 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
 | Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - Readers - 1878 - 206 pages
...receive new and vivid impressions. The vast space of waters that separates the hemispheres is like a 3 blank page in existence. There is no gradual transition...vacancy until you step on the opposite shore, and are i0 launched at once into the bustle and novelties of another world. In travelling by land there is... | |
 | Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1878 - 186 pages
...Hemispheres. What meridian is the boundary line between the eastern and western hemispheres ? See the atlases. blend almost imperceptibly with those of another....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 - 1880 - 460 pages
...population of one country blend almost imperceptibly with those of another. From the moment you lose sight4 of the land you have left, all is vacancy until you step on the opposite shore, and are launched 5 at once into the bustle and novelties of another world. In travelling by land there is a continuity... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 1002 pages
...PC .FT \ O 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... | |
 | Francis Thayer Russell - Elocution - 1882 - 330 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... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1882 - 332 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 left, all is vacancy until yon step on the opposite shore, and are launched at once into the bustle and novelties of another world.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1883 - 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...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... | |
 | Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 392 pages
...BURNS. 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... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1884 - 296 pages
...nothing. 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... | |
 | Edward Napoleon Kirby - Expression - 1884 - 250 pages
...valleys. 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 novelties and bustle of another world. VOCAL EXPRESSION. CHAPTER VII. LANGUAGE. Language... | |
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