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... especially in the last half- century , it has been exercising an ever - increas- ing power of attraction on the entire population . of the islands . It need hardly be said that the construction of the railways gave the centripetal ...
... especially in the last half- century , it has been exercising an ever - increas- ing power of attraction on the entire population . of the islands . It need hardly be said that the construction of the railways gave the centripetal ...
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... especially if his connections be in no way distinguished , the more likely he is to give himself over to the social aspirations which can only be gratified in London . It is in London that he must seek the entry to the best society ...
... especially if his connections be in no way distinguished , the more likely he is to give himself over to the social aspirations which can only be gratified in London . It is in London that he must seek the entry to the best society ...
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... - life on board the old - fashioned paddles . For people who are not especially pressed for time , and who loved , so far 294683B as might be possible , to imagine themselves still on Sails , Paddles , and Screws . 99.
... - life on board the old - fashioned paddles . For people who are not especially pressed for time , and who loved , so far 294683B as might be possible , to imagine themselves still on Sails , Paddles , and Screws . 99.
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... especially to nervous travellers . In that voyage in the Britannia which Dickens has made memor- able , he tells picturesquely how " the planking had been torn sheer away " ; how " the Sails , Paddles , and Screws . 101.
... especially to nervous travellers . In that voyage in the Britannia which Dickens has made memor- able , he tells picturesquely how " the planking had been torn sheer away " ; how " the Sails , Paddles , and Screws . 101.
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... especially in the manufacturing mid- lands and in the northern counties . The play may be sometimes of the " rough and tumble kind ; at all events , it is less injurious to life than soaking spirits and beer and smoking coarse tobacco ...
... especially in the manufacturing mid- lands and in the northern counties . The play may be sometimes of the " rough and tumble kind ; at all events , it is less injurious to life than soaking spirits and beer and smoking coarse tobacco ...
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