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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... elegant - the hou- ses are all regular , and many of them magni- ficent ; the streets are spacious and extremely well paved , and the public squares would not disparage any city in the world . When I walk in the deep valley of the North ...
... elegant - the hou- ses are all regular , and many of them magni- ficent ; the streets are spacious and extremely well paved , and the public squares would not disparage any city in the world . When I walk in the deep valley of the North ...
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... elegance . The buildings are all new , constructed of a beautiful gray stone , and arranged with the utmost symme- try ... elegant in Scotland . This long street presents a delightful prospect when illuminated with gas at night . The ...
... elegance . The buildings are all new , constructed of a beautiful gray stone , and arranged with the utmost symme- try ... elegant in Scotland . This long street presents a delightful prospect when illuminated with gas at night . The ...
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... elegant source of amusement , the theatre ; the players are styled the " servants of Satan , ' and the stage a " seminary of vice and folly , ' the " temple of the father of lies , " & c . Every one knows the fuss which they made when ...
... elegant source of amusement , the theatre ; the players are styled the " servants of Satan , ' and the stage a " seminary of vice and folly , ' the " temple of the father of lies , " & c . Every one knows the fuss which they made when ...
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... elegant neigh- bourhood of the city . I went to this kirk last Sunday . After a great deal of trouble , I got into a pew ; but I was scarcely well seated , be- fore a tall , awkward fellow stalked in , with his wife I was obliged to ...
... elegant neigh- bourhood of the city . I went to this kirk last Sunday . After a great deal of trouble , I got into a pew ; but I was scarcely well seated , be- fore a tall , awkward fellow stalked in , with his wife I was obliged to ...
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... elegance ; but there are several obsti- nate adherents to the old school of fashion , who are attired in such an outlandish style , that it required a great effort to keep my risi ble muscles in order . Almost every one of them had a ...
... elegance ; but there are several obsti- nate adherents to the old school of fashion , who are attired in such an outlandish style , that it required a great effort to keep my risi ble muscles in order . Almost every one of them had a ...
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