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... noted , the remainder are , to a man without full leisure , rather dull than the reverse . ) For the ten weeks ' trip , take same figures , 28 days ashore , and add to them as follows : From Liverpool to the Cumberland Lakes and return ...
... noted , the remainder are , to a man without full leisure , rather dull than the reverse . ) For the ten weeks ' trip , take same figures , 28 days ashore , and add to them as follows : From Liverpool to the Cumberland Lakes and return ...
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... noted erection of its class in the world - standing on a single rock , miles from the shore , dashed against by the sea in every storm , two or three times carried away and rebuilt , and one of the best existing proofs of man's power ...
... noted erection of its class in the world - standing on a single rock , miles from the shore , dashed against by the sea in every storm , two or three times carried away and rebuilt , and one of the best existing proofs of man's power ...
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... noted in the ap- proach to Liverpool are more or less duplicated in nearing Southampton , a great seaport in and of it- self , and still greater as supplying a cross - country and railway port to London . If the destination is London ...
... noted in the ap- proach to Liverpool are more or less duplicated in nearing Southampton , a great seaport in and of it- self , and still greater as supplying a cross - country and railway port to London . If the destination is London ...
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... noted ) — the next point of interest , after passing Ailsa Craig , is Pladda light , on a little rocky island at the south- east point of the island of Arran ; and then Arran is for some time in full view at the left ( its characteris ...
... noted ) — the next point of interest , after passing Ailsa Craig , is Pladda light , on a little rocky island at the south- east point of the island of Arran ; and then Arran is for some time in full view at the left ( its characteris ...
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... noted as common to all French Chan- nel ports . Here ( at the mouth of the Seine ) a splen- did old city presents itself , with a strange blending of commercial and historical importance ; and here again , rail communication opens to ...
... noted as common to all French Chan- nel ports . Here ( at the mouth of the Seine ) a splen- did old city presents itself , with a strange blending of commercial and historical importance ; and here again , rail communication opens to ...
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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...