What I Saw on the West Coast of South and North America, and at the Hawaiian IslandsD. Appleton, 1865 - 632 páginas |
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Página 208
... postilion fash- ion on the latter horse , and directs the movements of the birlocho either by pulling the bridle of the shaft horse , or by urging in the opposite direction the horse he - rides against the shaft , at the same time ...
... postilion fash- ion on the latter horse , and directs the movements of the birlocho either by pulling the bridle of the shaft horse , or by urging in the opposite direction the horse he - rides against the shaft , at the same time ...
Página 220
... postilion mounted on one of them , while a driver in the carriage holds the others in rein . Thus they act on the rule that two heads are better than one , which does not always hold good in this case as they sometimes act contrariwise ...
... postilion mounted on one of them , while a driver in the carriage holds the others in rein . Thus they act on the rule that two heads are better than one , which does not always hold good in this case as they sometimes act contrariwise ...
Página 221
... postilion an extra fee for the privilege of tying a rope round his neck ; and put a revolver in your belt . If he shows himself a dare - devil , pull the rope ; and if he disregards the hint , shoot him on the spot for if you do not ...
... postilion an extra fee for the privilege of tying a rope round his neck ; and put a revolver in your belt . If he shows himself a dare - devil , pull the rope ; and if he disregards the hint , shoot him on the spot for if you do not ...
Página 279
... postilion , they dashed forward , and by dint of persevering effort under whip and spur , and wild hurrahs , sometimes plunging and floundering , at others swimming , and occasionally thrown down by the huge boul- ders swept along by ...
... postilion , they dashed forward , and by dint of persevering effort under whip and spur , and wild hurrahs , sometimes plunging and floundering , at others swimming , and occasionally thrown down by the huge boul- ders swept along by ...
Página 283
... postilion in particular . Away to the southeast forty or fifty miles , an extinct volcano -El Descabezado - was seen lifting its decapitated trunk more than thirteen thousand feet , and standing forth in grandeur of massive proportions ...
... postilion in particular . Away to the southeast forty or fifty miles , an extinct volcano -El Descabezado - was seen lifting its decapitated trunk more than thirteen thousand feet , and standing forth in grandeur of massive proportions ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 618 - Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Página 38 - In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier ; Her palaces are crumbling to the shore, And music meets not always now the ear : Those days are gone — but beauty still is here. States fall, arts fade — but nature doth not die, Nor yet forget how Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy...
Página 545 - For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
Página 62 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind?
Página 144 - Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal ? Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege...
Página 49 - Defend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies that we, surely trusting in thy defence may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Página 392 - The morn is up again, the dewy morn, With breath all incense, and with cheek all bloom, Laughing the clouds away with playful scorn, And living as if earth contain'd no tomb, — And glowing into day...
Página 213 - Wondrous truths, and manifold as wondrous, God hath written in those stars above ; But not less in the bright flowerets under us Stands the revelation of His love.
Página 216 - O'er all the enchanted regions there, How beauteous must have been the glow, The life, the sparkling from below Fair gardens, shining streams, with ranks Of golden melons on their banks, More golden where the sunlight falls ; — Gay lizards...
Página 482 - Simple, erect, severe, austere, sublime — Shrine of all saints and temple of all gods, From Jove to Jesus — spared and blest by time; Looking tranquillity, while falls or nods Arch, empire, each thing round thee, and man plods His way through thorns to ashes — glorious dome ! Shalt thou not last? Time's scythe and tyrants' rods Shiver upon thee — sanctuary and home Of art and piety — Pantheon ! — pride of Rome ! CXLVII.