 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
 | American essays - 1896 - 374 pages
...population of one country blend almost imperceptibly with those of another. From the moment 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. In traveling by land there is a continuity... | |
 | William Williamson - 1898 - 184 pages
...population of one country blend almost imperceptibly with those of another. From the moment you lost 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. — IRVING, Sketch-Book. relieve tidily cannon... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1899 - 220 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... | |
 | Albert Franklin Blaisdell - American literature - 1899 - 460 pages
...home with rich and wealthy lading. Halloo ! my fancie, whither wilt thou go ? " — OLD POEM. iarly 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1901 - 218 pages
...OLD Pom. 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 - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1901 - 216 pages
...many objects of interest to the antiquary, the historian, and the geologist, as the Bay of Naples. 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 traveling by land there is a continuity... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1901 - 542 pages
...mind peculiarly fitted to receive new and vivid impressions. The vast space of waters that separates 5 the hemispheres is like a blank page in existence....lose sight of the land you have left, all is vacancy 10 until you step on the opposite shore, and are launched at once into the bustle and novelties of... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1901 - 546 pages
...mind peculiarly fitted to receive new and vivid impressions. The vast space of waters that separates 5 the hemispheres is like a blank page in existence....lose sight of the land you have left, all is vacancy 10 until you step on the opposite shore, and are launched at once into the bustle and novelties of... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1902 - 204 pages
...many objects of interest to the antiquary, the historian, and the geologist, as the Bay of Naples. 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 traveling by land there is a continuity... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1903 - 814 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... | |
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