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... establishment of baths , a market - place , and bazaar , was surrounded on three sides , at least , by streets ; and , for aught we know , excavations to the eastward will prove that it formed what the Romans called an insula . The ...
... establishment of baths , a market - place , and bazaar , was surrounded on three sides , at least , by streets ; and , for aught we know , excavations to the eastward will prove that it formed what the Romans called an insula . The ...
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... establishment pre- sided over by such a management . To start with , they propose a bill of fare which is as extravagant as that of Glasgow ( in the shape of meat , at least ) is meagre . Here it is : - Soups . - Meat soup , jullienne ...
... establishment pre- sided over by such a management . To start with , they propose a bill of fare which is as extravagant as that of Glasgow ( in the shape of meat , at least ) is meagre . Here it is : - Soups . - Meat soup , jullienne ...
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... establishment of perfectly ventilated reception - rooms for the dead , previous to interment . Those who have witnessed the arrangements in Munich , Frankfort , and other places abroad , for separating the lifeless clay from the living ...
... establishment of perfectly ventilated reception - rooms for the dead , previous to interment . Those who have witnessed the arrangements in Munich , Frankfort , and other places abroad , for separating the lifeless clay from the living ...
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... establishments have leapt into life , fully armed , like Minerva from the brain of Jupiter . They differ as much from the hotels of our forefathers as a railway - carriage differs from a stage- waggon . The traveller of the present day ...
... establishments have leapt into life , fully armed , like Minerva from the brain of Jupiter . They differ as much from the hotels of our forefathers as a railway - carriage differs from a stage- waggon . The traveller of the present day ...
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... establishment are to be found the usual offices , but so magnified in their dimensions as to be scarce recognizable . For instance , here is the den of " Boots ; " but this renowned indivi- dual , like our Lord High Admiral , has been ...
... establishment are to be found the usual offices , but so magnified in their dimensions as to be scarce recognizable . For instance , here is the den of " Boots ; " but this renowned indivi- dual , like our Lord High Admiral , has been ...
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