| Francis Patrick Donnelly - 1920 - 238 Seiten
...in still other terms in the last sentence. To an American visiting Europe, the long voyage he has ta make is an excellent preparative. The temporary absence...and vivid impressions. The vast space of waters that separate the hemispheres is like a blank page in existence. There is no gradual transition, by which,... | |
| Henry Adelbert White - 1922 - 360 Seiten
...efflorescence of decay, a stage dream which the first ray of daylight must dissipate into dust. — RUSKIN. 8. To an American visiting Europe, the long voyage he...state of mind peculiarly fitted to receive new and varied impressions. The vast space of waters that separates the hemispheres is like a blank page of... | |
| University of Wisconsin - 1923 - 594 Seiten
...St. Lawrence, and the chain of the great lakes, opened a vast extent of inland navigation. Parkman. To an American visiting Europe, the long voyage he has to make is an excellent preparation. The temporary absence of worldly scenes produces a state of mind peculiarly fitted to... | |
| Linda Bannister, Ellen Davis Conner, Robert Liftig, Luann Reed-Siegel - 1994 - 270 Seiten
...A thitd is coming home with rich and wealthy lading. Halloo! my fancie, whither wilt thou go? Anon. To an American visiting Europe, the long voyage he...worldly scenes and employments produces a state of mind particularly fitted to receive new and vivid impressions. The vast space of waters that separates the... | |
| Eric Wertheimer - 1999 - 262 Seiten
...Irving is the prologue to Prescott. Irving writes in "The Voyage" (the Sketch-Book's opening piece), "The vast space of waters that separates the hemispheres is like a blank page in existence" (17); he thereby invites the sketching of a textual bridge that would at once span an international,... | |
| David I. Durham - 2008 - 264 Seiten
...he had borrowed from Washington Irving: "To an American visiting Europe, the long voyage that he had to make is an excellent preparative. The temporary...peculiarly fitted to receive new and vivid impressions." Milliard was intoxicated by his entire experience abroad. Devoting almost a quarter of his substantial... | |
| 1903 - 570 Seiten
...consist of : I. A statement and the particulars that go to establish it. Example. ( Topic sentence.) "To an American visiting Europe, the long voyage he has to make is an excellent preparative. (Particulars.) The temporary absence of worldly scenes and employments produces a state of mind peculiarly... | |
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