'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
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
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
Poetry had great powers over me from my childhood, and today the poems live in my memory which I read at the age of 7 or 8 years and which drove me to desperate attempts at imitation. Bayard Taylor ageattemptchildhood Change image and share on social
Above Coblentz almost every mountain has a ruin and a legend. One feels everywhere the spirit of the past, and its stirring recollections come back upon the mind with irresistible force. Bayard Taylor backcoblentzfelt Change image and share on social
Although Damascus is considered the oldest city in the world, the date of its foundation going beyond tradition, there are very few relics of antiquity in or near it. Bayard Taylor antiquitycityconsider Change image and share on social
