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... town every day , Midsie , in which each street has a canal for its next door neighbour , and you can't call on your friends over the way without singing , ' Over the water to Charlie . ' Come , children - dams , dykes , dolls , and all ...
... town every day , Midsie , in which each street has a canal for its next door neighbour , and you can't call on your friends over the way without singing , ' Over the water to Charlie . ' Come , children - dams , dykes , dolls , and all ...
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... towns , many little colonies of active clear - headed men planted themselves in convenient spots , for the purpose of trade and merchandize . Because their power was a power of peace , and not of war , I hold these men to be infinitely ...
... towns , many little colonies of active clear - headed men planted themselves in convenient spots , for the purpose of trade and merchandize . Because their power was a power of peace , and not of war , I hold these men to be infinitely ...
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... towns of the Rhine ; that Agrippina the mother of Nero ( my abomination ) , was born here in her father's camp ; that here Trajan was first called to the dignity of Roman emperor ; that it carries on a large trade ; that it has one of ...
... towns of the Rhine ; that Agrippina the mother of Nero ( my abomination ) , was born here in her father's camp ; that here Trajan was first called to the dignity of Roman emperor ; that it carries on a large trade ; that it has one of ...
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... town , than in all the fine buildings put together . First , the Cathedral . Picture to yourself , Edith , an im- mense mass of arches , columns , pinnacles , gothic windows , elaborate carvings and friezes , joined to what looks like a ...
... town , than in all the fine buildings put together . First , the Cathedral . Picture to yourself , Edith , an im- mense mass of arches , columns , pinnacles , gothic windows , elaborate carvings and friezes , joined to what looks like a ...
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... town , leaving Uncle John , Jess , and myself below . Whilst wandering up and down , a very harmless - looking man came up , bowed politely , and began to speak to us in very comical English . He called me " lady , " " Uncle John , " my ...
... town , leaving Uncle John , Jess , and myself below . Whilst wandering up and down , a very harmless - looking man came up , bowed politely , and began to speak to us in very comical English . He called me " lady , " " Uncle John , " my ...
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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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