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... villages were all neat , and the peasantry as smart as new pennies , even to crinolines - that the cattle were all black and white , and sleek , and far too consequential to look up at us . When we had crossed the Prussian frontier ...
... villages were all neat , and the peasantry as smart as new pennies , even to crinolines - that the cattle were all black and white , and sleek , and far too consequential to look up at us . When we had crossed the Prussian frontier ...
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... villages , bearing eggs and fruit on their heads , which they arranged under green , red , and blue umbrellas by way of tents . The men looked on lazily and offered no help . By seven o'clock everything was in apple - pie order ; tin ...
... villages , bearing eggs and fruit on their heads , which they arranged under green , red , and blue umbrellas by way of tents . The men looked on lazily and offered no help . By seven o'clock everything was in apple - pie order ; tin ...
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... village in the world , all surrounded by corn and colza fields , and with a church in the midst exactly the shape of a pair of snuffers standing upright . Evidently the village was keeping holiday , for tables and benches were spread ...
... village in the world , all surrounded by corn and colza fields , and with a church in the midst exactly the shape of a pair of snuffers standing upright . Evidently the village was keeping holiday , for tables and benches were spread ...
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... other river I ever saw ; and I don't wonder at people making so much ado about it . Whenever we pass a village , a tiny bell rings , and the steamer is drawn close to the banks , that passengers 42 SCENES AND STORIES OF THE RHINE .
... other river I ever saw ; and I don't wonder at people making so much ado about it . Whenever we pass a village , a tiny bell rings , and the steamer is drawn close to the banks , that passengers 42 SCENES AND STORIES OF THE RHINE .
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... village , where we no sooner made our appearance than crowds of bare - legged girls and boys surrounded us with donkeys . " Come , young folks , mount your steeds , " said brother Harry , jumping on to the first animal at hand and ...
... village , where we no sooner made our appearance than crowds of bare - legged girls and boys surrounded us with donkeys . " Come , young folks , mount your steeds , " said brother Harry , jumping on to the first animal at hand and ...
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