A Kansan AbroadG. W. Martin, 1878 - 240 páginas |
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... river , the huge mass swung slowly around , and just as her prow faced seaward it was noon on the Fourth of July . A flash broke from the dark side of an American man - of - war lying in the stream , there was a puff of smoke and a ...
... river , the huge mass swung slowly around , and just as her prow faced seaward it was noon on the Fourth of July . A flash broke from the dark side of an American man - of - war lying in the stream , there was a puff of smoke and a ...
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... river , foaming and tossing like the sea ; steamers black as midnight plowing to and fro ; miles of low - lying warehouses , their slate roofs gleaming dimly in the rain ; spires and chimneys looming up spectrally in the mist ; docks ...
... river , foaming and tossing like the sea ; steamers black as midnight plowing to and fro ; miles of low - lying warehouses , their slate roofs gleaming dimly in the rain ; spires and chimneys looming up spectrally in the mist ; docks ...
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... this pleasant spot by the river Dee , and the Romans built a wall there , and the Nor- mans came and ravaged around after their fashion ; and all sorts of queer people , now happily dead , built queer ( 16 ) Very Old England.
... this pleasant spot by the river Dee , and the Romans built a wall there , and the Nor- mans came and ravaged around after their fashion ; and all sorts of queer people , now happily dead , built queer ( 16 ) Very Old England.
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... river Dee , and then it skirts close to the river and you look down at the brown and brawling stream . An American friend - the sun - shone briefly on us , as we , young Walter and I , made the circuit of this gray and green and red old ...
... river Dee , and then it skirts close to the river and you look down at the brown and brawling stream . An American friend - the sun - shone briefly on us , as we , young Walter and I , made the circuit of this gray and green and red old ...
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... that the amusements had a more ancient flavor . For instance , it was announced that one of the sports at an approaching festival would be " walking across the river on a greased pole for a pig . " This would have ( 33 ) Stratford-on-Avon.
... that the amusements had a more ancient flavor . For instance , it was announced that one of the sports at an approaching festival would be " walking across the river on a greased pole for a pig . " This would have ( 33 ) Stratford-on-Avon.
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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