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Page 41
... largest , are small as compared with hotels , and at the steadiest are shaky , " as compared to private dwellings , except when the lat- ter have lately - current earthquakes to throw them off the perpendicular . Plenty of good food ...
... largest , are small as compared with hotels , and at the steadiest are shaky , " as compared to private dwellings , except when the lat- ter have lately - current earthquakes to throw them off the perpendicular . Plenty of good food ...
Page 58
... largest of them , a little south of the Land's End ( Cornwall ) the extreme southwestern point of England — at all times a dangerous point , and pain- fully famous in history as the spot where the whole fleet of Sir Cloudesley Shovel ...
... largest of them , a little south of the Land's End ( Cornwall ) the extreme southwestern point of England — at all times a dangerous point , and pain- fully famous in history as the spot where the whole fleet of Sir Cloudesley Shovel ...
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... largest - being only second to Dublin in size and to Belfast in trade . It is also second to Dublin in dirt ( no high praise ) ; and many of the best streets are well built and hand- some , but of the " back - slums " the less said ...
... largest - being only second to Dublin in size and to Belfast in trade . It is also second to Dublin in dirt ( no high praise ) ; and many of the best streets are well built and hand- some , but of the " back - slums " the less said ...
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... largest of which passage is made from the County Cork to the County Kerry ; and The Windy Gap , where the risks of being blown away are about equal to the chances on a yard - arm in a gale at sea . Pause is made , for dinner , at ...
... largest of which passage is made from the County Cork to the County Kerry ; and The Windy Gap , where the risks of being blown away are about equal to the chances on a yard - arm in a gale at sea . Pause is made , for dinner , at ...
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... largest wool - markets in Europe ( with an immense wool fair of three days , every year in July ) , and as forming a great depot for the sale of High- land plaids , dresses and ornaments . The Castle , a picturesque modern building ...
... largest wool - markets in Europe ( with an immense wool fair of three days , every year in July ) , and as forming a great depot for the sale of High- land plaids , dresses and ornaments . The Castle , a picturesque modern building ...
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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...