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... me . For hours I sit amidst my friends , pen or book in hand . That group before me was pur- chased under particular circumstances , and not only recalls to mind pleasant days , but tells me C 2 ON BRIC - A - BRAC IN GENERAL . 19.
... me . For hours I sit amidst my friends , pen or book in hand . That group before me was pur- chased under particular circumstances , and not only recalls to mind pleasant days , but tells me C 2 ON BRIC - A - BRAC IN GENERAL . 19.
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Or, Chapters on Chinamania Herbert Byng Hall. only recalls to mind pleasant days , but tells me much of the history of the country whence it was obtained , and the era in which it was produced . Who will venture to say that the lips of a ...
Or, Chapters on Chinamania Herbert Byng Hall. only recalls to mind pleasant days , but tells me much of the history of the country whence it was obtained , and the era in which it was produced . Who will venture to say that the lips of a ...
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... pleasant to human nature to feel that you possess some work of art which is ad- mired by those who have full knowledge of its beauties ; but if this were all the merit of your researches , the reward would be light indeed . From the ...
... pleasant to human nature to feel that you possess some work of art which is ad- mired by those who have full knowledge of its beauties ; but if this were all the merit of your researches , the reward would be light indeed . From the ...
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... pleasant morning in the Persian Bazaar , which , by the way , is by some termed the Arms Bazaar . When , in my earliest boyhood , as I have already said , I was wont to fancy that all porcelain , of whatever kind , was the produce of ...
... pleasant morning in the Persian Bazaar , which , by the way , is by some termed the Arms Bazaar . When , in my earliest boyhood , as I have already said , I was wont to fancy that all porcelain , of whatever kind , was the produce of ...
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... pleasant and unfatiguing journey . Few , if any , are the railways in Europe by which one travels so smoothly or arrives with such punctuality as on the line be- tween Paris and Marseilles . We leave the former city at 8 p.m. ...
... pleasant and unfatiguing journey . Few , if any , are the railways in Europe by which one travels so smoothly or arrives with such punctuality as on the line be- tween Paris and Marseilles . We leave the former city at 8 p.m. ...
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