Old Humphrey's Walks in London and Its NeighbourhoodReligious Tract Society, 1843 - 355 pages |
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... Gardens The National Gallery The Monument The Panoramas of Jerusalem and Thebes The Royal Adelaide Gallery , and the Polytechnic Institution Westminster Abbey • The Museum at the India House . The Colosseum The Model of Palestine , or ...
... Gardens The National Gallery The Monument The Panoramas of Jerusalem and Thebes The Royal Adelaide Gallery , and the Polytechnic Institution Westminster Abbey • The Museum at the India House . The Colosseum The Model of Palestine , or ...
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... , just long enough for the rolling din of mingled voices and varied languages to make me estimate more highly quietude and peace . I like , now and then , to peep at the Parks , and Kensington Gardens , B 2 CITY GRATIFICATIONS . 5.
... , just long enough for the rolling din of mingled voices and varied languages to make me estimate more highly quietude and peace . I like , now and then , to peep at the Parks , and Kensington Gardens , B 2 CITY GRATIFICATIONS . 5.
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... Gardens , and to fancy the different birds , beasts , and reptiles at liberty in the places they frequented before they were caught and caged : the white bear on his icebergs ; the wolf amid the northern snow ; the lion in the desert ...
... Gardens , and to fancy the different birds , beasts , and reptiles at liberty in the places they frequented before they were caught and caged : the white bear on his icebergs ; the wolf amid the northern snow ; the lion in the desert ...
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... gardens , to the skull of the Batta chief ; from the hieroglyphic brick of Babylon to the manuscript dreams of Tippo - Saib , though written in language that I cannot understand . I like to visit the Abbey of Westminster , and to give ...
... gardens , to the skull of the Batta chief ; from the hieroglyphic brick of Babylon to the manuscript dreams of Tippo - Saib , though written in language that I cannot understand . I like to visit the Abbey of Westminster , and to give ...
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... gardens . Not a vestige of these remains ; but the antiquarian visitor draws upon his memory , and revels in the know- ledge he has acquired from the dusty records of departed days . What glorious gifts are memory and imagina- tion ! By ...
... gardens . Not a vestige of these remains ; but the antiquarian visitor draws upon his memory , and revels in the know- ledge he has acquired from the dusty records of departed days . What glorious gifts are memory and imagina- tion ! By ...
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