A Book of Traveller's TalesDavid Livingstone on being attacked by a lion in Africa, Cecil Beaton on an evening with the Rolling Stones in Marrakesh, Roman Emperor Hannibal on crossing the Alps, Henry James on the Epsom Derby, John Steinbeck on trying to get out of a small town in upstate New York ... these are some of the more than 300 writers and subjects represented in this veritable Who's Who of travellers from 430 B.C. to the 1980s. |
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Page 164
... thing , and yet if I chose I could knock him down . If I could have stolen his coat , I would have done it . When I meet a man like that , I want something to remember him by . As a general thing , we have been shown through palaces by ...
... thing , and yet if I chose I could knock him down . If I could have stolen his coat , I would have done it . When I meet a man like that , I want something to remember him by . As a general thing , we have been shown through palaces by ...
Page 512
... things national to things personal ; and men boast of their sheep , their cattle , and their stations ; of their riding ... thing grows , and means perhaps not a great deal . The colonists themselves have a term for it , and call it ...
... things national to things personal ; and men boast of their sheep , their cattle , and their stations ; of their riding ... thing grows , and means perhaps not a great deal . The colonists themselves have a term for it , and call it ...
Page 515
... thing with one mast , and also H.M.S. Fly , and nothing else . If a cattle vessel came from Sydney she would ... things in a picture and the things in the room . The puzzle is that both move and act , and I must say my say as one of each ...
... thing with one mast , and also H.M.S. Fly , and nothing else . If a cattle vessel came from Sydney she would ... things in a picture and the things in the room . The puzzle is that both move and act , and I must say my say as one of each ...
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Africa American arrived asked beautiful called camels canoe CECIL BEATON clothes Copyright crossed D. H. LAWRENCE dark desert dressed drink East England English traveller ERIC NEWBY expedition explorer eyes face feet fire fish Gobi Desert hair Hakluyt Society hand head horses IBN BATTUTA India Indian island JAN MORRIS JOHN JONATHAN RABAN journey kill King ladies Lake land live London looked LUDOVICO DI VARTHEMA miles morning mountains natives never night North novelist ODORIC OF PORDENONE passed PETER FLEMING quaggas reached Reprinted by permission returned river road rock round seemed seen ship side sight sleep South stone streets thing THOMAS CORYATE thought Tibet told took town trans trees turned voyage walked women wood writer young