Western Wanderings: A Record of Travel in the Evening LandR. Bentley, 1874 - 364 pagina's |
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Pagina 4
... wonderful . I hardly ever saw a dozen of them on deck ; and how they managed to reach New York alive will ever remain a mystery to me . Our amusements were not of a very varied descrip- tion . There was only one complete set of chessmen ...
... wonderful . I hardly ever saw a dozen of them on deck ; and how they managed to reach New York alive will ever remain a mystery to me . Our amusements were not of a very varied descrip- tion . There was only one complete set of chessmen ...
Pagina 12
... wonderful play of Garnier and Dion , the champions , we found the American game much more tedious for spectators than the English one . Cannons are apt to become monotonous after the first hundred , even when the stakes are silver cups ...
... wonderful play of Garnier and Dion , the champions , we found the American game much more tedious for spectators than the English one . Cannons are apt to become monotonous after the first hundred , even when the stakes are silver cups ...
Pagina 13
... wonderful assemblage of old Indian curiosities , in the shape of tin cans , oyster - shells , shoes , cast - off crinolines , and broken china . The prohibition to walk on the grass seems rather strange in a People's Park ; but perhaps ...
... wonderful assemblage of old Indian curiosities , in the shape of tin cans , oyster - shells , shoes , cast - off crinolines , and broken china . The prohibition to walk on the grass seems rather strange in a People's Park ; but perhaps ...
Pagina 57
... off , leaving the proprietor counting his money and arranging the victuals for the next batch . 6 It is wonderful how expert the people who keep these places become in collecting their money . Need- less OMAHA TO SALT LAKE CITY . 57.
... off , leaving the proprietor counting his money and arranging the victuals for the next batch . 6 It is wonderful how expert the people who keep these places become in collecting their money . Need- less OMAHA TO SALT LAKE CITY . 57.
Pagina 70
... wonderful . Some- times you see a cathedral , with spires and windows ; then a castle , with battlements and turrets ; domes and pillars are everywhere . The Witch rocks are also pecu- liarly striking and weird . Presently , we pass the ...
... wonderful . Some- times you see a cathedral , with spires and windows ; then a castle , with battlements and turrets ; domes and pillars are everywhere . The Witch rocks are also pecu- liarly striking and weird . Presently , we pass the ...
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Western Wanderings: A Record of Travel in the Evening Land John Whetham Boddam-Whetham Volledige weergave - 1874 |
Western Wanderings: A Record of Travel in the Evening Land John Whetham Boddam-Whetham Volledige weergave - 1874 |
Western Wanderings: A Record of Travel in the Evening Land John Whetham Boddam-Whetham Volledige weergave - 1874 |
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