Because I do not speak the language, and I should never get at the heart of the people, and that is what I want. Yet I should like very much to go to England, because English people and English books interest me strangely; more especially I would like... A Winter Jaunt to Norway - Page 251by Mrs. Alec-Tweedie (Ethel) - 1894 - 316 pagesFull view - About this book
| Europe - 1893 - 858 pages
...strangely ; more especially I would like to see your old men. In all other countries tho best work in done by men between forty and fifty years of age ; in England, the beet work is done by much older men. and a man of seventy or eighty is often rtffl in Lie prime. I... | |
| George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1893 - 636 pages
...country in the world." " Why have you never been to England, when you have been such a wanderer ? " like very much to go to England, because English people...best work is done by much older men, and a man of seventy or eighty is often still in his prime. I would like to see such men as Gladstone and Salisbury,... | |
| William Thomas Stead - Europe - 1893 - 720 pages
...would like to sec your old men. In all other countries the best work in done by men between forty und fifty years of age; in England, the best work is done by much older men. and a man of seventy or eighty is often still in his prime. I would like to sec such men as Gladstone and Salisbury,... | |
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