 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
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1867 - 758 pages
...the features and population of one country blend almost ''"imperceptibly with those of another. Prom the moment you lose sight of the land you have left,...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... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1870 - 444 pages
...FIRST. 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 sayed that at sea all is vacancy.... | |
 | James Frothingham Hunnewell - Europe - 1871 - 534 pages
...wrote : " 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." Notwithstanding the quite evident feet that... | |
 | Elocution - 1871 - 308 pages
...purpose.] 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... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - Readers - 1872 - 418 pages
...away. 4. 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. 5. What wiik'st thou, Spring? — Sweet voices... | |
 | Lucius Alonzo Butterfield - 1874 - 36 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. I have said that at sea all is vacancy. I should... | |
 | Sea stories - 1876 - 504 pages
...visiting Europe, the long voyage he has to make is an excellent preparative. From the moment you loa« 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 cmothei wor'd. I... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1867 - 498 pages
...IRVING. 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... | |
 | R. Hoburg - 1877 - 86 pages
...Vic. of W.,3,.72. $ ei tl iф entfpпdjt from bem beuten „]eit", „»on an", bem gr. ànà unb &. From the moment you lose sight of the land you have left, all is vacancy. W. Irv. Skb. 4. It galled Ralph to the heart's core and he hated Nicholas from that hoar. Dick. NNI... | |
 | Washington Irving - Readers - 1878 - 152 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...vacancy until you step on the opposite shore, and are 10 launched at once into the bustle and novelties of another world. In travelling by land there is... | |
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