On Horseback: A Tour in Virginia, North Carolina and TennesseeCosimo, Inc., 1 nov 2005 - 331 pagina's Mr. Egger was far from being inhospitable, but was in no hurry, and never had been in a hurry. He was not exactly a gentleman of the old school. He was better than that. He dated from the time when there were no schools at all, and he lived in that placid world which is without information and ideas-from On HorsebackA favorite of readers of his time, the travelogues of Charles Dudley Warner continue to delight armchair globetrotters today. On Horseback, first serialized in The Atlantic Monthly between July and October 1885, is Warner's witty and engaging account of a trip through the Southern United States, from the challenges and charms of mounted travel to the restful beauty of the landscapes and the resilience and generosity of the people of the Appalachian Mountains.Also in this volume: Mexican Notes, which originally appeared in Harper's New Monthly Magazine from May to August 1887, the chronicle of a two-month journey by train south of the border. Whether Warner is despairing of the quality of Mexican coffee or indulging in hot-spring baths, his observations are uniquely entertaining.American essayist and novelist CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER (1829-1900) served on the editorial staffs of the Hartford Press, the Hartford Courant, and Harpers Magazine. He was the first president of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and published numerous books, including My Summer in a Garden (1870), My Winter on the Nile (1876), and a biography of Washington Irving (1881). |
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... River Valley . Beyond lay the Tennessee hills and conspicuous White- Top Mountain ( 5530 feet ) , which has a good deal of local celebrity ( standing where the States of Virginia , Tennessee , and North Caro- lina corner ) , and had ...
... River Valley . Beyond lay the Tennessee hills and conspicuous White- Top Mountain ( 5530 feet ) , which has a good deal of local celebrity ( standing where the States of Virginia , Tennessee , and North Caro- lina corner ) , and had ...
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... River which we followed had become the Laurel , a most lovely , rocky , winding stream , which we forded continually , for the valley became too narrow much of the way to accommodate a - road and a river . Eagerly as we were looking ON ...
... River which we followed had become the Laurel , a most lovely , rocky , winding stream , which we forded continually , for the valley became too narrow much of the way to accommodate a - road and a river . Eagerly as we were looking ON ...
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... river . Eagerly as we were looking out for it , we passed the great Ramsey's with- out knowing it , for it was the first of a little settlement of two houses and a saw - mill and barn . It was a neat log house of two lower rooms and a ...
... river . Eagerly as we were looking out for it , we passed the great Ramsey's with- out knowing it , for it was the first of a little settlement of two houses and a saw - mill and barn . It was a neat log house of two lower rooms and a ...
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... river a few miles , where she was raised . Refreshed by the honey and fodder at Ram- sey's , the pilgrims went gayly along the musi- cal Laurel , in the slanting rays of the after- noon sun , which played upon the rapids and illumined ...
... river a few miles , where she was raised . Refreshed by the honey and fodder at Ram- sey's , the pilgrims went gayly along the musi- cal Laurel , in the slanting rays of the after- noon sun , which played upon the rapids and illumined ...
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... river - way , with standing room , however , for stately trees along the banks . The oaks , both black and white , were , as they had been all day , gigantic in size and splendid in foliage . There is a certain dignity in rid- ing in ...
... river - way , with standing room , however , for stately trees along the banks . The oaks , both black and white , were , as they had been all day , gigantic in size and splendid in foliage . There is a certain dignity in rid- ing in ...
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Pagina 17 - So am I as the rich, whose blessed key Can bring him to his sweet up-locked treasure, The which he will not every hour survey, For blunting the fine point of seldom pleasure. Therefore are feasts so solemn and so rare, Since, seldom coming, in the long year set, Like stones of worth they thinly placed are, Or captain jewels in the carcanet.
Pagina 9 - The sermon contained the usual vivid description of the last judgment-ah, and I fancied that the congregation did not get the ordinary satisfaction out of it. Fashion had entered the fold, and the singing was mostly executed by a choir in the dusky gallery, who thinly and harshly warbled the emotional hymns. It occupied the minister a long time to give out the notices of the week, and there was not an evening or afternoon that had not its meetings, its literary or social gathering, its picnic or...