A Boy's Voyage Round the World: Including a Residence in Victoria, and a Journey by Rail Across North AmericaSamuel Smiles John Murray, 1871 - 304 páginas |
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... hills of Dartmoor , variegated with many hues , and swept with alternations of light and shade - all these presented a picture the like of which I had never before seen , and feel myself quite incompetent to describe . As we had to wait ...
... hills of Dartmoor , variegated with many hues , and swept with alternations of light and shade - all these presented a picture the like of which I had never before seen , and feel myself quite incompetent to describe . As we had to wait ...
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... hills , there sprang up the welcome evening breeze , which again filled our canvas , and the wavelets licked the ship's sides as she yielded to the wind , and at last sped us on to Port Phillip . At midnight we are in sight of the light ...
... hills , there sprang up the welcome evening breeze , which again filled our canvas , and the wavelets licked the ship's sides as she yielded to the wind , and at last sped us on to Port Phillip . At midnight we are in sight of the light ...
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... hills come in sight ; and toward the north an undulating region is descried stretching round the Bay inland . We now near the northern shore , and begin to perceive houses , and ships , and spires . The port of Williamstown comes in ...
... hills come in sight ; and toward the north an undulating region is descried stretching round the Bay inland . We now near the northern shore , and begin to perceive houses , and ships , and spires . The port of Williamstown comes in ...
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... hill on the other side , is very striking . This grand street , of great width , is probably not less than a mile long . On either side are the princi- pal bank buildings , tall and handsome . Just a little way up the hill , on the ...
... hill on the other side , is very striking . This grand street , of great width , is probably not less than a mile long . On either side are the princi- pal bank buildings , tall and handsome . Just a little way up the hill , on the ...
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... Hill . The esplanade along the beach is a fine promenade , and the bathing along shore is exceedingly good . There are large inclosures for the bathers , sur- rounded by wooden piles ; above the inclosure , raised high on platforms ...
... Hill . The esplanade along the beach is a fine promenade , and the bathing along shore is exceedingly good . There are large inclosures for the bathers , sur- rounded by wooden piles ; above the inclosure , raised high on platforms ...
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