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... scenery , among the most beautiful on the globe , is also the least varied , so that one excursion through it affords , with rare exceptions , a type of all , and neither time or money need be expended in dull repetitions . To some ...
... scenery , among the most beautiful on the globe , is also the least varied , so that one excursion through it affords , with rare exceptions , a type of all , and neither time or money need be expended in dull repetitions . To some ...
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... there are not charms enough , even in the natural scenery and artistic glories of the Old World , to make such a trip " pay " when the heart or the business - powers must be left at home . So much decided , and 26 SHORT - TRIP GUIDE.
... there are not charms enough , even in the natural scenery and artistic glories of the Old World , to make such a trip " pay " when the heart or the business - powers must be left at home . So much decided , and 26 SHORT - TRIP GUIDE.
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... , the character of its scenery widely varying from bold and barren to low and fertile , and distant glimpses of mountains almost all the while . But from Tuskar the ship " squares away " across the Channel to LAND - MAKINGS . 55.
... , the character of its scenery widely varying from bold and barren to low and fertile , and distant glimpses of mountains almost all the while . But from Tuskar the ship " squares away " across the Channel to LAND - MAKINGS . 55.
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... scenery , and over the broad Loch , or bay , may be caught from the anchorage off the town . Here conveyance is taken to Londonderry , and rail thence southward , by passengers leaving the steam- ers . Leaving Moville , for Glasgow ...
... scenery , and over the broad Loch , or bay , may be caught from the anchorage off the town . Here conveyance is taken to Londonderry , and rail thence southward , by passengers leaving the steam- ers . Leaving Moville , for Glasgow ...
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... scenery before mentioned ) until the attention is distracted by Holy Isle , another of its small islets , larger than Ailsa Craig and almost as wild looking . Lamlash harbor and Brodick town and watering- place , are both passed on the ...
... scenery before mentioned ) until the attention is distracted by Holy Isle , another of its small islets , larger than Ailsa Craig and almost as wild looking . Lamlash harbor and Brodick town and watering- place , are both passed on the ...
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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...