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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... story was written there , in those upturned tearful eyes , those clasped and trem- bling hands upon which even in that half light the blue veins showed , and on the worn features so purified by time , loss , and sorrow that no beauty of ...
... story was written there , in those upturned tearful eyes , those clasped and trem- bling hands upon which even in that half light the blue veins showed , and on the worn features so purified by time , loss , and sorrow that no beauty of ...
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... story . These hills and plains have borne the yoke of man almost from the beginning , and yet how faint its scar ! The scratches which we make on Nature's face are very shallow and soon heal . That there is nothing permanent about man ...
... story . These hills and plains have borne the yoke of man almost from the beginning , and yet how faint its scar ! The scratches which we make on Nature's face are very shallow and soon heal . That there is nothing permanent about man ...
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... stories . Were those Arcadian tales written and published in this year of grace almost might they earn their author six weeks in gaol and the opportunity of posing as a martyr to the zeal of Puritans . As it is they are classics ...
... stories . Were those Arcadian tales written and published in this year of grace almost might they earn their author six weeks in gaol and the opportunity of posing as a martyr to the zeal of Puritans . As it is they are classics ...
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... story . When we 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 ...
... story . When we 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 ...
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... story is quite true , but it may be only a local satire upon the kindly providence of a patriarchal Government . It is right to add , however , that there is not the slightest need for a traveller of the ordinary stamp to carry any ...
... story is quite true , but it may be only a local satire upon the kindly providence of a patriarchal Government . It is right to add , however , that there is not the slightest need for a traveller of the ordinary stamp to carry any ...
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