The Stranger in France: Or, A Tour from Devonshire to Paris |
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... persons in our si- tuation , occurred to me all the way , viz . that the shores seemed to be too far distant from each other , and that had there been less water , the NETLEY ABBEY . scenery would have been more delightful ; Southampton.
... persons in our si- tuation , occurred to me all the way , viz . that the shores seemed to be too far distant from each other , and that had there been less water , the NETLEY ABBEY . scenery would have been more delightful ; Southampton.
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... gentleman , seemed to have forgotten their own comfortless situation , arising from so many persons being crowded in so small a space , for our numbers above and below amounted to 14 AGED FRENCH PRIEST . sixty . Upon inquiry ,
... gentleman , seemed to have forgotten their own comfortless situation , arising from so many persons being crowded in so small a space , for our numbers above and below amounted to 14 AGED FRENCH PRIEST . sixty . Upon inquiry ,
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... person whose 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 ...
... person whose 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 ...
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... 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 , wrapt up in our own great coats ...
... 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 , wrapt up in our own great coats ...
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... lane was made for them to pass into the town . The poor old clergy- man , who had survived the passage , was left on board , in the care of two benevolent persons , un- LANDING DESCRIBED . 19 til he could be safely and.
... lane was made for them to pass into the town . The poor old clergy- man , who had survived the passage , was left on board , in the care of two benevolent persons , un- LANDING DESCRIBED . 19 til he could be safely and.
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