Norfolk, the Marine Metropolis of Virginia: And the Sound and River Cities of North Carolina : a Narrative |
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... citizens of Norfolk , upon a hasty perusal of this work , may think that I have been unnecessarily sarcastic at the expense of some of their buildings ; but I am satisfied all this will be dispelled when they deliberate and realize that ...
... citizens of Norfolk , upon a hasty perusal of this work , may think that I have been unnecessarily sarcastic at the expense of some of their buildings ; but I am satisfied all this will be dispelled when they deliberate and realize that ...
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... citizens of Portsmouth , Virginia , knew it . I say all unhesitatingly . The deaf and dumb knew it , for the train of the Seaboard road , bringing in the Tar- Heel mail , traverses the entire breadth of the city through its leading ...
... citizens of Portsmouth , Virginia , knew it . I say all unhesitatingly . The deaf and dumb knew it , for the train of the Seaboard road , bringing in the Tar- Heel mail , traverses the entire breadth of the city through its leading ...
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... citizens of Portsmouth accept it as a fact that six - ten P. M. and the train make their appearance simultaneously every day , except Sunday , when restless Time still jogs ahead , and the train , as if to give Portsmouth watches and ...
... citizens of Portsmouth accept it as a fact that six - ten P. M. and the train make their appearance simultaneously every day , except Sunday , when restless Time still jogs ahead , and the train , as if to give Portsmouth watches and ...
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... citizens were in ' mourning for the loss of relatives and friends who had been stricken by the death - dealing fever . But venom in place of sugar fell from the lips of the great bard ; in place of a ' tear for the dead and a word of ...
... citizens were in ' mourning for the loss of relatives and friends who had been stricken by the death - dealing fever . But venom in place of sugar fell from the lips of the great bard ; in place of a ' tear for the dead and a word of ...
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... citizens of the United States by the following uncomplimentary and undeserved couplets : " " Already in this free , this virtuous state , Which , Frenchmen tell us , was ordained by fate To show the world what high perfection springs ...
... citizens of the United States by the following uncomplimentary and undeserved couplets : " " Already in this free , this virtuous state , Which , Frenchmen tell us , was ordained by fate To show the world what high perfection springs ...
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Norfolk, the Marine Metropolis of Virginia - And the Sound and River Cities ... George I Nowitzky No preview available - 2010 |
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advertisement Agent Albemarle appearance architectural Atlantic attractive avenue Baltimore Bank street beautiful Bern Bros building Canal cemeteries centre Chesapeake Church street citizens of Norfolk Commerce street Company corner cotton court-house crossing CURRITUCK COUNTY Dealers Doric order Edenton Editor and Proprietor Elizabeth City erected Fearing street Free Mason Free Mason street freight front GATESVILLE give Granby street granite grounds handsome harbor Hotel interest iron Kinston Lambert's Point land leading business houses look magnificent Main street mansard Manufacturers marble Marine Market Square Middle street monuments Navigation neat Neuse Norfolk Southern Norfolk Southern Railroad North Carolina Nowitzky's ornamented Pamlico park Pasquotank passengers Perquimans county Portsmouth pretty railroad RALEIGH road Roanoke river solid sound and river South stands steam-boats steamer stone stranger stream structure substantial surroundings tion tower town trees Trent River Virginia walk walls Washington Water street weekly well-designed wharf wharves Wholesale and Retail
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Page 67 - Napoleon utter a more original truth than when he said, that there is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous...
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