An Autumn Tour in the United States and CanadaH. S. King & Company, 1873 - 180 páginas |
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... beautiful harbour of New York , anchored in the North River about 10 o'clock , and after some delay were carried off by the tender to the Custom House Wharf . A cursory and very civil inspection of baggage followed and consigning it all ...
... beautiful harbour of New York , anchored in the North River about 10 o'clock , and after some delay were carried off by the tender to the Custom House Wharf . A cursory and very civil inspection of baggage followed and consigning it all ...
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... beautiful in themselves and differing from anything I had yet seen ; I must also praise the scenery of Lakes George and Champlain as being far superior to any lake scenery in Europe - which they are not ; I must admire the prairies ...
... beautiful in themselves and differing from anything I had yet seen ; I must also praise the scenery of Lakes George and Champlain as being far superior to any lake scenery in Europe - which they are not ; I must admire the prairies ...
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... beautiful suburbs , though I could not admit that the Fifth Avenue quarter was as fine as Bel- gravia , or the city itself is as large as London or as handsome as Paris . But the town that I was always called upon to admire was Chicago ...
... beautiful suburbs , though I could not admit that the Fifth Avenue quarter was as fine as Bel- gravia , or the city itself is as large as London or as handsome as Paris . But the town that I was always called upon to admire was Chicago ...
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... beautiful , though inferior I think to the Scottish lakes from the absence of any high mountains in the immediate vicinity . A steamer carries ' you up the lake , and a short coach ride over an abominable road takes you to Ti landing on ...
... beautiful , though inferior I think to the Scottish lakes from the absence of any high mountains in the immediate vicinity . A steamer carries ' you up the lake , and a short coach ride over an abominable road takes you to Ti landing on ...
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... beautiful and appropriate work of the kind that I ever beheld . It came however from Munich , and though it owes its existence to American munificence , is not an example of American art . From Cincinnati , I journeyed to Spring- field ...
... beautiful and appropriate work of the kind that I ever beheld . It came however from Munich , and though it owes its existence to American munificence , is not an example of American art . From Cincinnati , I journeyed to Spring- field ...
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