 ... Central Asia. Perhaps, no English artist was ever before admitted into this enchanted land of history, or provided with the talisman and amulet of a general passport; and well has Mr. Atkinson availed himself of the privilege. Mr. Atkinson's encampments...  The two aristocracies - Seite 308von Catherine Grace F. Gore - 1857Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1856 - 354 Seiten
...himself of the privilege. Mr. Atkinson's encampments lead us away into- forests, gorges of mountains, where the thunder shakes the ground and the lightning...trees — where the Tartars cower in their felt hut, ami the tea-drinkers grow silent round the red logs. Rivers to swim, torrents to pass, became trifles... | |
 | Sir James Edward Alexander - 1857 - 356 Seiten
...himself of the privilege. Mr. Atkinson's encampments lead us away into forests, gorges of mountains, where the thunder shakes the ground and the lightning...records of places never, perhaps, before visited; for uo Englishman has been there — no Russian traveller has written of them." NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY... | |
 | Walter Thornbury - 1857 - 418 Seiten
...himself of the privilege. Mr. Atkinson's encampments lead us away into forests, gorges of mountains, where the thunder shakes the ground and the lightning...cower in their felt hut, and the tea-drinkers grow ailent round the red logs. Rivers to swim, torrents to pass, became trifles to this adventurous traveller,... | |
 | Dinah Maria Craik - 1857 - 350 Seiten
...himself of the privilege. Mr. Atkinson's encampments lend us away into forests, gorges of moantains, where the thunder shakes the ground and the lightning...cower in their felt hut, and the tea-drinkers grow allent round the red logs. Eivers to swim, torrents to pass, became trifles to this adventurous traveller,... | |
 | Henry Granville Fitzalan-Howard Norfolk (14th duke of) - 1857 - 408 Seiten
...himself of the privilege. Mr. Atkinson's encampments lead us away into forests, gorges of mountains, where the thunder shakes the ground and the lightning...trees — where the Tartars cower in their felt hut, anri the tea-drinkers grow silent round the red logs. Rivers to swim, torrents to pass, became trifles... | |
 | Anne Marsh-Caldwell - 1857 - 332 Seiten
...thunder shakes the ground and the lightning strtkes, like God's sword.blade, among the trees—where the Tartars cower in their felt hut, and the tea.drinkers grow silent round the red logs. Kivers to swim, torrents to pass, became trifles to this adventurous traveller, who has brought us... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1857 - 706 Seiten
...privilege. Mr. Atkinson's encampments lead us away into forest*, gorges of mountains, where the itusnde1 shakes the ground and the lightning strikes, like God's sword-blade, among the trees— where the Tartan cower In their felt hut, and the tea-drinkers grow silent round the red logs. Rivers to swim,... | |
 | Anne Marsh-Caldwell - 1857 - 334 Seiten
...himself of the privilege. Mr. Atkinson's encampments lead us away into forests, gorges of mountains, where the thunder shakes the ground and the lightning strikes, like God's sword-blade, among ttie trees— where the Tartars cower in their felt hut, and the tea-drinkers grow silent round the... | |
 | True - 1857 - 352 Seiten
...himself •f the privilege. Mr. Atkinson's encampments lead us away into forests, gorges of mountains, where the thunder shakes the ground and the lightning strikes, like God's sword-blatie, among the trees — where the Tartars cower in their felt hut, and the tea-drinkers grow... | |
 | Knightley William Horlock - 1857 - 352 Seiten
...himself •f the privilege. Mr. Atkinson's encampments lead us away into forests, gorges of mountains, where the thunder shakes the ground and the lightning strikes, like God's sword- blade, among the trees — where the Tartars cower in their felt hut, and the tea-drinkers grow... | |
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