The Reminiscences of an Idler Volume 3 download
The Reminiscences of an Idler Volume 3 download
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Author: Henry Wikoff
Page Count: 226 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
Type: Pdf
ISBN: 9781231032541
File Name: The.Reminiscences.of.an.Idler.Volume.3.pdf
Download Link: The Reminiscences of an Idler Volume 3
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt: ... on the Asiatic shore, and Sestos on the European, is barely a mile. As we passed through this narrow passage my mind reverted to the stirring incidents connected with it. It was here that Xerxes, King of Persia, crossed on a bridge of boats, at the head of a million of men, 480 B.C., to overwhelm defiant Greece. Here, too, the Greek Leander swam nightly over to Abydos to renew his vows to his beloved Hero, till one dark night a tempest swallowed him: A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony.' Such was the fate of the devoted Leander. It was here, too, in more recent days, the poet Byron, as if to prove his lame leg was yet a useful member, swam across, and immortalised Abydos in an imperishable poem. There was only one other passenger on board, a pleasant Italian gentleman, attached to the Sardinian Legation at Constantinople. He was full of vivacity, and we spent hours in lively conversation. Next morning we anchored off the town of Smyrna, lying at the head of its splendid gulf, with a lofty hill rising immediately in its rear. On this very site, town after town had succeeded since one thousand years before our era. Wars, earthquakes, and fires had in turn destroyed them. The survivor of them all was before me, and it still figured as the metropolis of Asia Minor. We lost no time in landing, and I was glad enough to lodge once more on terra firma. We obtained a sitting-and two bed-rooms in a tumble-down wooden house sporting the name of the Navy Hotel, and we found them furnished in the usual Turkish style, far from expensive or elegant. Our windows commanded the gulf, and we had therefore fresh air and a magnificent view. We soon started out for a stroll, and I discovered that I had gained little by change of residence. Th...
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The Reminiscences of an Idler Volume 3 by Henry Wikoff
Author: Henry Wikoff
Page Count: 226 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
Type: Pdf
ISBN: 9781231032541
File Name: The.Reminiscences.of.an.Idler.Volume.3.pdf
Download Link: The Reminiscences of an Idler Volume 3
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt: ... on the Asiatic shore, and Sestos on the European, is barely a mile. As we passed through this narrow passage my mind reverted to the stirring incidents connected with it. It was here that Xerxes, King of Persia, crossed on a bridge of boats, at the head of a million of men, 480 B.C., to overwhelm defiant Greece. Here, too, the Greek Leander swam nightly over to Abydos to renew his vows to his beloved Hero, till one dark night a tempest swallowed him: A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony.' Such was the fate of the devoted Leander. It was here, too, in more recent days, the poet Byron, as if to prove his lame leg was yet a useful member, swam across, and immortalised Abydos in an imperishable poem. There was only one other passenger on board, a pleasant Italian gentleman, attached to the Sardinian Legation at Constantinople. He was full of vivacity, and we spent hours in lively conversation. Next morning we anchored off the town of Smyrna, lying at the head of its splendid gulf, with a lofty hill rising immediately in its rear. On this very site, town after town had succeeded since one thousand years before our era. Wars, earthquakes, and fires had in turn destroyed them. The survivor of them all was before me, and it still figured as the metropolis of Asia Minor. We lost no time in landing, and I was glad enough to lodge once more on terra firma. We obtained a sitting-and two bed-rooms in a tumble-down wooden house sporting the name of the Navy Hotel, and we found them furnished in the usual Turkish style, far from expensive or elegant. Our windows commanded the gulf, and we had therefore fresh air and a magnificent view. We soon started out for a stroll, and I discovered that I had gained little by change of residence. Th...
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