 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
...her situation ; indeed, there are only two places in Europe — Constantinople and Gibraltar — that combine an equally perfect landscape with what may...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) - 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
...her situation ; indeed, there are only two places in Europe — Constantinople and Gibraltar — 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) - 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... | |
 | james bryce - 1891 - 328 strani
...her situation ; indeed, there are only two places in Europe — Constantinople and Gibraltar— that combine an equally perfect landscape with what may...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Daniel Hudson Burnham - 1905 - 190 strani
...her situation; indeed there are only two places in Europe — Constantinople and Gibraltar — that combine an equally perfect landscape with what may be called an equally imperial position;" but Don Pedro de Alberni reporting, in July, 1796, to the Viceroy of Spain, states that there is little... | |
 | 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 - 524 strani
...situation; indeed, there are only two places in Europe — Constantinople and Gibral10 tar — that combine an equally perfect landscape with what may...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... | |
 | Abraham Howry Espenshade - 1913 - 408 strani
...be expected than are found in one people, even if it stretches over a continent. 2. Before you lies the magnificent bay, with its far-stretching arms...line of the Sierra Nevada, cutting the clear air like mother-of-pearl. 3. Miss Garnett is a brisk little woman of about thirty, of the lower middle class,... | |
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