At Home and Abroad: A Sketch-book of Life, Scenery, and MenSampson Low, Son & Company, 1860 - 512 էջ |
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Էջ 177 - from its translucent floor. I thought of Bryant's " Green River," to which his lines are not more applicable than to its Kentucky brother : " Yet fair as thou art, thou shunnest to glide, Beautiful stream ! by the village side ; But windest away from haunts of men, To silent valley and shaded glen.
Էջ 488 - to feel the landward breeze, A-swing with good tobacco, in a net between the trees, With a negro lass to fan you, while you listened to the roai Of the breakers on the reef outside, that never touched the shore I
Էջ 470 - A translation of the Dr.'s narrative, published in the French papers, drew attention to him, and he was no longer a neglected frequenter of the cafe. He was known and honored, even without his orders. " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it again, after many days.
Էջ 138 - thousand voices—swept down from the hills, and rolled away like retreating thunder over the plain. It was no longer the roar of the wind. As in the wandering prelude of an organ melody, note trod upon note with slow, majestic footsteps, until they gathered to a theme, and then came the words, simultaneously chanted by an immeasurable host : —
Էջ 387 - find, in the rain and the tempest, A refuge under the tree— But yonder the doors are fastened, And all is a dream to me. Right over the roof of the dwelling I see a rainbow stand ; But she has departed
Էջ 342 - from a cold which had followed his removal from Potsdam to the capital, he would willingly receive me, and appointed one o'clock the next day for the visit. I was punctual to the minute, and reached his residence in the Oranienburger-strasse, as the clock struck. While in Berlin he
Էջ 480 - stretch in a white and glittering line, like the masts of a navy, whose hulls are buried in the leafy sea. No words can describe the beauty of the valley, the blending of the richest cultivation with the wildest natural luxuriance. Here are gardens and orchards ; there,
Էջ 478 - slope of the Anti-Lebanon—is less perfectly proportioned, but more dazzling. It is transfigured by the magic of the Orient. From the mountain-chain whose ridges heave behind you, until, in the south, they terminate in the snowy head of Mount Hermon, the great Syrian plain stretches away to the Euphrates, broken, at distances of ten and fifteen miles, by two detached
Էջ 479 - seems brighter than all other gardens in the world. Through its centre, following the course of the river, lies Damascus—a line of white walls, domes, towers, and sparkling minarets, winding away for seven miles through the green sea