The World Here and There: Or, Notes of TravellersCharles Dickens G. P. Putnam, 1852 - 231 oldal |
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28. oldal
... boats might jostle with each other , and the only thing deficient would be stowage room for all the produce of the ... boat , as fast as they were wanted by the copper . No wonder that 28 THE WORLD here and THERE : OR , OUR PHANTOM SHIP ...
... boats might jostle with each other , and the only thing deficient would be stowage room for all the produce of the ... boat , as fast as they were wanted by the copper . No wonder that 28 THE WORLD here and THERE : OR , OUR PHANTOM SHIP ...
32. oldal
Or, Notes of Travellers Charles Dickens. their boats over the larger holes of water . With stout hearts , undaunted by toil or ... boats to Table Island , where some stones were left , they found that the 32 THE WORLd here anD THERE : OR ,
Or, Notes of Travellers Charles Dickens. their boats over the larger holes of water . With stout hearts , undaunted by toil or ... boats to Table Island , where some stones were left , they found that the 32 THE WORLd here anD THERE : OR ,
34. oldal
... boats are rested . 66 We Our Phantom Ship stands fairly now along the western coast of Greenland into Davis Straits . We observe that upon this western coast there is , by a great deal , less ice than on the eastern. ́ That is a rule ...
... boats are rested . 66 We Our Phantom Ship stands fairly now along the western coast of Greenland into Davis Straits . We observe that upon this western coast there is , by a great deal , less ice than on the eastern. ́ That is a rule ...
35. oldal
... boat , while he , with three men and the mate , set forth and disappeared over a hill . For thirteen hours the watchers kept their post ; one had his trumpet with him , for he was a trumpeter , the other had a gun . They trum- peted ...
... boat , while he , with three men and the mate , set forth and disappeared over a hill . For thirteen hours the watchers kept their post ; one had his trumpet with him , for he was a trumpeter , the other had a gun . They trum- peted ...
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The World Here and There: Or, Notes of Travellers - Primary Source Edition Charles Dickens Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2013 |
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Ahmed Beg amused animals appeared Aripo beautiful Bimbasha boats called canal Canton Captain carpet-bag Ceylon China Chinese Cloth coast colour crowd Davis Straits distance divers dress elephants entered European eyes Father Gozani feet fire flowers gilt Government Greenland horses huge hundred island Isthmus Japan Japanese Jasenica Jews jungle Jusuf Kai-foung-fou Kraal ladies land leave living London looked Melville Island Mikado miles morning mountains Nagasaki native neighbourhood night oysters Pampas Pampas Indians pareo Parry party passed pearls Pelusium Pentateuch Phantom Ship Pole present reached residence river round sail scarcely scene seemed shore side Sir James Ross Spitzbergen Staniza stones Strait streets synagogue Tahiti Tandil temple Teskera thousand tion told town travellers trees Turk vessel village Vitriol walked walls Wellclose Square whilst whole wild young Ziogoon
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8. oldal - ... placed within the reach of everybody ; thought is communicated with the rapidity and even by the power of lightning.
18. oldal - ... technicalities of the Parisian cuisine. Then, vessels were coming in day after day, to lie deserted and useless at their anchorage. Now scarce a day passed, but some cluster of sails, bound outward through the Golden Gate, took their way to all the corners of the Pacific. Like the magic seed of the Indian juggler, which grew, blossomed and bore fruit before the eyes of his spectators, San Francisco seemed to have accomplished in a day the growth of half a century.
8. oldal - ... we are living at a period of most wonderful transition, which tends rapidly to the accomplishment of that great end to which, indeed, all history points — the realization of the unity of mankind.
19. oldal - Pasquale was reputed to be among the millionaires of the place, with an income of $50,000 monthly. A citizen of San Francisco died insolvent to the amount of $41,000 the previous Autumn. His administrators were delayed in settling his affairs, and his real estate advanced so rapidly in value meantime, that after his debts were paid his heirs had a yearly income of $40,000.
15. oldal - ... Kanakas from Hawaii, Chinese with long tails, Malays armed with their everlasting creeses and others in whose embrowned and bearded visages it was impossible to recognize any especial nationality. We came at last into the plaza, now dignified by the name of Portsmouth Square. It lies on the slant side of the hill, and from a high pole in front of a long one-story adobe building used as the Custom House, the American flag was flying. On the lower side stood the Parker House — an ordinary frame...
22. oldal - ... and a floor covered with oil-cloth. There are about twenty tables disposed in two rows, all of them so well filled that we have some difficulty in finding places. Taking up the written bill of fare, we find such items as the following : — SOUPS.
8. oldal - Nobody, however, who has paid any attention to the peculiar features of our present era, will doubt for a moment that we are living at a period of most wonderful transition, which tends rapidly to accomplish that great end, to which, indeed, all history points — the realization of the unity of mankind.
22. oldal - steward!" from all parts of the room — the word "waiter" is not considered sufficiently respectful, seeing that the waiter may have been a lawyer or merchant's clerk a few months before.
15. oldal - On every side stood buildings of all kinds, begun or half-finished, and the greater part of them mere canvas sheds, open in front, and covered with all kinds of signs, in all languages. Great quantities of goods were piled up in the open air, for want of a place to store them. The streets were full of people, hurrying to and fro, and of as diverse and bizarre a character as the houses...