'Really,' thought I, 'we call Baltimore the 'Monumental City' for its two marble columns, and here is Edinburg with one at every street-corner!' Bayard Taylor baltimorecallcity Change image and share on social
So far as female beauty is concerned, the Circassian women have no superiors. They have preserved in their mountain home the purity of the Grecian models, and still display the perfect physical loveliness, whose type has descended to us in the Venus de Medici. Bayard Taylor beautycircassianconcern share on social
An enthusiastic desire of visiting the Old World haunted me from early childhood. I cherished a presentiment, amounting almost to belief, that I should one day behold the scenes, among which my fancy had so long wandered. Bayard Taylor amountbeholdbelief share on social
The Swedish language combines the strong manhood of the German with the delicate beauty of the Italian. Bayard Taylor beautycombinedelicate Change image and share on social
London has the advantage of one of the most gloomy atmospheres in the world. Bayard Taylor advantageatmospheregloomy Change image and share on social
I could never see a book written in a foreign language without the most ardent desire to read it. Bayard Taylor ardentbookdesire Change image and share on social
It is an agreeable and yet a painful sense of novelty to stand for the first time in the midst of a people whose language and manners are different from one's own. Bayard Taylor agreeablelanguagemanner Change image and share on social
My duty is that of a chronicler; and if I perform that conscientiously, the lessons which my observations suggest will need no pointing out. Bayard Taylor chroniclerconscientiouslyduty Change image and share on social
I study hard at Russian, which is a tough but most attractive language. Bayard Taylor attractivehardlanguage Change image and share on social
The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo. Bayard Taylor ancientapolloapproach Change image and share on social
