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... four o'clock at the table d'hôte , in a room capable of holding about four hundred . We sat next to the landlord , who carved at one of the long tables . The dinner was remarkably well cooked in the French style , but 12 FIRST IMPRESSIONS ...
... four o'clock at the table d'hôte , in a room capable of holding about four hundred . We sat next to the landlord , who carved at one of the long tables . The dinner was remarkably well cooked in the French style , but 12 FIRST IMPRESSIONS ...
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... in the streets , and the people eat them as they walk along . The great luxury of the place is ice , which travels about the streets in carts , the blocks being three or The The We four feet thick , and a glass of THE NEW WORLD . 15.
... in the streets , and the people eat them as they walk along . The great luxury of the place is ice , which travels about the streets in carts , the blocks being three or The The We four feet thick , and a glass of THE NEW WORLD . 15.
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... four ormolu lustres , each having eight large globe lights . We paced the length of the cabin and made it 115 paces , so that walking nine times up and down made a nice walk of a mile . The engine of the steamboat in America . rises far ...
... four ormolu lustres , each having eight large globe lights . We paced the length of the cabin and made it 115 paces , so that walking nine times up and down made a nice walk of a mile . The engine of the steamboat in America . rises far ...
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... four tiers , forming the sides of the cabin , which was at least fourteen feet high ; and as these partook of the curve of the vessel , the line of berths did the same , so as There were not to be quite one over the other 18 FIRST ...
... four tiers , forming the sides of the cabin , which was at least fourteen feet high ; and as these partook of the curve of the vessel , the line of berths did the same , so as There were not to be quite one over the other 18 FIRST ...
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... four miles an hour , and remember this was not a high - pressure engine . After proceeding through this narrow channel for about 120 miles , we again entered the Atlantic , but speedily reached the narrow inlet which extends up to this ...
... four miles an hour , and remember this was not a high - pressure engine . After proceeding through this narrow channel for about 120 miles , we again entered the Atlantic , but speedily reached the narrow inlet which extends up to this ...
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