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... . 119 XII . - EDWIN 127 XIII - THE MOSAIC .. .... 143 XIV . - THE SOUVENIR .. 156 XV . - CROSSING THE ALPS . XVL - JOHN AN AUTHOR .... XVII . VOYAGE TO GENEVA .... 171 183 197 CHAPTER XVIII . - RAILWAY TO PARIS .. XIX .
... . 119 XII . - EDWIN 127 XIII - THE MOSAIC .. .... 143 XIV . - THE SOUVENIR .. 156 XV . - CROSSING THE ALPS . XVL - JOHN AN AUTHOR .... XVII . VOYAGE TO GENEVA .... 171 183 197 CHAPTER XVIII . - RAILWAY TO PARIS .. XIX .
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... mosaics and other Roman curiosities , one half of the amount to be spent for John , in buying such things as he might desire to have on his return to America , either to keep for himself , as sou- venirs of Rome , or to give to any of ...
... mosaics and other Roman curiosities , one half of the amount to be spent for John , in buying such things as he might desire to have on his return to America , either to keep for himself , as sou- venirs of Rome , or to give to any of ...
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... mosaics and other jewelry ; and also with coins and medals , more or less genuine , and fragments of statues and statuettes , and other things suit- able for travellers to carry away as reminiscences of Rome . They came home at six o ...
... mosaics and other jewelry ; and also with coins and medals , more or less genuine , and fragments of statues and statuettes , and other things suit- able for travellers to carry away as reminiscences of Rome . They came home at six o ...
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... mosaic you can get for five dollars , and at Genoa a specimen or two of the filagree work that Genoa is so famous for . You may spend five dollars there too . And I wish that John , at Geneva , would buy me one of the little models of ...
... mosaic you can get for five dollars , and at Genoa a specimen or two of the filagree work that Genoa is so famous for . You may spend five dollars there too . And I wish that John , at Geneva , would buy me one of the little models of ...
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... mosaic and the filagrees , " said John , " and I will buy the model of Mt. Blanc and the mortar . " 66 Yes , " rejoined Florence . " But now about this other letter . " " It is from Mrs. Otis , " said John , " and we must open it ...
... mosaic and the filagrees , " said John , " and I will buy the model of Mt. Blanc and the mortar . " 66 Yes , " rejoined Florence . " But now about this other letter . " " It is from Mrs. Otis , " said John , " and we must open it ...
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