Franklin's Letters to His Kinsfolk, Written During the Years 1818, '19 & '20, from Edinburgh, London, The Highlands of Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1J. Maxwell, 1822 - England |
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... clothes fell down in such a manner that decency would have been shocked , had it even been a spectacle of entertainment , instead of an execution . While they were adjusting his clothes , the unhappy man was left vibrating , upheld ...
... clothes fell down in such a manner that decency would have been shocked , had it even been a spectacle of entertainment , instead of an execution . While they were adjusting his clothes , the unhappy man was left vibrating , upheld ...
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... clothes soiled , as he was proceeding at night to a fash- ionable party : " Je marchai à tâtons dans la rue , et j'avais fait peut - être la moitié de mon chemin , lorsque d'une fenêtre on me coiffa d'une cassolette qui ne chatouillait ...
... clothes soiled , as he was proceeding at night to a fash- ionable party : " Je marchai à tâtons dans la rue , et j'avais fait peut - être la moitié de mon chemin , lorsque d'une fenêtre on me coiffa d'une cassolette qui ne chatouillait ...
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... clothes . The letters of introduction which I brought to Edinburgh , were not of so much service as I anticipated . The Scotch are so distant with strangers , that it is very hard to become enfant de la maison . You cannot visit a ...
... clothes . The letters of introduction which I brought to Edinburgh , were not of so much service as I anticipated . The Scotch are so distant with strangers , that it is very hard to become enfant de la maison . You cannot visit a ...
Page 46
... clothes and linen , or lights on the face ; the smoke from the houses prevents a satisfac tory view at a distance , and seems , when view- ed from an eminence , a great dark cloud at- tached to the earth . When the sun is bright in the ...
... clothes and linen , or lights on the face ; the smoke from the houses prevents a satisfac tory view at a distance , and seems , when view- ed from an eminence , a great dark cloud at- tached to the earth . When the sun is bright in the ...
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... clothes had been flung on her with a pitchfork ! Most of these fish - women come from the villages of New - haven and Fisherrow , from whence they arrive with their commodities at early dawn ; and after disposing of their fish , return ...
... clothes had been flung on her with a pitchfork ! Most of these fish - women come from the villages of New - haven and Fisherrow , from whence they arrive with their commodities at early dawn ; and after disposing of their fish , return ...
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