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... whole city has a scattered and incongru- ous effect — an incomprehensible remoteness about it , as if one might continually wander about without finding the centre . Some parts , of course , are better than oth- ers ; some streets are ...
... whole city has a scattered and incongru- ous effect — an incomprehensible remoteness about it , as if one might continually wander about without finding the centre . Some parts , of course , are better than oth- ers ; some streets are ...
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... whole pile forming an immense oblong square so grand , so massive , so wonderfully rich and varied in its details , that the imagination is lost in a colossal wilderness of architectural beauties . Standing in the open plozchad , we may ...
... whole pile forming an immense oblong square so grand , so massive , so wonderfully rich and varied in its details , that the imagination is lost in a colossal wilderness of architectural beauties . Standing in the open plozchad , we may ...
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... whole subject over and over again , without the slightest probability of an equitable conclusion . At length my interpreter said , " Perhaps , sir , you had bet- ter pay it . The man says you kept him running about for over two hours ...
... whole subject over and over again , without the slightest probability of an equitable conclusion . At length my interpreter said , " Perhaps , sir , you had bet- ter pay it . The man says you kept him running about for over two hours ...
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... whole business of running the line , keeping the cars and track in repair , working the machine - shops , etc. , embracing all the practical details of the operative de- partment , is let out by contract to an American compa- ny , while ...
... whole business of running the line , keeping the cars and track in repair , working the machine - shops , etc. , embracing all the practical details of the operative de- partment , is let out by contract to an American compa- ny , while ...
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... whole legions of officers , elegantly - dressed ladies , and a rabble of miscellaneous second and third class passengers like myself , puffing , blowing , eating , drinking , sweating , and toiling , as if their very existence depended ...
... whole legions of officers , elegantly - dressed ladies , and a rabble of miscellaneous second and third class passengers like myself , puffing , blowing , eating , drinking , sweating , and toiling , as if their very existence depended ...
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