A Kansan AbroadG. W. Martin, 1878 - 240 páginas |
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... bear such names as the " British King , " the " Queen , " the " Royal George , " and the British lion ramps everywhere and in every color and attitude- with his head and tail up , and with both those extremities down ; on four legs ...
... bear such names as the " British King , " the " Queen , " the " Royal George , " and the British lion ramps everywhere and in every color and attitude- with his head and tail up , and with both those extremities down ; on four legs ...
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... bear the names of Waterloo , Trafalgar and Nelson . Wellington looks afar from the top of an enormous pillar , and Nelson is everywhere in stone and in bronze . Liverpool sprang from the sea , and the name of the greatest of England's ...
... bear the names of Waterloo , Trafalgar and Nelson . Wellington looks afar from the top of an enormous pillar , and Nelson is everywhere in stone and in bronze . Liverpool sprang from the sea , and the name of the greatest of England's ...
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... bear reading many times . This asylum was founded by that Robert Dudley , Earl of Leicester , the favorite of the " Virgin ... bears the usual in- scription : " A kind husband , an affectionate father . " However , to decidedly alter ...
... bear reading many times . This asylum was founded by that Robert Dudley , Earl of Leicester , the favorite of the " Virgin ... bears the usual in- scription : " A kind husband , an affectionate father . " However , to decidedly alter ...
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... bear and ragged staff . He said that but one of the badges had ever been lost , although generations of old soldiers — the wearers thereof— have gone to the " eternal camping - ground . " He exhibited a piece of em- broidery by the ...
... bear and ragged staff . He said that but one of the badges had ever been lost , although generations of old soldiers — the wearers thereof— have gone to the " eternal camping - ground . " He exhibited a piece of em- broidery by the ...
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... bears , king and cock all went off with charming regularity . I think the original location of the story of " Go it husband , go it bear , " must have been Berne , for the town is not only full of bears of wood , stone and metal , but ...
... bears , king and cock all went off with charming regularity . I think the original location of the story of " Go it husband , go it bear , " must have been Berne , for the town is not only full of bears of wood , stone and metal , but ...
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Abbey Abbotsford American Antwerp army beautiful Belfast believe boat born bright British Burns called carved castle cathedral Chester church cliffs dark England English Englishman everything everywhere eyes famous fields Fountains Abbey French gentleman Giant's Causeway gray green hand hear Hemingray hills horses Hotel houses hundred immense Interlaken Kansas King land Limavady lived Liverpool London looked miles monument mountains Napoleon never night officer old town once Osage Osage river Paris park passed Pike Pike county Pike's Portrush remarks river road rows Rubens Scotch Scotland Scott seemed seen Shakspeare Shrewsbury side sight soldiers sort speak stone story Stranraer stream streets suppose Swiss Switzerland things thousand tion told Topeka tower traveler trees village walk wall Warwick Warwick castle Waterloo Westminster Abbey William Caxton wind women wonderful young
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Página 228 - And he gave it for his opinion, " that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground, where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to hist country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Página 238 - I HOLD every man a debtor to his profession; from the which, as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavour themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.
Página 207 - At two o'clock in the afternoon I thought I could distinguish a mountain to our right, which appeared like a small blue cloud; viewed it with the spy glass, and was still more confirmed in my conjecture, yet only communicated it to Dr.
Página 207 - Robinson, who was in front with me; but in half an hour they appeared in full view before us. When our small party arrived on the hill, they with one accord gave three cheers to the Mexican mountains.
Página 238 - Who misses, or who wins the prize ? Go, lose or conquer as you can ; But if you fail, or if you rise, Be each, pray God, a gentleman.
Página 139 - As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kits — Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives?
Página 228 - Opinion, that whoever could make two Ears of Corn, or two Blades of Grass to grow upon a spot of Ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of 3° Mankind, and do more essential Service to his Country than the whole Race of Politicians put together.
Página 24 - Some prophet of that day said: "The Avon to the Severn runs, The Severn to the sea, And Wickliffe's dust shall spread abroad, Wide as the waters be.
Página 206 - But from these immense prairies may arise one great advantage ; the restriction of our population to some certain limits, and thereby a continuation of the Union. Our citizens being so prone to rambling and extending themselves on the frontier, will, through necessity, be constrained to limit their extent on the west to the borders of the Missouri and Mississippi, while they leave the prairies, incapable of cultivation, to the wandering and uncivilized Aborigines of the country.
Página 194 - ... the Mississippi river. In 1849 an immense emigration set in from these counties to California. In consequence, the traveler bound for the States, meeting teams, and asking the usual question, " Where are you from ? " was answered frequently with, " Pike county " meaning in some cases one Pike county, in some cases the other. This led to the general impression that everybody on the road was from Pike county, or that the inhabitants of Pike had all taken the road. Hence the general name of