Few cities in the world can vie with her either in the beauty or in the natural advantages of her situation; indeed, there are only two places in Europe — Constantinople and Gibraltar — that combine an equally perfect landscape with what may be called... California Today, San Francisco, Its Metropolis - Stran 271903 - 192 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
| James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - 1888 - 760 strani
...of all things strike one so strongly as in San Francisco. Few cities in the world can vie with her either in the beauty or in the natural advantages...line of the Sierra Nevada, cutting the clear air like mother-ofpearl ; behind there is the roll of the ocean, to the left, the majestic gate.way between... | |
| James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - 1888 - 726 strani
...her situation ; indeed, there are only two places in Europe —Constantinople and G ibraltar—that combine an equally perfect landscape with what may...line of the Sierra Nevada, cutting the clear air like mother-of-pearl; behind there is the roll of the ocean ; to the left, the majestic gateway between... | |
| James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - 1889 - 768 strani
...situation ; indeed, there are only two placesin Europe — Constantinople and Gibraltar — thatcombine an equally perfect landscape with what may be called...line of the Sierra Nevada, cutting the clear air like mother-ofpearl ; behind there is the roll of the ocean, to the left, the majestic gateway between mountains... | |
| James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - 1891 - 326 strani
...of all things strike one so strongly as in &an Francisco. Few cities in the world can vie with her either in the beauty or in the natural advantages...line of the Sierra Nevada, cutting the clear air like mother-of-pearl ; behind there is the roll of the ocean ; to the left the majestic gateway between... | |
| james bryce - 1891 - 328 strani
...of all things strike one so strongly as in San Francisco. Few cities in the world can vie with her either in the beauty or in the natural advantages...equally imperial position. Before you there is the magniScent bay, with its far-stretching arms and rocky isles, and beyond it the faint line of the Sierra... | |
| James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - 1891 - 324 strani
...Constantinople and Gibraltar — that combine an equally perfect landscape with what may be culled an equally imperial position. Before you there is...line of the Sierra Nevada, cutting the clear air like mother-of-pearl ; behind there is the roll of the ocean ; to the left the majestic gateway between... | |
| 1904 - 610 strani
...Englishman of culture, said: "There are only two places in Europe — Constantinople and Gibraltar — which combine an equally perfect landscape with what may be called an equally imperial position." Palermo, Carthage, Lisbon, Naples, none of them are set in a more beautiful nature, and are only more... | |
| Chester Noyes Greenough - 1906 - 330 strani
...in Europe — Constantinople and Gibraltar—that combine an equally perfect landscape with what 10 may be called an equally imperial position. Before...line of the Sierra Nevada, cutting the clear air like mother-of-pearl ; behind there is the roll of the ocean ; to the left, the majestic V' gateway between... | |
| Charles Read Nutter, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey, Chester Noyes Greenough - 1907 - 520 strani
...her situation; indeed, there are only two places in Europe — Constantinople and Gibral10 tar — that combine an equally perfect landscape with what...line of the Sierra Nevada, cutting the clear air like mother-of-pearl; behind 15 there is the roll of the ocean; to the left, the majestic gateway between... | |
| James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - 1908 - 864 strani
...one so strongly as in San Francisco. Few cities in the world can vie with her either in the beauty or the natural advantages of her situation ; indeed,...line of the Sierra Nevada, cutting the clear air like mother-of-pearl ; behind there is the roll of the ocean ; to the left, the majestic gateway between... | |
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