At Home and Abroad: Or, Things and Thoughts in America and EuropeAssociated Faculty Press, Incorporated, 1971 - 466 էջ Excerpt from At Home and Abroad: Or Things and Thoughts in America and Europe The second part of the present volume gives my sis ter's impressions and observations during her European journey and residence in Italy. This is done through let ters, which originally appeared in the New York Tribune. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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... amid the manifold infatuations and illusions of this world of emotion , a being capable of clear intelligence can do no better service than to hold himself upright , avoid nonsense , and do what chores lie in his way , ac- knowledging ...
... amid the breakers . Now and then the Indians spoke to one another in a vehement jabber , which , however , had no tone that expressed other than pleasant excitement . It is , no doubt , an act of wonderful dexterity to steer amid these ...
... Amid so many great causes for thought and anxiety , how child- ish has seemed the endless gossip of the Parisian press on the subject of the Spanish marriage , - how melancholy the flimsy falsehoods of M. Guizot , -more melancholy the ...