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... Town 136 · Portsmouth and its Dockyard . 86 St. Stephen's Chapel , Destruc- tion of 489 At Peel 324 · Prejudice 272 Stories : Dahlias 300 Prisoners in Iron Cages 129 · Public Schools , Teaching 514 · Purvey's Bible 374 RAMPARTS OF PARIS ...
... Town 136 · Portsmouth and its Dockyard . 86 St. Stephen's Chapel , Destruc- tion of 489 At Peel 324 · Prejudice 272 Stories : Dahlias 300 Prisoners in Iron Cages 129 · Public Schools , Teaching 514 · Purvey's Bible 374 RAMPARTS OF PARIS ...
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... town was then fortified , and was taken , pillaged , and burnt by our English ancestors , in the wars of our Edward the Third ; setting a barbarous example to the warriors of a later day , which they only too faithfully followed . The ...
... town was then fortified , and was taken , pillaged , and burnt by our English ancestors , in the wars of our Edward the Third ; setting a barbarous example to the warriors of a later day , which they only too faithfully followed . The ...
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... town . Pleasant Saint Cloud was given to the flames ; hardly a roof was left standing . And now there is little to link the town with the past , except the memory of what it has suffered . But the grounds of Saint Cloud are still ...
... town . Pleasant Saint Cloud was given to the flames ; hardly a roof was left standing . And now there is little to link the town with the past , except the memory of what it has suffered . But the grounds of Saint Cloud are still ...
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... town placed upon a charming wooded hill , sur- rounded by Parisian villas and elegant pavilions . And here was the site of another famous château , famous at least in the memoirs of the eighteenth century , which had once belonged to ...
... town placed upon a charming wooded hill , sur- rounded by Parisian villas and elegant pavilions . And here was the site of another famous château , famous at least in the memoirs of the eighteenth century , which had once belonged to ...
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... town ; but to him the scene would be wanting in so much that made up the beauty of his own home landscape . The sun shines bright in France , And fair sets he ; But he has tint the blink he has In mine ain countree . Sad and gloomy ...
... town ; but to him the scene would be wanting in so much that made up the beauty of his own home landscape . The sun shines bright in France , And fair sets he ; But he has tint the blink he has In mine ain countree . Sad and gloomy ...
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