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... railways economise time and contract space , so far as the city toilers are concerned ; and even clerks and artisans ... railway system has brought quick locomotion within the reach of everybody accord- ing to their means . The " grand ...
... railways economise time and contract space , so far as the city toilers are concerned ; and even clerks and artisans ... railway system has brought quick locomotion within the reach of everybody accord- ing to their means . The " grand ...
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... railways gave the centripetal movement an immense impulse ; nor that , conse- quently , the natural and inevitable results have been largely to modify the national character . Cobbett , with his fixed opinions and in his forcible ...
... railways gave the centripetal movement an immense impulse ; nor that , conse- quently , the natural and inevitable results have been largely to modify the national character . Cobbett , with his fixed opinions and in his forcible ...
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... railways have taken the place of suburban omnibuses . There may still be gaps of inter- vening space where the rooks are cawing in the elms within the great walled solitudes of some venerable manor - house ; where quaint home- steads ...
... railways have taken the place of suburban omnibuses . There may still be gaps of inter- vening space where the rooks are cawing in the elms within the great walled solitudes of some venerable manor - house ; where quaint home- steads ...
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... railway - bridges , the Thames Embankment is one of the noblest promenades of Europe , although it will be finer still and infinitely more attractive should it ever be overshadowed by the foliage of its trees . It needs an effort of ...
... railway - bridges , the Thames Embankment is one of the noblest promenades of Europe , although it will be finer still and infinitely more attractive should it ever be overshadowed by the foliage of its trees . It needs an effort of ...
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... - most storeys , and paid eminently satisfactory dividends . Now there are vast caravanserais at each of the great railway stations except Water- loo . Depending for the most part on birds of The Loadstone of London . 43.
... - most storeys , and paid eminently satisfactory dividends . Now there are vast caravanserais at each of the great railway stations except Water- loo . Depending for the most part on birds of The Loadstone of London . 43.
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