THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS.

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From the BRITANNIA.

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A lively description of impressions made upon a cultivated mind, during a rapid journey over countries that never cease to interest. The writer carried with him the intelligence and manners of a gentleman—the first a key to the acquisition of knowledge, and the last a means of obtaining access to the best sources of information.

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MEMOIRS OF HORACE WALPOLE

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