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... passed , so that there will be no possibility of your joining us there , even if you were to give up your journey by land , and conclude to return with us by sea - which , more- over , I suppose you would not in any event be disposed to ...
... passed , so that there will be no possibility of your joining us there , even if you were to give up your journey by land , and conclude to return with us by sea - which , more- over , I suppose you would not in any event be disposed to ...
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... passed on until it reached the gate , and then Pacifico reined in his horses , and descended from his seat . " What are we stopping here for , I wonder ? " asked John . " There is a custom house here , I suppose , or a passport office ...
... passed on until it reached the gate , and then Pacifico reined in his horses , and descended from his seat . " What are we stopping here for , I wonder ? " asked John . " There is a custom house here , I suppose , or a passport office ...
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... passing traveller with a feeling of inde- scribable gloom . The country is , however , traversed by magni- ficent roads , broad . smooth , hard and level , and kept always in perfect condition . These roads often present 60 ON THE ROAD .
... passing traveller with a feeling of inde- scribable gloom . The country is , however , traversed by magni- ficent roads , broad . smooth , hard and level , and kept always in perfect condition . These roads often present 60 ON THE ROAD .
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... passed by he saw that , singularly enough , the condition of things in it was very much the same as in his own . The carriage was an open one , it was drawn too by four black and long tailed horses ; and there were two per- sons — a ...
... passed by he saw that , singularly enough , the condition of things in it was very much the same as in his own . The carriage was an open one , it was drawn too by four black and long tailed horses ; and there were two per- sons — a ...
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... passed over that route once with her mother , and so she thought that she should feel more at home in it , than in going by any new way . Besides her understanding this route better than any other , she remembered distinctly many of the ...
... passed over that route once with her mother , and so she thought that she should feel more at home in it , than in going by any new way . Besides her understanding this route better than any other , she remembered distinctly many of the ...
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Page 6 - NEW YORK: D. APPLETON & COMPANY, 200 BROADWAY. MDCCCXLH. V ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1842, BY D. APPLETON & COMPANY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Conrt of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.
Page 35 - ... income serve for your own expenses, as (I fear) from the narrowness of my present prospects It will not be in my power to afford you assistance. I had flattered myself with the contrary persuasion, and this is one of my airy Castles, the destruction of which gives me the most pain and disappointment. I assure you, it is a great source of satisfaction to me to think, that at least you have a comfortable House, where you are secure from vulgar intrusion, and vulgar occurrences; and I cannot but...
Page 71 - M sat at a window which was hall raised to admit the breath of a balmy summer day, and she had a book in her hand which she had been reading aloud to three of her daughters, who were engaged in useful and ornamental work.
Page 108 - So my mother was convinced that he was a thief, and that he had come in to steal the money from the pockets of her dresses.
Page 39 - Give my love to the children, and believe me, as ever, " Your very affectionate friend,