 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
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1859 - 422 pages
...VOYAGE. 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. 2. I have said that at sea all is vacancy.... | |
 | William Chambers - 1860 - 202 pages
...country blend almost imperceptibly with those of another. From the * Abridged from an American tale. moment you lose sight of the land you have left, all...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... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers, American - 1861 - 446 pages
...VOYAGE. TO an AmSrican 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. 2. I have said that at sea all is vacancy.... | |
 | J C. Graham - 1861 - 134 pages
...ATLANTIC. To an American visi'ting Europe, the long voyage he has to make is an excelled 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 noveZties of another... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1862 - 304 pages
...we have diligently laboured for any purpose, we are willing to believe that we have attained it. V. 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... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 528 pages
...every age, sex, and rank, mingled in promiscuous massacre and ruin ! XXXV. — THE VOYAGE. IRVING. ment you lose sight of the land you have left, all is vacancy...until you step on the opposite shore, and are launched at once into the bustle and novelties of another world. 6 I have said that at sea all is vacancy. I... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 530 pages
...IRVING. To an American visiting Europe, the long voyage he lias to make is an excellent preparative. From the moment you lose sight of the land you have left, all la vacancy until you step on the opposite shore, and are launched at once into the bustle and novelties... | |
 | Washington Irving - Americans - 1865 - 532 pages
...transition by which, as in Europe, the features and population of one country blend almost imperceptiblv with those of another. From the moment you lose sight of the laud you have left, all is vacancy until you step on the opposite shore, and are launched at once into... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 518 pages
...preparative. The temporary absence of worldly scenes and employments produces a state of mind peeuliarly fitted to receive new and vivid impressions. The vast...until you step on the opposite shore, and are launched at once into the bustle and novelties of another world. In traveling by land there is a continuity... | |
 | Ackworth sch - 1865 - 442 pages
...state of mind peculiarly fitted to receive new and vivid impressions. The vast space 2A2 of \vaters that separates the hemispheres, is like a blank page...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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