Morford's Short-trip Guide to Europe ...: And Skeleton Tours in America |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 42
Page 54
... station is located , at which arriving ships are reported ; and it is from this place , really , that the announcements are made of steamer - arrivals at Queenstown . Beyond this , and commencing to run up the Irish coast , the next ...
... station is located , at which arriving ships are reported ; and it is from this place , really , that the announcements are made of steamer - arrivals at Queenstown . Beyond this , and commencing to run up the Irish coast , the next ...
Page 56
... station of Liverpool ; and Great Orme's Head , a rough promontory , with one of the most powerful Fresnel lights in the world . Glimpses may be caught of little Welsh villages nestled at the feet of the high lands , and Llandudno and ...
... station of Liverpool ; and Great Orme's Head , a rough promontory , with one of the most powerful Fresnel lights in the world . Glimpses may be caught of little Welsh villages nestled at the feet of the high lands , and Llandudno and ...
Page 59
... station of Spithead , at the right- not much of additional interest remains , except the first shore - views of fertile Old England , until the twenty or thirty miles of Southampton - water are measured LAND - MAKINGS . 59.
... station of Spithead , at the right- not much of additional interest remains , except the first shore - views of fertile Old England , until the twenty or thirty miles of Southampton - water are measured LAND - MAKINGS . 59.
Page 71
... station , —so that if it is wanted no time will be wasted , and if it is not , nothing will be lost . It really seems , some- times , that the delays occasioned will lose the con- necting trains , but such things never occur . Avoid ...
... station , —so that if it is wanted no time will be wasted , and if it is not , nothing will be lost . It really seems , some- times , that the delays occasioned will lose the con- necting trains , but such things never occur . Avoid ...
Page 77
... station ; but there is nothing to tempt the lay- ing over of a train , when the reputation of the Lakes is calling . It is a run of perhaps three hours ( often made four or five , by the miserable railroad delays ) from Mallow to ...
... station ; but there is nothing to tempt the lay- ing over of a train , when the reputation of the Lakes is calling . It is a run of perhaps three hours ( often made four or five , by the miserable railroad delays ) from Mallow to ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abbey American antiquities Antwerp attractions Baden-Baden beautiful Bernese Oberland boat Bridge Broadway Brussels buildings Calais capital carriage Castle Cathedral celebrated Church of St coast Cologne Commencement conveniently reached Cork crossing direct Dover Dublin Edinburgh England English Europe excursion favorite finest France French Geneva German Glasgow going Grand handsome Highlands historical Hotel House interest Ireland island Italy Killarney Lake Lakes of Killarney land Liverpool Loch London Lucerne lying magnificent Martigny meyn Hayr miles monuments Mossiew mountains Museum nearly notable old town Ostend Palace Paris passing picturesque port principal Queenstown rail Railway residence Rhine ride river Rome rooms Rotterdam route Royal ruins scenery ship short-trip Southampton southward splendid steamer Strasbourg Street supply Switzerland thence Tickets tombs tour tourist Tower trip Turin Venice Windermere wonderful York zayr
Popular passages
Page 73 - On this I ponder, where'er I wander, And thus grow fonder, sweet Cork, of thee ; With thy bells of Shandon that sound so grand on The pleasant waters of the River Lee.‎
Page 418 - ... Boston philosopher of the last century, whose visit to Philadelphia is still remembered in that city,) set himself at work to contrive a limb which should take the place of the one he had lost, fulfilling its functions and counterfeiting its aspect so far as possible. The result was the " Palmer leg," one of the most unquestionable triumphs of American ingenuity. Its victorious march has been unimpeded by any serious obs'tacle since it first stepped into public notice. The inventor was introduced...‎