Miscellaneous Works, 4. köideD.A. Talboys, 1830 |
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... side of the mountain to avoid the winds and vapours that come from sea . We here saw several persons that , in the midst of December , had nothing over their shoulders but their shirts , without com- plaining of the cold . It is ...
... side of the mountain to avoid the winds and vapours that come from sea . We here saw several persons that , in the midst of December , had nothing over their shoulders but their shirts , without com- plaining of the cold . It is ...
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... side - wind , we were driven back in a few hours time as far as Monaco . Lucan has given us a description of the harbour that we found so very welcome to us , after the great danger we had escaped . Quàque sub Herculeo sacratus nomine ...
... side - wind , we were driven back in a few hours time as far as Monaco . Lucan has given us a description of the harbour that we found so very welcome to us , after the great danger we had escaped . Quàque sub Herculeo sacratus nomine ...
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... sides of Genoa , which make the town appear much longer than it is to those that sail by it . The city itself makes the noblest show of any in the world . The houses are most of them painted on the outside ; so that they look extremely ...
... sides of Genoa , which make the town appear much longer than it is to those that sail by it . The city itself makes the noblest show of any in the world . The houses are most of them painted on the outside ; so that they look extremely ...
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... side of any in Genoa , as that of Durazzo is the best furnished within . There is one room in the first that is hung with tapestry , in which are wrought the figures of the great persons that the family has produced ; as perhaps there ...
... side of any in Genoa , as that of Durazzo is the best furnished within . There is one room in the first that is hung with tapestry , in which are wrought the figures of the great persons that the family has produced ; as perhaps there ...
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... sides , Within its gloomy banks the limpid liquor glides . A poet of another nation would not have dwelt so long upon the clearness and transparency of the stream ; but in Italy one seldom sees a river that is extremely bright and ...
... sides , Within its gloomy banks the limpid liquor glides . A poet of another nation would not have dwelt so long upon the clearness and transparency of the stream ; but in Italy one seldom sees a river that is extremely bright and ...
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