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... tell you truly what I see and hear ; to " chronicle , " as our friend Mr. Dewey says , " while . they are fresh , my sensations . " Everything looks novel and foreign to us : the quaint forms of the old , sad - coloured houses ; the ...
... tell you truly what I see and hear ; to " chronicle , " as our friend Mr. Dewey says , " while . they are fresh , my sensations . " Everything looks novel and foreign to us : the quaint forms of the old , sad - coloured houses ; the ...
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... tell you what remem- brance touched me most as I stood there ? not his gallant deeds , for they are written in blood , and many a vulgar spirit has achieved such ; but the ex- quisite tenderness gleaming forth in his last words , " Kiss ...
... tell you what remem- brance touched me most as I stood there ? not his gallant deeds , for they are written in blood , and many a vulgar spirit has achieved such ; but the ex- quisite tenderness gleaming forth in his last words , " Kiss ...
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... tell us , is a miniature of England . It has the ex- quisite delicacy and perfection of a miniature by a master hand . I am resolved to be as virtuously ab- stemious as possible on the subject of scenery ; but you must be patient , and ...
... tell us , is a miniature of England . It has the ex- quisite delicacy and perfection of a miniature by a master hand . I am resolved to be as virtuously ab- stemious as possible on the subject of scenery ; but you must be patient , and ...
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... It was a husband's on his wife , beginning " Meek and gentle was her spirit , Prudence did her life adorn , Modest , she disclaimed all merit , Tell me , am not I forlorn ? " I would not like to make too nice an inquisition 26 VENTNOR .
... It was a husband's on his wife , beginning " Meek and gentle was her spirit , Prudence did her life adorn , Modest , she disclaimed all merit , Tell me , am not I forlorn ? " I would not like to make too nice an inquisition 26 VENTNOR .
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... loitered here two days , and why , I will tell you . * The well is 200 feet in depth , 25 of masonry , and the rest cut through a solid rock . Captain Hall's good taste was shocked at our leaving Southampton SOUTHAMPTON . 35.
... loitered here two days , and why , I will tell you . * The well is 200 feet in depth , 25 of masonry , and the rest cut through a solid rock . Captain Hall's good taste was shocked at our leaving Southampton SOUTHAMPTON . 35.
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