A tramp abroad, by Mark Twain, Volume 2 |
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... fact all Europe , during this century . Seventy or eighty years ago Napoleon was the only man in Europe who could really be called a traveller ; he was the only man who had devoted his attention to it and taken a powerful interest in it ...
... fact all Europe , during this century . Seventy or eighty years ago Napoleon was the only man in Europe who could really be called a traveller ; he was the only man who had devoted his attention to it and taken a powerful interest in it ...
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... fact I do not rank it among my Works at all ; it is only a study ; it is hardly more than what one might call a sketch . Other artists have done me the grace to admire it ; but I am severe in my judg- ments of my own pictures , and this ...
... fact I do not rank it among my Works at all ; it is only a study ; it is hardly more than what one might call a sketch . Other artists have done me the grace to admire it ; but I am severe in my judg- ments of my own pictures , and this ...
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... fact that he was a courier . Then I⚫ moved on a few yards , and waited . The courier came presently and reported the price . I said to myself , ' It is a hundred francs too much , ' and so dismissed the matter from my mind . But in the ...
... fact that he was a courier . Then I⚫ moved on a few yards , and waited . The courier came presently and reported the price . I said to myself , ' It is a hundred francs too much , ' and so dismissed the matter from my mind . But in the ...
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... fact , for the distance down would be about the same , and it is pleasanter to slide than to bounce . I could not see how the peasants got up to that chalet - the region seemed too steep for anything but a balloon . As we strolled on ...
... fact , for the distance down would be about the same , and it is pleasanter to slide than to bounce . I could not see how the peasants got up to that chalet - the region seemed too steep for anything but a balloon . As we strolled on ...
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... fact . She was newly married , and was on her bridal tour . The young husband was riding a little in advance ; one guide was lead- ing the husband's horse , another was leading the bride's . The old man continued- ' The guide that was ...
... fact . She was newly married , and was on her bridal tour . The young husband was riding a little in advance ; one guide was lead- ing the husband's horse , another was leading the bride's . The old man continued- ' The guide that was ...
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