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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Page 39
... thing was con- lucted . After the cloth was removed , the nost delicious wines were introduced , ( for which , by the way , we had to pay enormously nigh , ) and we drank with enthusiasm , the coasts which were proposed : you may easily ...
... thing was con- lucted . After the cloth was removed , the nost delicious wines were introduced , ( for which , by the way , we had to pay enormously nigh , ) and we drank with enthusiasm , the coasts which were proposed : you may easily ...
Page 45
... thing . I stopped at the Tavis- ock Hotel , Covent Garden , in order to wit- ess the Westminster elections to the best ad- antage . * Stand by , clear the way , and make room for he sublime exhibition of this wonderful me- ropolis ...
... thing . I stopped at the Tavis- ock Hotel , Covent Garden , in order to wit- ess the Westminster elections to the best ad- antage . * Stand by , clear the way , and make room for he sublime exhibition of this wonderful me- ropolis ...
Page 64
... thing pro or con , no matter which . But I had resolved never to meddle with resurrectioni- zing again , after the lesson I got in Baltimore ! The dissection rooms which I have visited in this place are kept in very bad order . The ...
... thing pro or con , no matter which . But I had resolved never to meddle with resurrectioni- zing again , after the lesson I got in Baltimore ! The dissection rooms which I have visited in this place are kept in very bad order . The ...
Page 73
... things , which they metamor- phose into very expensive dinners . When the rich man's steward comes " creeping like snail , " he must content himself with the ta- vern - keepers ' leavings - but he knows who has to pay for the contents ...
... things , which they metamor- phose into very expensive dinners . When the rich man's steward comes " creeping like snail , " he must content himself with the ta- vern - keepers ' leavings - but he knows who has to pay for the contents ...
Page 74
... thing that is young , stable and prosperous in France . Should such a struggle take place , and Bonaparte hap- pen to die in the course of it , young Napoleon might be whistled over from Austria and pla- ced on the throne , in the ...
... thing that is young , stable and prosperous in France . Should such a struggle take place , and Bonaparte hap- pen to die in the course of it , young Napoleon might be whistled over from Austria and pla- ced on the throne , in the ...
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