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... once an easy and a tempting thing to do , to add to the supposed importance of what had been done , by overstating the cost as well as enlarging on the personal adventure and peril ; and , truth to say , the habit has not yet quite died ...
... once an easy and a tempting thing to do , to add to the supposed importance of what had been done , by overstating the cost as well as enlarging on the personal adventure and peril ; and , truth to say , the habit has not yet quite died ...
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... once formed . It is scarcely necessary to add that such an intelli- gent understanding can only be reached , before going abroad , by reading in advance some of the Guides which travellers are too much in the habit of only purchasing on ...
... once formed . It is scarcely necessary to add that such an intelli- gent understanding can only be reached , before going abroad , by reading in advance some of the Guides which travellers are too much in the habit of only purchasing on ...
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... Once upon a time , 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,
... Once upon a time , 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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... once . 5th . In selecting berths , when a good opportunity for choice remains , always aim to get as near as pos- sible to the midships of the vessel - a consideration of not much consequence to old voyagers with strong nerves , but of ...
... once . 5th . In selecting berths , when a good opportunity for choice remains , always aim to get as near as pos- sible to the midships of the vessel - a consideration of not much consequence to old voyagers with strong nerves , but of ...
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... once , that the land you are leaving is better than all others in every regard , so that no- thing can be learned abroad ; and with it give the go- by to the alternative impression that we have nothing worth asserting and even boasting ...
... once , that the land you are leaving is better than all others in every regard , so that no- thing can be learned abroad ; and with it give the go- by to the alternative impression that we have nothing worth asserting and even boasting ...
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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...