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... appearance had so affected me , had been a clergyman of great repute and esteem at 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 ...
... appearance had so affected me , had been a clergyman of great repute and esteem at 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 ...
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... appearance of so many recumbent persons , faintly distin- guishable by the light of a solitary taper , re- minded us of a floating catacomb ; here , crawling under a cot which contained two very corpulent priests , upon a spare cable ...
... appearance of so many recumbent persons , faintly distin- guishable by the light of a solitary taper , re- minded us of a floating catacomb ; here , crawling under a cot which contained two very corpulent priests , upon a spare cable ...
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... appearance of the coast was high , rugged , and rocky ; to use a good marine expression , it looked ironbound all along shore . To the east , upon an elevated point of land , are two noble light houses , of very beautiful construction ...
... appearance of the coast was high , rugged , and rocky ; to use a good marine expression , it looked ironbound all along shore . To the east , upon an elevated point of land , are two noble light houses , of very beautiful construction ...
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... appearance of the women , who were habited in a coarse red camlet jacket , with a high apron before , long flying lappets to their caps , and were mounted upon large heavy wooden shoes , upon each of which a worsted tuft was fixed , in ...
... appearance of the women , who were habited in a coarse red camlet jacket , with a high apron before , long flying lappets to their caps , and were mounted upon large heavy wooden shoes , upon each of which a worsted tuft was fixed , in ...
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... appearance . The commerce formerly carried on at Havre , was very extensive : it is still celebrated for its lace manufactories . The theatre is spacious , well arranged , and , as far as we could judge by day - light , handsomely ...
... appearance . The commerce formerly carried on at Havre , was very extensive : it is still celebrated for its lace manufactories . The theatre is spacious , well arranged , and , as far as we could judge by day - light , handsomely ...
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