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... nearly every cardinal point , I took a long , lingering look at Portsmouth , with the sun bravely struggling to dispel the dark clouds in order to set clear , and then walked down to the ferry , which had just arrived , and in a few ...
... nearly every cardinal point , I took a long , lingering look at Portsmouth , with the sun bravely struggling to dispel the dark clouds in order to set clear , and then walked down to the ferry , which had just arrived , and in a few ...
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... nearly opposite ( just a little to the left ) , I scarcely could refrain from startling the pedestrians who were walking up and down the side - walk by exclaiming " Eureka ! " for there , standing in bold relief , I found the ATLANTIC ...
... nearly opposite ( just a little to the left ) , I scarcely could refrain from startling the pedestrians who were walking up and down the side - walk by exclaiming " Eureka ! " for there , standing in bold relief , I found the ATLANTIC ...
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... Stevens furniture building ; next , the Lowenburg block of fine stores , well built of brick , trimmed with marble , the upper floors nearly all occupied by the legal fraternity . This is followed by 30 NORFOLK ; THE MARINE METROPOLIS .
... Stevens furniture building ; next , the Lowenburg block of fine stores , well built of brick , trimmed with marble , the upper floors nearly all occupied by the legal fraternity . This is followed by 30 NORFOLK ; THE MARINE METROPOLIS .
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... nearly 1,400 , is a work of art throughout . The two circles are rich in relief work ; but the crowning glories of this amusement palace are the proscenium and the ceiling . The first is a scholarly blending of emblems appertain- ing to ...
... nearly 1,400 , is a work of art throughout . The two circles are rich in relief work ; but the crowning glories of this amusement palace are the proscenium and the ceiling . The first is a scholarly blending of emblems appertain- ing to ...
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... Nearly every house is substantially built of brick , with the various kinds of stone facings . All look comfortable , many give evi- dence of wealth , culture and refinement ; but none so remarkably differ in design or detail as to call ...
... Nearly every house is substantially built of brick , with the various kinds of stone facings . All look comfortable , many give evi- dence of wealth , culture and refinement ; but none so remarkably differ in design or detail as to call ...
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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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