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... lake , and plenty of its fish · 60 • 61 · 64 : · 66 10. To his MOTHER . Journey over the Alps to Turin . Singular accident in passing them . Method of travelling over mount Cenis 11. To Mr. WEST . Turin . Its carnival . More of the ...
... lake , and plenty of its fish · 60 • 61 · 64 : · 66 10. To his MOTHER . Journey over the Alps to Turin . Singular accident in passing them . Method of travelling over mount Cenis 11. To Mr. WEST . Turin . Its carnival . More of the ...
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... lake , Castle - Gondolfo . Prospect from the palace ; an observation of Mr. Walpole's on the views in that part of Italy . Latin inscriptions , ancient and modern • 888 306 • 92 22. To his MOTHER . Road to Naples . Beautiful situation ...
... lake , Castle - Gondolfo . Prospect from the palace ; an observation of Mr. Walpole's on the views in that part of Italy . Latin inscriptions , ancient and modern • 888 306 • 92 22. To his MOTHER . Road to Naples . Beautiful situation ...
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... lake , at one end of which the town is situated ; its extent ; the several states that bor- der upon it ; and all its pleasures , are too well known for me to mention them . We sailed upon it as far as the dominions of Geneva extend ...
... lake , at one end of which the town is situated ; its extent ; the several states that bor- der upon it ; and all its pleasures , are too well known for me to mention them . We sailed upon it as far as the dominions of Geneva extend ...
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... lake of unfathomable depth , from whence a river takes its rise , and tum- bles over monstrous rocks quite down the other side of the mountain . The descent is six miles more , but infinitely more steep than the going up ; and here the ...
... lake of unfathomable depth , from whence a river takes its rise , and tum- bles over monstrous rocks quite down the other side of the mountain . The descent is six miles more , but infinitely more steep than the going up ; and here the ...
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... lakes and your rivers in vast contempt . This is " The happy country where huge lemons grow , " as Waller says ; and I am sorry to think of leav- ing it in a week for Parma , although it be The happy country where huge cheeses grow ...
... lakes and your rivers in vast contempt . This is " The happy country where huge lemons grow , " as Waller says ; and I am sorry to think of leav- ing it in a week for Parma , although it be The happy country where huge cheeses grow ...
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