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... tell all the boys at Queen Elizabeth's school that the Dutch , Belgian , German , and Swiss are just as good as our- selves . Certainly we cannot boast to them about fine build- ings , handsome churches , useful manufactures , and ...
... tell all the boys at Queen Elizabeth's school that the Dutch , Belgian , German , and Swiss are just as good as our- selves . Certainly we cannot boast to them about fine build- ings , handsome churches , useful manufactures , and ...
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... tell you what , Jack , " said papa , " that cake of Susan's will be the death of you if you go on like this . Hand me over your keys , and let me explain matters . You know how I can speak the language - they shan't get the better of me ...
... tell you what , Jack , " said papa , " that cake of Susan's will be the death of you if you go on like this . Hand me over your keys , and let me explain matters . You know how I can speak the language - they shan't get the better of me ...
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... tell their own history , such as Confluentia , now Coblentz , which was named from its situation at the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle ; Colonia Agrippa , Agrippa's colony , in these days Cologne ; Trajectum ad Mosam , Bridge over ...
... tell their own history , such as Confluentia , now Coblentz , which was named from its situation at the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle ; Colonia Agrippa , Agrippa's colony , in these days Cologne ; Trajectum ad Mosam , Bridge over ...
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... tell only the names of the half - mythical , half - human , ever fresh , ever delightful beings , who haunt the Rhine . Who grows tired of a good fairy - tale , or of a beautiful legend , or of a chivalric adventure ? And nothing would ...
... tell only the names of the half - mythical , half - human , ever fresh , ever delightful beings , who haunt the Rhine . Who grows tired of a good fairy - tale , or of a beautiful legend , or of a chivalric adventure ? And nothing would ...
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... tell you that we saw the shrine of the Three Kings , Gasper , Melchior , and Balthazar , who pre- sented gold , frankincense , and myrrh to the Infant Saviour . You must know that Barbarossa took possession of their skulls in the ...
... tell you that we saw the shrine of the Three Kings , Gasper , Melchior , and Balthazar , who pre- sented gold , frankincense , and myrrh to the Infant Saviour . You must know that Barbarossa took possession of their skulls in the ...
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ABSOLON admiration amused Andernach asked Auf wiedersehen baron beautiful beer Bonn boys bread brother carpet-bag castle Charlemagne cloth Coblentz coffee Cologne coloured cried dear delightful dinner dressed Eau de Cologne English Engravings eyes fairy fancy Fcap Frankfort Frau French friends Frontispiece garden gentlemen German giant gilt edges girls governess grand green hands happy HARRISON WEIR Harry hear heart Heidelberg hero Herr Hildegunde honour Hungry Hal Illustrations Jess Jugenheim kind knight lessons Lina live look Lurley Mentz merry Midsie morocco Neckar never Odenwald ourselves palace papa passed plain pleasant poor pretty Princess Pumpernickel Rhine rocks Roland Rüdesheim sausage Schloss silver Small 4to story Super Royal 16mo sure sweet table d'hôte tell thing THOMAS HOOD tiny towers town Uncle John village vineyards walk WEIR whilst wine women wonder young ladies
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Page 29 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave; nor did there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven : The roof was fretted gold.
Page 103 - And in at the windows, and in at the door, And through the walls, by thousands they pour, And down from the ceiling, and up through the floor, From the right and the left, from behind and before, From within and without, from above and below, And all at once to the bishop they go.
Page 79 - By Coblentz, on a rise of gentle ground, There is a small and simple pyramid, Crowning the summit of the verdant mound; Beneath its base are heroes...
Page 29 - True Stories from Ancient History, chronologically arranged from the Creation of the World to the Death of Charlemagne. Twelfth Edition.
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Page 173 - Who knows whether the best of men be known, or whether there be not more remarkable persons forgot, than any that stand remembered in the known account of time...
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Page 7 - Our Soldiers, or ANECDOTES OF THE CAMPAIGNS AND GALLANT DEEDS OF THE BRITISH ARMY DURING THE REIGN OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA. By WHG KINGSTON. With Frontispiece.