... and brightest thoroughfare of the New Town. From their smoky beehives, ten stories high, the unwashed look down upon the open squares and gardens of the wealthy ; and gay people sunning themselves along Princes Street, with its mile of commercial... Seeing Europe with Famous Authors - Page 70by Francis Whiting Halsey - 1914Full view - About this book
| United States. Bureau of Education - Education - 1897 - 1436 pages
...another by the accidents of the ground, buildings in. almost every style upon the globe. Egyptian aud Greek temples, Venetian palaces, and Gothic spires,...castle and the summit of Arthur's Seat look down upon those imitations with a becoming dignity, as the works of natnre may look down upon the monuments of... | |
| United States. Bureau of Education - Education - 1899 - 1416 pages
...architecture! In this one valley, where the life of the town goes most busily forward, there may be wen, shown one above and behind another by the accidents...of nature may look down upon the monuments of art. * * * "The ancient and famous metropolis of the north sits overlooking a windy estuary from the slope... | |
| Robert Louis Stevenson - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1896 - 236 pages
...gay people sunning themselves along Princes Street, with its mile of commercial palaces all beflagged upon some great occasion, see, across a gardened valley...is a more indiscriminate patroness than we imagine, «.« tit G,/ ton and in no way frightened of a strong effect. The birds roost as willingly among the... | |
| Robert Louis Stevenson - 1898 - 316 pages
...gay people sunning themselves along Princes Street, with its mile of commercial palaces all beflagged upon some great occasion, see, across a gardened valley...summit of Arthur's Seat look down upon these imitations I with a becoming dignity, as the works of Nature may look down upon the monuments of Art. But Nature... | |
| Robert Louis Stevenson - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1903 - 136 pages
...gay people sunning themselves along Princes Street, with its mile of commercial palaces all beflagged upon some great occasion, see, across a gardened valley...becoming dignity, as the works of Nature may look down the monuments of Art. But Nature is a more indiscriminate patroness than we imagine, and in no way... | |
| Robert Louis Stevenson - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1908 - 290 pages
...gay people sunning themselves along Princes Street, with its mile of commercial palaces all beflagged upon some great occasion, see, across a gardened valley...is a more indiscriminate patroness than we imagine, THE CANONGATE, TOLBOOTH. Z Harbin L'-brarv •:•?<:&, 9 weot i: 37 and in no way frightened of a... | |
| Esther Singleton - Cities and towns - 1910 - 370 pages
...commercial palaces all beflagged upon some great occasion, see, across a gardened valley set with statues, the washings of the old town flutter in the breeze...of Nature may look down upon the monuments of Art." * Edinburgh is built on the slopes of three hills, * Robert Louis Stevenson. about a mile and a half... | |
| Erle Elsworth Clippinger - English language - 1912 - 414 pages
...people sunning themselves along Prince Street, "with its miles of commercial palaces all beflagged upon some great occasion, see, across a gardened valley...of Nature may look down upon the Monuments of Art. — E.. L. STEVENSON. Your theme, like the one assigned in Lesson 19, should combine description and... | |
| Esther Singleton - Cities and towns - 1913 - 364 pages
...commercial palaces all beflagged upon some great occasion, see, across a gardened valley set with statues, the washings of the old town flutter in the breeze...of Nature may look down upon the monuments of Art." * Edinburgh is built on the slopes of three hills,. * Robert Louis Stevenson. about a mile and a half... | |
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