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... seemed to have become babies again , being rocked by our mammas good deal more than was pleasant . The first person to make any outward demonstration of his feelings was a German merchant , who , with a comic expression of reluctance at ...
... seemed to have become babies again , being rocked by our mammas good deal more than was pleasant . The first person to make any outward demonstration of his feelings was a German merchant , who , with a comic expression of reluctance at ...
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... seemed rather anxious to keep near the edge of the vessel , he still continued to avow his good state of health . The night was dismal enough , and I certainly began to think that after all , travelling was not so delightful as re ...
... seemed rather anxious to keep near the edge of the vessel , he still continued to avow his good state of health . The night was dismal enough , and I certainly began to think that after all , travelling was not so delightful as re ...
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... seemed to fancy that it was a state crime to carry British - made cake abroad ; whatever papa or Mil could say was of no avail : there was no peace in poor Uncle John's bosom till the cake had been eaten . All the ladies were no less ...
... seemed to fancy that it was a state crime to carry British - made cake abroad ; whatever papa or Mil could say was of no avail : there was no peace in poor Uncle John's bosom till the cake had been eaten . All the ladies were no less ...
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... seemed very short between Düsseldorf and Cologne . We had a real German meal in the Bellevue Hotel - veal cutlets , uncooked ham , sweet rolls , coffee , and Rhine wine , with large dinner napkins and an elegant waiter , who stood ...
... seemed very short between Düsseldorf and Cologne . We had a real German meal in the Bellevue Hotel - veal cutlets , uncooked ham , sweet rolls , coffee , and Rhine wine , with large dinner napkins and an elegant waiter , who stood ...
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... seemed so strange to sit down to dinner with thirty or forty strangers , and I was made shyer still by an old German officer who immediately began talking He was very pleasant , however , and after a little I enjoyed it very much . We ...
... seemed so strange to sit down to dinner with thirty or forty strangers , and I was made shyer still by an old German officer who immediately began talking He was very pleasant , however , and after a little I enjoyed it very much . We ...
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