ISBN: 9780217732161

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: in. Mlt Hferittr, nnit a Enpl (bk. " A wilderness of building, sinking far And self withdrawn, into a wondrous depth, Far sinking into splendor-without end." Wordtunrtk. morning of the 21st of May found us in London, amid JL its coaches, drays, dog-carts, phaetons, choked roads, its whirl of Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: in. Mlt Hferittr, nnit a Enpl (bk. " A wilderness of building, sinking far And self withdrawn, into a wondrous depth, Far sinking into splendor-without end." Wordtunrtk. morning of the 21st of May found us in London, amid JL its coaches, drays, dog-carts, phaetons, choked roads, its whirl of wheels and its war of confused noises. Never was there such a horse and vehicle-loving people as the English; judging by the manifold and multiform vehicles which crowd and clog the thoroughfares. Not alone in Picadilly, the Fleet, Cheapside. and the neighborhood of St. Paul's, where streets have recently been cut through great blocks of houses to give passage to the throngs; but in the less compacted parts of the city, and just now in the neighborhood of Hyde Park, near the Crystal Palace, is there to be found involutions of wondrous perplexity, consisting of cab and carriage, horse and footman, go-cart and poney; but all moving and winding with the precision of machinery, under the unostentatious power of an efficient police. Without that power, what a complexity would London be to a stranger? With it, access is made easy to every point worth seeing. Our first venture abroad was toward the Crystal Palace. Upon our way thither, we passed the famous Apsley House of Wellington, and the great equestrian statue of the Iron Duke. But the one great ornament;-the desire to view which, prompted our journey hitherward, was the Crystal Palace. Well-our eyes have seen it. But how shall we reproduce itswonders for the eye of others? Never since " Dardanian hands," at the command of King Brutus, began this town of Londinum has there been such a rare and glorious spectacle as that which now glitters under the May sunshine in Hyde Park! This is a bold saying; but the Books, Biography & Autobiography~~General, Buckeye-Abroad-Or-Wanderings-In-Europe-And-In-The-Orient~~Samuel-Sullivan-Cox, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9780217732161

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1859. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... IX. Samuel Sullivan Cox, Books, History, Buckeye Abroad, Or, Wanderings in Europe and in the Orient Books>History This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Follet, Foster & Co. in 1859 in 478 pages; Subjects: Europe; Biography & Autobiography / General; Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs; History / Middle East / General; History / United States / General; History / United States / State & Local / General; Travel / Europe / General; Travel / Europe / Great Britain;<