Vacation Tourists and Notes of Travel in 1860 [1861], [1862-3]: I. Clark, W.G. Naples and Garibaldi. II. Spottiswoode, G.A. A tour in civil and military Croatia, and through part of Hungary. III. D., R. Slavonic races. IV. K., G.H. A gossip on a Sutherland hillside. V. Bowen C.C. A visit to Peru. VI. Cowell, J.J. Gralan Alps and Mount Iseran. VII. Stephen, Leslie. The Alleleinborn. VIII. Hawkins, F.V. Partial ascent of Mont-Cervin (Matterhorn) IX. Tyndall, John. From Lauterbrunnen to the Æggisch-horn by the Lauwinenthor in one day. X. Clark, J.W. Journal of a yacht voyage to the Faroe Islands and Iceland. XI. Tozer, H.F. Norway. XII. [Galton, Francis] A visit to the north of Spain at the time of the eclipse. XIII. Noel, R.B.W. Syrian travel, and Syrian tribesFrancis Galton Macmillan, 1861 - Voyages and travels |
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... late measures of the Ministry against the volunteers , and of Garibaldi's easy temper , and hope to proclaim first the Dic- tatorship of Garibaldi , and then the Republic in Southern Italy . The ultra - liberals are blind to facts and ...
... late measures of the Ministry against the volunteers , and of Garibaldi's easy temper , and hope to proclaim first the Dic- tatorship of Garibaldi , and then the Republic in Southern Italy . The ultra - liberals are blind to facts and ...
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... late reign , and could not fail to see that each atrocious detail communicated a thrill of sensation , rather agreeable than otherwise , to their auditors . We have evidence enough , from more trustworthy sources , of the cruelties ...
... late reign , and could not fail to see that each atrocious detail communicated a thrill of sensation , rather agreeable than otherwise , to their auditors . We have evidence enough , from more trustworthy sources , of the cruelties ...
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... late for the ten o'clock train , we engaged a large - wheeled single - horse vehicle , something like the now extinct English taxed cart , and in little more than two hours reached Sta . Maria . The road passes through Aversa , and lies ...
... late for the ten o'clock train , we engaged a large - wheeled single - horse vehicle , something like the now extinct English taxed cart , and in little more than two hours reached Sta . Maria . The road passes through Aversa , and lies ...
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... late King ruined its morale by introducing a system of promotion which has neither the advantages of the Austrian nor of the French system . The officers are not , as in the Austrian army , taken from the upper classes in society , and ...
... late King ruined its morale by introducing a system of promotion which has neither the advantages of the Austrian nor of the French system . The officers are not , as in the Austrian army , taken from the upper classes in society , and ...
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... late years , much occupied a certain school of political economists . It consists of an association of persons , occupying either one or adjoining dwellings ; taking their meals together ; holding and managing their property in common ...
... late years , much occupied a certain school of political economists . It consists of an association of persons , occupying either one or adjoining dwellings ; taking their meals together ; holding and managing their property in common ...
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