East so much read of, so long dreamed of, yet, as the eyes bear witness, heretofore all unknown. There is a romance even in the first full consciousness of this rather commonplace fact; but for me this consciousness is transfigured inexpressibly by the... Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan - Page 2by Lafcadio Hearn - 1894 - 699 pagesFull view - About this book
| Lafcadio Hearn - Folklore - 1920 - 444 pages
...in the Orient, in this Far East so much read of, so romance2 even in the first full consciousness of by the divine beauty of the day. There is some charm...perhaps due rather to softest lucidity than. to any positive3 tone,@an atmospheric limpidity extraordinary, with only a sugges tion of blue in it, through... | |
| Lafcadio Hearn - American literature - 1922 - 596 pages
...from photographs by BURTON HOLMES GLIMPSES OF UNFAMILIAR JAPAN VOLUME I GLIMPSES OF UNFAMILIAR JAPAN I MY FIRST DAY IN THE ORIENT "Do not fail to write down...air, cool with the coolness of Japanese spring and wind- waves from the snowy cone of Fuji; a charm perhaps due rather to softest lucidity than to any... | |
| Lafcadio Hearn - Authors, American - 1922 - 546 pages
...of Japan is intangible and volatile as a perfume. It began for me with my first kuruma-ride out of 3 the European quarter of Yokohama into the Japanese...air, cool with the coolness of Japanese spring and wind- waves from the snowy cone of Fuji; a charm perhaps due rather to softest lucidity than to any... | |
| Lafcadio Hearn - Japan - 1925 - 344 pages
...dreamed or, yet, as the eyes bear witness, heretofore all unknown. There is a romance even in the W first full consciousness of this rather common-place...air, cool with the coolness of Japanese spring and 15 wind-waves from the snowy cone of Fuji ; a charm perhaps due rather to softest lucidity than to... | |
| Lafcadio Hearn - Japan - 1925 - 332 pages
...dreamed ot, yet, as the eyes bear witness, heretofore all unknown. There is a romance even in the 10 first full consciousness of this rather common-place...unutterable in the morning air, cool with the coolness of Japariese spring and 15 wind-waves from the snowy cone of Fuji ; a charm perhaps due rather to softest... | |
| Paul Murray - Americans - 1993 - 410 pages
...the real sensation of being in the Orient, in this Far East so much read of, so long dreamed of. . .There is a romance even in the first full consciousness...due rather to softest lucidity than to any positive tone,-an atmospheric limpidity extraordinary, with only a suggestion of blue in it, through which the... | |
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