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In all the author's lectures upon Travel he sought to seize the salient points of interest in every land and city visited , and to describe them , or at least allude to them , suggestively . Opening the a - а portals leading ...
In all the author's lectures upon Travel he sought to seize the salient points of interest in every land and city visited , and to describe them , or at least allude to them , suggestively . Opening the a - а portals leading ...
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In the same general way he has endeavored in these volumes to present what in the world of letters has instructed and delighted him , and to suggest by the selections chosen what else may prove inspiring to his old companions over land ...
In the same general way he has endeavored in these volumes to present what in the world of letters has instructed and delighted him , and to suggest by the selections chosen what else may prove inspiring to his old companions over land ...
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... he sometimes gave into the Ploce , but that in his humble opinion he shined most in the Antanaclasis . I must not here omit , that a famous university of this land was formerly very much infested with puns ; but whether or ADDISON 13.
... he sometimes gave into the Ploce , but that in his humble opinion he shined most in the Antanaclasis . I must not here omit , that a famous university of this land was formerly very much infested with puns ; but whether or ADDISON 13.
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lands upon their heads , passing among the trees , lying down by the sides of fountains , or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing - birds , falling waters , human voices , and musical instruments .
lands upon their heads , passing among the trees , lying down by the sides of fountains , or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing - birds , falling waters , human voices , and musical instruments .
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Eratosthenes , two centuries before Christ , is the first geographer who makes some attempt to determine the trend to the land and water , presenting a suggestion that the earth is broader in one direction than in the other .
Eratosthenes , two centuries before Christ , is the first geographer who makes some attempt to determine the trend to the land and water , presenting a suggestion that the earth is broader in one direction than in the other .
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| Title | The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Greatest Writers Volume 1 of The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, John Lawson Stoddard |
| Author | John Lawson Stoddard |
| Compiled by | John Lawson Stoddard |
| Publisher | G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 7 May 2015 |
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