Letters, During a Tour Through Some Parts of France, Savoy, Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands: In the Summer of 1817 |
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... morning ; but the work of embarkation commenced at eleven the previous night - and an unpleasant and trouble- some work it was . As there is no quay at Brighton , the packets cannot get within a considerable distance of the shore ...
... morning ; but the work of embarkation commenced at eleven the previous night - and an unpleasant and trouble- some work it was . As there is no quay at Brighton , the packets cannot get within a considerable distance of the shore ...
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... morning . I leaned over the side of the vessel- and where should my thoughts at such a moment linger but amid those dear domestic scenes which I had left behind . Presently the moon arose , and quickly after , the dawn appeared . The ...
... morning . I leaned over the side of the vessel- and where should my thoughts at such a moment linger but amid those dear domestic scenes which I had left behind . Presently the moon arose , and quickly after , the dawn appeared . The ...
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... morning , and reached Rouen , forty - two miles , about three p . m . Before our departure , we took another ramble round the town . It was market - day , and we were much pleased with the appearance of the people , especi- ally of the ...
... morning , and reached Rouen , forty - two miles , about three p . m . Before our departure , we took another ramble round the town . It was market - day , and we were much pleased with the appearance of the people , especi- ally of the ...
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... morning we repaired first to the ca- thedral . High mass was performing when we en- tered . The church , spacious as it is , was crowded in every part - the body of it was entirely filled with the military . The attire of the priests ...
... morning we repaired first to the ca- thedral . High mass was performing when we en- tered . The church , spacious as it is , was crowded in every part - the body of it was entirely filled with the military . The attire of the priests ...
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... morning , you seem to have communed with the greatest characters that have appeared upon the busy theatre of the ancient world . In- stead of days - months and years might be devoted to the examination of these most interesting ob ...
... morning , you seem to have communed with the greatest characters that have appeared upon the busy theatre of the ancient world . In- stead of days - months and years might be devoted to the examination of these most interesting ob ...
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