“we passed Costa Rica, and were near land. We had a most gorgeous sunset, and a full moon at night; besides, the… — Helen Josephine Sanborn Costa rica Copy Share Image
“There is nothing at any of our beaches at all comparable with the tremendous surf we saw at San Jose. Huge waves,… — Helen Josephine Sanborn Pacific Copy Share Image
“If kind words were said without meaning, simply to make us pleased with the speaker, the result was surely accomplished, and we… — Helen Josephine Sanborn Guatemala Copy Share Image
“In our ascent we were often among the clouds hovering about the mountain, and for a while would be enveloped in fog… — Helen Josephine Sanborn Art Copy Share Image
“At ten o'clock we arrived in Aspinwall, or, as it is always called there, Colon, this being the real name of the… — Helen Josephine Sanborn Christopher-columbus Copy Share Image
“only 10 million of the required 250 million cubic meters of earth had yet been removed. The undertaking is a vast one,… — Helen Josephine Sanborn Canal Copy Share Image
“They were sitting on the ground with baskets of the red berries before them, and in their embroidered dresses, with streaming black… — Helen Josephine Sanborn Art Copy Share Image
“We gave the woman for her trouble a generous fee, with which she was highly pleased, and proceeded to put it in… — Helen Josephine Sanborn Life Copy Share Image
“The women seemed more industrious than the men, for they were housekeepers; and the noise of the Indian housewife patting her tortillas… — Helen Josephine Sanborn Better things Copy Share Image
“It is an experience we would not part with for "the wealth of Ormus or of Ind." It is one we would… — Helen Josephine Sanborn Experience-quotes Copy Share Image
“Under this spell we were really startled by being suddenly confronted by a priestly form. A second glance revealed, however, only a… — Helen Josephine Sanborn Art Copy Share Image
