Westward by Rail: A Journey to San Francisco and Back and a Visit to the MormonsW. Isbister & Company, 1874 - 362 pagina's |
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Westward by Rail: A Journey to San Francisco and Back and a Visit to the Mormons William Fraser Rae Volledige weergave - 1871 |
Westward by Rail: A Journey to San Francisco and Back and a Visit to the Mormons William Fraser Rae Volledige weergave - 1871 |
Westward by Rail: A Journey to San Francisco and Back and a Visit to the Mormons William Fraser Rae Volledige weergave - 1871 |
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Pagina 275 - We have had enough of action, and of motion we, Roll'd to starboard, roll'd to larboard, when the surge was seething free, Where the wallowing monster spouted his foam-fountains in the sea. Let us swear an oath, and keep it with an equal mind, In the hollow Lotus-land to live and lie reclined On the hills like Gods together, careless of mankind.
Pagina 275 - For they lie beside their nectar, and the bolts are hurl'd Far below them in the valleys, and the clouds are lightly curl'd Round their golden houses, girdled with the gleaming world...
Pagina 208 - Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak She quells the floods below, As they roar on the shore, When the stormy winds do blow!
Pagina 228 - If California ever becomes a prosperous country, this bay will be the center of its prosperity. The abundance of wood and water; the extreme fertility of its shores; the excellence of its climate, which is as near to being perfect as any in the world; and its facilities for navigation, affording the best...
Pagina 295 - No scholar shall take tobacco, unless permitted by the President, with the consent of their parents or guardians, and on good reason first given by a physician, and then in a sober and private manner.
Pagina 11 - Provided, that no soldier, seaman, or marine, in the regular army or navy of the United States, shall be entitled to vote at any election in this State...
Pagina 201 - Tanto ch' io vidi delle cose belle Che porta il ciel, per un pertugio tondo, E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle.
Pagina 295 - The scholars shall never use their mother tongue, except that in public exercises of oratory, or such like, they be called to make them in English.
Pagina 65 - Judging from one point of view, it might be thought that in their feverish chase after wealth the citizens of Chicago had become indifferent to religious observances. Their favourite journals appear on Sundays as well as on the other days of the week. This is opposed to the practice not only of England, but of the Eastern States of America also. In the principal cities there are Sunday newspapers, but as a rule the daily journals are not published on Sunday. Here, on the contrary, the Sunday copies...
Pagina 28 - We are not anxious to obtain gold: if we can obtain it by raising potatoes and wheat, all right. " Can't you make yourselves rich by speculating ?" We do not wish to. " Can't you make yourselves rich by going to the gold mines?" We are right in the midst of them. " Why don't you dig the gold from the earth ?" Because it demoralizes any community or nation on the earth to give them gold and silver to their hearts' content; it will ruin any nation.