...long voyage lie has to make, is an excellent preparative. The temporary absence of worldly scenes end employments, produces a state of mind peculiarly fitted...moment you lose sight of the land you have left, all is + vacaney, until you step on the opposite shore, and are launched, at once, into the bustle and novelties... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - Elocution - 1858 - 494 pages
...IRVINCJ. j 1. To an American visiting Europe, the long voyage he haf to make is an ftxcellent 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. 2. In traveling by land there is a continuity... | |
 | Graduated series - 1859 - 462 pages
...ATLANTIC. To an American visiting Europe, the long voyage he has to make is an excellent preparative. The temporary absence of worldly scenes and employments...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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