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... seen until they have be- come tiresome . With a far greater number of those who love Nature and Art to such an extent as to make travel a delight , Money is the anxiety , the want of it the hindrance , and the belief that a mint is ...
... seen until they have be- come tiresome . With a far greater number of those who love Nature and Art to such an extent as to make travel a delight , Money is the anxiety , the want of it the hindrance , and the belief that a mint is ...
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... Seen with Knapsack and Staff . " And it is very doubtful whether in any portion of his later experience , in all descriptions of traveling " state " up to that of Secretary of Legation at St. Peters- burg , he has ever enjoyed his ...
... Seen with Knapsack and Staff . " And it is very doubtful whether in any portion of his later experience , in all descriptions of traveling " state " up to that of Secretary of Legation at St. Peters- burg , he has ever enjoyed his ...
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... 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 .
... 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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... seen and studied . Assuming the fact that the cause of intelligent travel would be materially subserved by people going over oftener , for special routes and without the weak variety of " the grand tour or nothing ! " - assuming this ...
... seen and studied . Assuming the fact that the cause of intelligent travel would be materially subserved by people going over oftener , for special routes and without the weak variety of " the grand tour or nothing ! " - assuming this ...
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... 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 .
... 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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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...