 When the discoverers of America saw land at last they fell on their knees and a hymn of thanksgiving burst from their souls. The scene, which is one of the most thrilling in history, repeats itself in the heart of every immigrant as he comes in sight...  McClure's Magazine - Strana 871913Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | Bernard Cohen - 1972 - 298 str.
...felt like newly born. He tells of his first impression of America. When the discoverers of America say land at last they fell on their knees and a hymn of...am at a loss to convey the peculiar state of mind that experience created in me. The immigrant's arrival in his new home is like a second birth to him.... | |
 | Alan L. Mintz - 1993 - 334 str.
...this one between himself, the immigrant Jew, and the pilgrims who had founded his soon-to-be home: When the discoverers of America saw land at last they...am at a loss to convey the peculiar state of mind that the experience created in me. Two features about this immigrant Jew that would have made him alien... | |
 | Ruth R. Wisse - 2001 - 416 str.
...example, when David on first catching sight of America is compared to its earliest settlers, who 'Tell on their knees and a hymn of thanksgiving burst from...am at a loss to convey the peculiar state of mind that the experience created in me."10 Cahan tactfully reminds his English readers that the ethos of... | |
 | Abraham Cahan - 2002 - 394 str.
...the wieked be no more." I strained even nerve to keep Matilda out of my thoughts, but without avail. When the discoverers of America saw land at last they...thrilling in history, repeats itself in the heart of even' immigrant as he comes in sight of the American shores. I am at a loss to convey the peculiar... | |
 | Abraham Cahan - 2002 - 394 str.
...more." l strained even nerve to keep Matilda out of my thoughts, but without avail. When the discovercrs of America saw land at last they fell on their knees...thrilling in history, repeats itself in the heart of even immigrant as he comes in sight of the American shores. I am at a loss to convey the peculiar state... | |
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