I study hard at Russian, which is a tough but most attractive language.

I could never see a book written in a foreign language without the most ardent desire to read it.

The Germans form one of the most important branches of the Indo-Germanic or Aryan race - a division of the human family which also includes the Hindoos, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Celts, and the Slavonic tribes.

The Swedish language combines the strong manhood of the German with the delicate beauty of the Italian.

London has the advantage of one of the most gloomy atmospheres in the world.

I was pleasantly disappointed on entering Bohemia. Instead of a dull, uninteresting country, as I expected, it is a land full of the most lovely scenery. There is every thing which can gratify the eye - high blue mountains, valleys of the sweetest pastoral look and romantic old ruins.