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... Havre - de- Grace . In the street , our trunks were seized by the custom - house officers whilst conveying to the inn , but after presenting our keys , and requesting immediate search and restoration , they were re- turned to us without ...
... Havre - de- Grace . In the street , our trunks were seized by the custom - house officers whilst conveying to the inn , but after presenting our keys , and requesting immediate search and restoration , they were re- turned to us without ...
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... Havre . - Aged French Priest . - Respectable Con- duct of Emigrants in England . - Their Gratitude . - Make the Port of Havre . - Panic of the Emigrants . - Landing described . - Hôtel de la Paix . - Breakfast Knife . - Muni- cipality ...
... Havre . - Aged French Priest . - Respectable Con- duct of Emigrants in England . - Their Gratitude . - Make the Port of Havre . - Panic of the Emigrants . - Landing described . - Hôtel de la Paix . - Breakfast Knife . - Muni- cipality ...
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... which would be dear to them as long as they lived . A genteel middle aged woman of fered to open a little parcel of fresh coffee , which she had purchased in the town for the voyage , SAIL FOR HAVRE . 13 and begged to make some.
... which would be dear to them as long as they lived . A genteel middle aged woman of fered to open a little parcel of fresh coffee , which she had purchased in the town for the voyage , SAIL FOR HAVRE . 13 and begged to make some.
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Or, A Tour from Devonshire to Paris Sir John Carr. SAIL FOR HAVRE . 13 and begged to make some for me . By her man- ner , she seemed to wish me to consider it , more as the humble tribute of gratitude than of polite- ness , or perhaps ...
Or, A Tour from Devonshire to Paris Sir John Carr. SAIL FOR HAVRE . 13 and begged to make some for me . By her man- ner , she seemed to wish me to consider it , more as the humble tribute of gratitude than of polite- ness , or perhaps ...
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... Havre , that he was then past the age of ninety- five years , scarcely expected to survive our short voyage , but was anxious to breathe his last in his own country . They spoke of him , as a man who , in other times , and in the vigour ...
... Havre , that he was then past the age of ninety- five years , scarcely expected to survive our short voyage , but was anxious to breathe his last in his own country . They spoke of him , as a man who , in other times , and in the vigour ...
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