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... trees , private residences , saw - mills , the old abandoned Marine Hospital , huge lumber piles , freight sheds , etc. , all in such a magnificent but pleasing confusion that one cannot help but think that they had once occupied ...
... trees , private residences , saw - mills , the old abandoned Marine Hospital , huge lumber piles , freight sheds , etc. , all in such a magnificent but pleasing confusion that one cannot help but think that they had once occupied ...
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... trees ; Which second - sighted seers even now adorn With shrines unbuilt and heroes yet unborn . " And that this same Tom Moore , Irish by birth but unlike the majority of Erin's sons , was so thoroughly wedded to the English ...
... trees ; Which second - sighted seers even now adorn With shrines unbuilt and heroes yet unborn . " And that this same Tom Moore , Irish by birth but unlike the majority of Erin's sons , was so thoroughly wedded to the English ...
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... trees of the Marine Park , back of the Naval Hospital , looked like a solid green wall , and , crowned by the fire of the setting sun , made a most impressive contrast of colors . A little further to the north we had a good view of the ...
... trees of the Marine Park , back of the Naval Hospital , looked like a solid green wall , and , crowned by the fire of the setting sun , made a most impressive contrast of colors . A little further to the north we had a good view of the ...
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... trees and shrubbery of the opposite shore , and my im- mediate surroundings were sufficiently mixed to interest the most fastidious . As I faced the noble expanse of water , I found to the left the great shed of the Baltimore Steam ...
... trees and shrubbery of the opposite shore , and my im- mediate surroundings were sufficiently mixed to interest the most fastidious . As I faced the noble expanse of water , I found to the left the great shed of the Baltimore Steam ...
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... trees , so perfectly blended , causes one to wonder how a space so flat could be made so picturesque . Nearly opposite the upper end of this church - yard stands the CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH , which is a large , massive - looking ...
... trees , so perfectly blended , causes one to wonder how a space so flat could be made so picturesque . Nearly opposite the upper end of this church - yard stands the CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH , which is a large , massive - looking ...
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