A Tour Through Holland, Along the Right and Left Banks of the Rhine, to the South of Germany, in the Summer and Autumn of 1806 ...Phillips, 1807 - 301 páginas |
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... entered the river of a country which our Hudibrastic Butler thus peevishly describes : canvass . " A country that draws fifty foot of water , " In which men live as in the hold of nature ; " And when the sea does in upon them break ...
... entered the river of a country which our Hudibrastic Butler thus peevishly describes : canvass . " A country that draws fifty foot of water , " In which men live as in the hold of nature ; " And when the sea does in upon them break ...
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... entered Holland as victors , this . beautiful river , in a season remarkably rigorous , formed a compact road of ice for the infantry , cavalry , and artillery , of the invaders dreadful as the winter was , the French were in want of ...
... entered Holland as victors , this . beautiful river , in a season remarkably rigorous , formed a compact road of ice for the infantry , cavalry , and artillery , of the invaders dreadful as the winter was , the French were in want of ...
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... entered Rotterdam , they were quartered on the inhabitants , whose good opinion , I was well informed , they soon conciliated by their quiet con- duct , and orderly deportment . I afterwards received the same character of the French ...
... entered Rotterdam , they were quartered on the inhabitants , whose good opinion , I was well informed , they soon conciliated by their quiet con- duct , and orderly deportment . I afterwards received the same character of the French ...
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... entered , and were instantly shot by the son , who discharged both his pistols at once . Two other associates of the dead men immediately returned the fire , but without effect , when the intrepid and veteran stranger , taking immediate ...
... entered , and were instantly shot by the son , who discharged both his pistols at once . Two other associates of the dead men immediately returned the fire , but without effect , when the intrepid and veteran stranger , taking immediate ...
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... entered , a bottle of wine and glasses , and pipes and tobacco , were put before me , for which I paid a florin , and which is considered as the premium of admission . These miserable wretches were all prostitutes and pri- soners ...
... entered , a bottle of wine and glasses , and pipes and tobacco , were put before me , for which I paid a florin , and which is considered as the premium of admission . These miserable wretches were all prostitutes and pri- soners ...
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