All through the night, like the tumult of a river when it races between the cliffs of a canyon, in my sleep I could hear the steady roar of the passing army. Richard Harding Davis Read Quote
I wish I was not such a very bad hand at languages. That is one thing I cannot do, that and ride. Richard Harding Davis Read Quote
As soon as I landed at Malta I found that though I could go to Tunis I could not go away without being quarantined for ten days and if I remained in Malta I must stay a week. Richard Harding Davis Read Quote
All the fascination of King Solomon’s Mines seems to be behind those great mountains and this I may add is a bit of advance work for mother, an entering wedge to my disappearing from sight for years and years in the Congo. Richard Harding Davis Read Quote
I am now in Gibraltar. It is a large place and there does not seem to be room in this letter, in which to express my feelings about Moors in bare legs and six thousand Red-coats and to hear Englishmen speak again. Richard Harding Davis Read Quote
Portugal is a high hill with a white watch tower on it flying signal flags. It is apparently inhabited by one man who lives in a long row of yellow houses with red roofs, and populated by sheep who do grand acts of balancing on the side of the hill. Richard Harding Davis Read Quote
Of course, the idea of a six months’ holiday is enough to make anyone laugh at anything, but I find that besides that I was a good deal harassed and run down, and I am glad to cut off from everything and start fresh. I feel miserably selfish about it all the time. Richard Harding Davis Read Quote
I went out to the Derby on Wednesday and think it is the most interesting thing I ever saw over here. Richard Harding Davis Read Quote
Creede is built of new pine boards and lies between two immense mountains covered with pines and snow. Richard Harding Davis Read Quote
I knew more about Texas than the Texans and when they told me I would find summer here I smiled knowingly. Richard Harding Davis Read Quote
