Miscellaneous Works, 4. köideD.A. Talboys, 1830 |
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... forced , by contrary winds , into St. Remo , a very pretty town in the Genoese dominions . The front to the sea is not large , but there are a great many houses behind it , built up the side of the mountain to avoid the winds and ...
... forced , by contrary winds , into St. Remo , a very pretty town in the Genoese dominions . The front to the sea is not large , but there are a great many houses behind it , built up the side of the mountain to avoid the winds and ...
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... forced to lie in it two days , and our cap- tain thought his ship in so great danger , that he fell upon his knees and confessed himself to a capuchin who was on board with us . But at last , taking the advantage of a side - wind , we ...
... forced to lie in it two days , and our cap- tain thought his ship in so great danger , that he fell upon his knees and confessed himself to a capuchin who was on board with us . But at last , taking the advantage of a side - wind , we ...
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... forced to make the best of our way by land , over very rugged mountains and precipices : for this road is much more difficult than that over mount Cennis . The Genoese are esteemed extremely cunning , industrious , and inured to ...
... forced to make the best of our way by land , over very rugged mountains and precipices : for this road is much more difficult than that over mount Cennis . The Genoese are esteemed extremely cunning , industrious , and inured to ...
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... forced to fetch all their corn from Naples , Sicily , and other foreign countries ; except what comes to them from Lombardy , which probably goes another way , whilst it furnishes two great armies with provisions . Their fleet , that ...
... forced to fetch all their corn from Naples , Sicily , and other foreign countries ; except what comes to them from Lombardy , which probably goes another way , whilst it furnishes two great armies with provisions . Their fleet , that ...
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... forced to treat them with much more indulgence than the Spaniards do their neighbours , that they may have no tempta- tion to it . Brescia is famous for its iron works . A small day's journey more brought us to Verona . We saw the lake ...
... forced to treat them with much more indulgence than the Spaniards do their neighbours , that they may have no tempta- tion to it . Brescia is famous for its iron works . A small day's journey more brought us to Verona . We saw the lake ...
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