There ain't a country I've seen over here that DOES seem my kind.

Oh I don't say but what there are plenty of pretty places and remarkable old things; but the trouble is that I don't seem to feel anywhere in tune.

That's one of the reasons why I suppose I've gained so little.

I haven't had the first sign of that lift I was led to expect." With this he broke out more earnestly.
"Look here--I want to go back." His eyes were all attached to Strether's now, for he was one of the men who fully face you when they talk of themselves.

This enabled his friend to look at him hard and immediately to appear to the highest advantage in his eyes by doing so.