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Page xlviii
... King Louis Philippe , and costing about 217. It is to be regretted that some English tourists have transferred to their volumes the grossly exaggerated and unreal pictures of Gaimard's great work . The great majority of the tourists ...
... King Louis Philippe , and costing about 217. It is to be regretted that some English tourists have transferred to their volumes the grossly exaggerated and unreal pictures of Gaimard's great work . The great majority of the tourists ...
Page 7
... kings and queens , your dukes and duchesses- " That's enough , " said Mr. Briggs ; " now for the story . " " Well , I'll just tell you what he did - that's my brother . You see he'd a tarnation long bill to meet , and he'd just ' So ...
... kings and queens , your dukes and duchesses- " That's enough , " said Mr. Briggs ; " now for the story . " " Well , I'll just tell you what he did - that's my brother . You see he'd a tarnation long bill to meet , and he'd just ' So ...
Page 14
... king's hall , but walked forward with it , though the horns stuck in the door- posts , and the bow bent nearly double but did not break . Not one of the house - churls showed his face in the hall that evening ; they slunk about the farm ...
... king's hall , but walked forward with it , though the horns stuck in the door- posts , and the bow bent nearly double but did not break . Not one of the house - churls showed his face in the hall that evening ; they slunk about the farm ...
Page 29
... King Christian VII . of Denmark had entirely to reorganize it , and to remove it to Reykjavík . It was subsequently transported to Bessastathr , where there was a printing - press , but in 1846 it was brought back to the capital . The ...
... King Christian VII . of Denmark had entirely to reorganize it , and to remove it to Reykjavík . It was subsequently transported to Bessastathr , where there was a printing - press , but in 1846 it was brought back to the capital . The ...
Page 32
... king at once placed a frigate at his disposal to convey him and his works to Denmark ; and , on his arrival , showed him every mark of consideration . Rooms in the Charlottenborg royal palace were allotted him , and there he spent the ...
... king at once placed a frigate at his disposal to convey him and his works to Denmark ; and , on his arrival , showed him every mark of consideration . Rooms in the Charlottenborg royal palace were allotted him , and there he spent the ...
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