Miscellaneous Works, 4. köideD.A. Talboys, 1830 |
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... French port called Cassis , where the next morning we were not a little surprised to see the mountains about the town covered with green olive trees , or laid out in beautiful gardens , which gave us a great variety of pleasing ...
... French port called Cassis , where the next morning we were not a little surprised to see the mountains about the town covered with green olive trees , or laid out in beautiful gardens , which gave us a great variety of pleasing ...
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... French one , which consists at present of five hun- dred men , paid and officered by the French king . The officer who showed me the palace told me , with a great deal of gravity , that his master and the king of France , amidst all the ...
... French one , which consists at present of five hun- dred men , paid and officered by the French king . The officer who showed me the palace told me , with a great deal of gravity , that his master and the king of France , amidst all the ...
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... owes the Genoese , they are under a necessity , at present , of being in the interest of the French , and would probably continue so , though all the other states of Italy entered into a league against 8 REMARKS ON ITALY .
... owes the Genoese , they are under a necessity , at present , of being in the interest of the French , and would probably continue so , though all the other states of Italy entered into a league against 8 REMARKS ON ITALY .
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... French , they have built a mole , with some little ports , and have provided themselves with long guns and mortars . It is easy for those that are strong at sea to bring them to what terms they please ; for , having but very little ...
... French , they have built a mole , with some little ports , and have provided themselves with long guns and mortars . It is easy for those that are strong at sea to bring them to what terms they please ; for , having but very little ...
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... French . One may , however , observe a kind of awkwardness in the Italians , which easily discovers the airs they give themselves not to be natural . It is indeed very strange there should be such a diversity of manners where there is ...
... French . One may , however , observe a kind of awkwardness in the Italians , which easily discovers the airs they give themselves not to be natural . It is indeed very strange there should be such a diversity of manners where there is ...
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