• An enthusiastic desire of visiting the Old World haunted me from early childhood. I cherished a presentiment, amounting almost to belief, that I should one day behold the scenes, among which my fancy had so long wandered.

  Bayard Taylor
  American poet, travel author, and diplomat 1825-1878
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1. enthusiastic
2. presentiment
3. cherished
4. amounting
5. wandered
6. belief

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An enthusiastic desire of visiting the Old World haunted me from early childhood. I cherished a presentiment, amounting almost to belief, that I should one day behold the scenes, among which my fancy had so long wandered. by : Bayard Taylor

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