My Travels; Or, An Unsentimental Journey Through France, Switzerland, and Italy, Том 2Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1855 |
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... kind and affable to all , and nothing could surpass the urbanity of the Queen . The most fastidious could find no fault with his reception ; everything was con- ducted with exceeding good taste , with dignity , and decorum . His Majesty ...
... kind and affable to all , and nothing could surpass the urbanity of the Queen . The most fastidious could find no fault with his reception ; everything was con- ducted with exceeding good taste , with dignity , and decorum . His Majesty ...
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... kind of speak- ing trumpet , and roared out , Les gens de son Excellence Le Marquis de Lorenzo de l'Univers ; " the finest brodeuse of Paris could never have rivalled this . It was during the hour - and - a - half that I was employed in ...
... kind of speak- ing trumpet , and roared out , Les gens de son Excellence Le Marquis de Lorenzo de l'Univers ; " the finest brodeuse of Paris could never have rivalled this . It was during the hour - and - a - half that I was employed in ...
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... . The Neapolitans are a kind and a gentle people ; nor do I attribute this to what I was once told , " excessive idleness , and the fear of exertion . " The lower classes love the grateful " dolce far niente MY TRAVELS . 43 CHAPTER IV. ...
... . The Neapolitans are a kind and a gentle people ; nor do I attribute this to what I was once told , " excessive idleness , and the fear of exertion . " The lower classes love the grateful " dolce far niente MY TRAVELS . 43 CHAPTER IV. ...
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... who hates you , to do you that service . " , I went to a certain Marchesa , whose kind- ness was proverbial , whose hospitality un- bounded . She believed in the Evil Eye , and would not go near her ; nay , she implored 50 MY TRAVELS .
... who hates you , to do you that service . " , I went to a certain Marchesa , whose kind- ness was proverbial , whose hospitality un- bounded . She believed in the Evil Eye , and would not go near her ; nay , she implored 50 MY TRAVELS .
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... kind of light round her head , that I am afraid she will set fire to the bed ; at daylight she walks up the mantle - piece , puts the glass over herself , and makes herself com- fortable for the day . " " Jesu Maria ! " said the maid ...
... kind of light round her head , that I am afraid she will set fire to the bed ; at daylight she walks up the mantle - piece , puts the glass over herself , and makes herself com- fortable for the day . " " Jesu Maria ! " said the maid ...
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