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... English Channel watering - places ; the Scottish West- ern Highlands ; and the Giant's Causeway , Belfast and some of the other towns in the North of Ireland . Four months will add to this another $ 200 or possibly $ 250 gold , making ...
... English Channel watering - places ; the Scottish West- ern Highlands ; and the Giant's Causeway , Belfast and some of the other towns in the North of Ireland . Four months will add to this another $ 200 or possibly $ 250 gold , making ...
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... English rural scenery , among the most beautiful on the globe , is also the least varied , so that one excursion through it affords , with rare exceptions , a type of all , and neither time or money need be expended in dull repetitions ...
... English rural scenery , among the most beautiful on the globe , is also the least varied , so that one excursion through it affords , with rare exceptions , a type of all , and neither time or money need be expended in dull repetitions ...
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... English , Scottish and Irish history , is almost indispensible on the eve of a trip merely to Great Britain ; and the same may be said , or very nearly , of French history , especially that of Napoleon and the Revolution , if the ...
... English , Scottish and Irish history , is almost indispensible on the eve of a trip merely to Great Britain ; and the same may be said , or very nearly , of French history , especially that of Napoleon and the Revolution , if the ...
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... English - speaking peo- ple , now , almost everywhere on the Continent - Eng- lish servants , guides , couriers , etc. , and often English- speaking landlords ; and for those not linguists , the best plan is to arrange for joining ...
... English - speaking peo- ple , now , almost everywhere on the Continent - Eng- lish servants , guides , couriers , etc. , and often English- speaking landlords ; and for those not linguists , the best plan is to arrange for joining ...
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... English , and the instances in which they are likely to be found useful . 8th . Another " rubbing up " is advisable though not absolutely indispensible . Thousands of questions about America , its physical appearance , wealth , work ...
... English , and the instances in which they are likely to be found useful . 8th . Another " rubbing up " is advisable though not absolutely indispensible . Thousands of questions about America , its physical appearance , wealth , work ...
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Page 73 - On this I ponder, where'er I wander, And thus grow fonder, sweet Cork, of thee ; With thy bells of Shandon that sound so grand on The pleasant waters of the River Lee.
Page 418 - ... Boston philosopher of the last century, whose visit to Philadelphia is still remembered in that city,) set himself at work to contrive a limb which should take the place of the one he had lost, fulfilling its functions and counterfeiting its aspect so far as possible. The result was the " Palmer leg," one of the most unquestionable triumphs of American ingenuity. Its victorious march has been unimpeded by any serious obs'tacle since it first stepped into public notice. The inventor was introduced...