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... when the Shrewsbury river , in New Jersey , was more of a throughfare for passenger- steamboats than it is to - day , a " hard case " of a 66 river boatman made application to the head of one PREPARATIONS FOR GOING OVER,
... when the Shrewsbury river , in New Jersey , was more of a throughfare for passenger- steamboats than it is to - day , a " hard case " of a 66 river boatman made application to the head of one PREPARATIONS FOR GOING OVER,
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And Skeleton Tours in America Henry Morford. 66 river boatman made application to the head of one of the companies for the command of a new boat just launched and about to be put into service . " Why , good heavens ! " exclaimed the ...
And Skeleton Tours in America Henry Morford. 66 river boatman made application to the head of one of the companies for the command of a new boat just launched and about to be put into service . " Why , good heavens ! " exclaimed the ...
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... head " or " following " sea are proportionably decreased when so located . The same principle applies , in a less de- gree , to the question of outside or inside rooms ( those inside or outside of the gangways ) . There is much less ...
... head " or " following " sea are proportionably decreased when so located . The same principle applies , in a less de- gree , to the question of outside or inside rooms ( those inside or outside of the gangways ) . There is much less ...
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... head and optic - nerves to a de- gree needing days for recovery . Some persons can read steadily , almost without injury ; others cannot : it is never best to try the experiment when it can be avoided . And there is rarely much occasion ...
... head and optic - nerves to a de- gree needing days for recovery . Some persons can read steadily , almost without injury ; others cannot : it is never best to try the experiment when it can be avoided . And there is rarely much occasion ...
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... Heads , entering and leaving it , there are many interesting glimpses of the rough coast of Nova Scotia , and of one of the finest harbors of the continent , well worthy of attention even from those who are soon to see the more ...
... Heads , entering and leaving it , there are many interesting glimpses of the rough coast of Nova Scotia , and of one of the finest harbors of the continent , well worthy of attention even from those who are soon to see the more ...
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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...