The World Here and There: Or, Notes of TravellersCharles Dickens G. P. Putnam, 1852 - 231 oldal |
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49. oldal
... oyster banks are said to have furnished those which the voluptuous Cleopatra quaffed in her wine to the health of Marc ... oysters of this country . The interior of the shell has a most beautiful mother - o ' - pearl appearance . The ...
... oyster banks are said to have furnished those which the voluptuous Cleopatra quaffed in her wine to the health of Marc ... oysters of this country . The interior of the shell has a most beautiful mother - o ' - pearl appearance . The ...
50. oldal
... oyster banks are situated off a point of land called Aripo , on the west coast of the island , far to the north of ... oysters , as brought on shore , by auction . On the 25th of February , 1836 , I arrived in the Bay of Con- daletry ...
... oyster banks are situated off a point of land called Aripo , on the west coast of the island , far to the north of ... oysters , as brought on shore , by auction . On the 25th of February , 1836 , I arrived in the Bay of Con- daletry ...
51. oldal
... oyster shells , bleached by the suns of many monsoons . Ridge over ridge , heap upon heap , they seemed to have no end ; and one might well have imagined that , in years long past , some conflicting armies of oysters had met to do ...
... oyster shells , bleached by the suns of many monsoons . Ridge over ridge , heap upon heap , they seemed to have no end ; and one might well have imagined that , in years long past , some conflicting armies of oysters had met to do ...
54. oldal
... oysters . Besides all these sources of income , the priests lay claim to charity , or tem- ple oysters , a small proportion from each boat - load out of the divers ' shares , and which most of the natives are weak and igno- rant enough ...
... oysters . Besides all these sources of income , the priests lay claim to charity , or tem- ple oysters , a small proportion from each boat - load out of the divers ' shares , and which most of the natives are weak and igno- rant enough ...
56. oldal
... oyster shells ; he was holding forth to the assembled crowd with shouts and wild gesticulations , and as the glare of ... oysters . The Ada- panaar led me to his cutter ; we seated ourselves , and he gave orders to the head Tandal , or ...
... oyster shells ; he was holding forth to the assembled crowd with shouts and wild gesticulations , and as the glare of ... oysters . The Ada- panaar led me to his cutter ; we seated ourselves , and he gave orders to the head Tandal , or ...
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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...