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Page 328
... Cherbourg . - England . - I VISITED one evening a very beautiful exhi- bition , which I think worthy of being noticed ; it was the picturesque and mechanical theatre . The company present were select and genteel : the room and stage ...
... Cherbourg . - England . - I VISITED one evening a very beautiful exhi- bition , which I think worthy of being noticed ; it was the picturesque and mechanical theatre . The company present were select and genteel : the room and stage ...
Page 335
... Cherbourg , in company with two ladies , and three gentlemen , who were all polite and pleasing . In the cabriole , forward , was a French captain in the army , who had been in Tippoo's service at the time of the surrender of ...
... Cherbourg , in company with two ladies , and three gentlemen , who were all polite and pleasing . In the cabriole , forward , was a French captain in the army , who had been in Tippoo's service at the time of the surrender of ...
Page 339
... Cherbourg would not proceed till three days from the time of my arrival . The next morning I rambled with my new friends about the city ; which is large and handsome , and is watered by the river Orne : it is much celebrated for its ...
... Cherbourg would not proceed till three days from the time of my arrival . The next morning I rambled with my new friends about the city ; which is large and handsome , and is watered by the river Orne : it is much celebrated for its ...
Page 348
... Cherbourg , in which I found a very agreeable woman , her two daugh- ters , two canary birds , a cat and her kitten , who were , I found , to be my companions all the way . After we left Caen the roads became very bad BAYEUX . - ENNUI ...
... Cherbourg , in which I found a very agreeable woman , her two daugh- ters , two canary birds , a cat and her kitten , who were , I found , to be my companions all the way . After we left Caen the roads became very bad BAYEUX . - ENNUI ...
Page 352
... several pleasant people . At * Since this book was first written the French have re- paired and improved their roads , so as to render travelling in France unrivalled . Sir John Carr del Cherbourg W.J. Bennett sculp CHERBOURG .
... several pleasant people . At * Since this book was first written the French have re- paired and improved their roads , so as to render travelling in France unrivalled . Sir John Carr del Cherbourg W.J. Bennett sculp CHERBOURG .
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