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... sides , and at a time also when our hunger makes us all somewhat ferocious . " On landing , all were alike struck by the shabby and dirty appearance of the quay ; and as they advanced their hearing was be- wildered by the screaming of ...
... sides , and at a time also when our hunger makes us all somewhat ferocious . " On landing , all were alike struck by the shabby and dirty appearance of the quay ; and as they advanced their hearing was be- wildered by the screaming of ...
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... side of her own seat in the middle of the table . They had ex- cellent soup , various meats dressed in various ways , two kinds of fish , the product of the Seine , entremets , in which sugar and milk were the constituents , and plenty ...
... side of her own seat in the middle of the table . They had ex- cellent soup , various meats dressed in various ways , two kinds of fish , the product of the Seine , entremets , in which sugar and milk were the constituents , and plenty ...
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... side of the palace ; the im- provements projected , and which M. Borghers described , accounted for all they saw . After a visit to a restaurateur's , they pro- cured another citadine and a cabriolet , hav- ing agreed to postpone seeing ...
... side of the palace ; the im- provements projected , and which M. Borghers described , accounted for all they saw . After a visit to a restaurateur's , they pro- cured another citadine and a cabriolet , hav- ing agreed to postpone seeing ...
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... side , till Mr. Egerton interrupted them by causing the young peo- ple to observe that the pavilions attached to the palace on this side , had a heavy and some- what incongruous effect . He also blamed those who had objected to the ...
... side , till Mr. Egerton interrupted them by causing the young peo- ple to observe that the pavilions attached to the palace on this side , had a heavy and some- what incongruous effect . He also blamed those who had objected to the ...
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... sides are uniform ; and on the ground - floor is a continued covered gallery . The column before you is one hundred and fifty - six feet high , and covered entirely with . brass furnished by the artillery which Buona- parte took from ...
... sides are uniform ; and on the ground - floor is a continued covered gallery . The column before you is one hundred and fifty - six feet high , and covered entirely with . brass furnished by the artillery which Buona- parte took from ...
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