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... pretty little park , as well as the Virginia Beach station ; in fact , it loses itself among a most remarkable blending of sound and scene- the shrill whistles of the locomotives of three railroad lines ; the light , rattling sound of ...
... pretty little park , as well as the Virginia Beach station ; in fact , it loses itself among a most remarkable blending of sound and scene- the shrill whistles of the locomotives of three railroad lines ; the light , rattling sound of ...
Page 42
... pretty flower - plats , fountains , ponds and shady bowers , and then walked upstairs into the main or entrance building and found a well - arranged spacious hall , particularly adapted for musical entertain- ments , I could not help ...
... pretty flower - plats , fountains , ponds and shady bowers , and then walked upstairs into the main or entrance building and found a well - arranged spacious hall , particularly adapted for musical entertain- ments , I could not help ...
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... pretty lawn ornamented with a large - sized fountain . From here I extended my walk to BANK STREET . The lower part contains a number of well - stocked retail stores , while the upper is lined with substantial dwell- ings , the majority ...
... pretty lawn ornamented with a large - sized fountain . From here I extended my walk to BANK STREET . The lower part contains a number of well - stocked retail stores , while the upper is lined with substantial dwell- ings , the majority ...
Page 66
... pretty thoroughly scattered , many on streets not mentioned in this chapter , that if any street deserves the definite article as to being the most fashionable and containing the handsomest resi- dences and other structures not erected ...
... pretty thoroughly scattered , many on streets not mentioned in this chapter , that if any street deserves the definite article as to being the most fashionable and containing the handsomest resi- dences and other structures not erected ...
Page 71
... pretty yard shows that the proprietor's taste runs towards nature as well as art . No. 70 , now in process of construction , promises to be , when completed , the handsomest residence in the city ; it is to be entirely of Seneca ...
... pretty yard shows that the proprietor's taste runs towards nature as well as art . No. 70 , now in process of construction , promises to be , when completed , the handsomest residence in the city ; it is to be entirely of Seneca ...
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