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... less discomfort than most stay - at - home people suppose ; and it is not at all certain that thousands of hardy persons , limited in means , who spend the requisite amounts of time and money on very questionable home - amusements ...
... less discomfort than most stay - at - home people suppose ; and it is not at all certain that thousands of hardy persons , limited in means , who spend the requisite amounts of time and money on very questionable home - amusements ...
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... less than six or seven months , his whole expenditure being only about $ 500 , and the fortunate result of his travel that successful volume " Views - A - foot ; or , Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff . " And it is very doubtful ...
... less than six or seven months , his whole expenditure being only about $ 500 , and the fortunate result of his travel that successful volume " Views - A - foot ; or , Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff . " And it is very doubtful ...
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... less of that fatal " waiting , " less of that crowding too many countries together and exhausting energy in seeing things that are really of no conse- quence when others of the kind have been sufficiently seen 16 SHORT - TRIP GUIDE .
... less of that fatal " waiting , " less of that crowding too many countries together and exhausting energy in seeing things that are really of no conse- quence when others of the kind have been sufficiently seen 16 SHORT - TRIP GUIDE .
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... less of that fatal " waiting , " less of that crowding too many countries together and exhausting energy in seeing things that are really of no conse- quence when others of the kind have been sufficiently seen 16 SHORT - TRIP GUIDE .
... less of that fatal " waiting , " less of that crowding too many countries together and exhausting energy in seeing things that are really of no conse- quence when others of the kind have been sufficiently seen 16 SHORT - TRIP GUIDE .
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... less midships , but the chances of having sleep broken by the " pitch " of a " 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 ...
... less midships , but the chances of having sleep broken by the " pitch " of a " 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 ...
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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...