A Winter Pilgrimage: Being an Account of Travels Through Palestine, Italy, and the Island of Cyprus, Accomplished in the Year 1900, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1902 - 355 pages |
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... reaching Milan that night , at Lucerne we were informed that the St. Gothard was blocked by a train which had gone off the line . So in that beautiful but cold and expensive town we must remain for four- and - twenty hours . Once I ...
... reaching Milan that night , at Lucerne we were informed that the St. Gothard was blocked by a train which had gone off the line . So in that beautiful but cold and expensive town we must remain for four- and - twenty hours . Once I ...
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... reached Naples on our return from Syria my nephew went ashore to see a tradesman about some statuettes which we had purchased on our first visit , that did not appear to have reached their destinations . This he did against my advice ...
... reached Naples on our return from Syria my nephew went ashore to see a tradesman about some statuettes which we had purchased on our first visit , that did not appear to have reached their destinations . This he did against my advice ...
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... reached the companion and the deck . His tale was moving . It appears that he had been detained at the art - dealer's shop , and that the cabman who drove him to the quay , either by accident or very possibly on purpose , for one can ...
... reached the companion and the deck . His tale was moving . It appears that he had been detained at the art - dealer's shop , and that the cabman who drove him to the quay , either by accident or very possibly on purpose , for one can ...
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... reached the station , however , every Italian connected with the place was wide - awake and quite ready to receive the largesse of the noble foreigner . I think that I had to fee about ten men at that station , at least eight of them ...
... reached the station , however , every Italian connected with the place was wide - awake and quite ready to receive the largesse of the noble foreigner . I think that I had to fee about ten men at that station , at least eight of them ...
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... reached the Isis , a narrow , rakish - looking boat , found our cabin , and began to arrange things . While we were getting rid of the dust of our long journey I heard a voice outside , the voice of Cook , though strangely changed and ...
... reached the Isis , a narrow , rakish - looking boat , found our cabin , and began to arrange things . While we were getting rid of the dust of our long journey I heard a voice outside , the voice of Cook , though strangely changed and ...
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