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... side , with facings of petite polonaise and narrow insertions of pâté de foie gras backstitched to the mise - en - scène in the form of a jeu d'esprit . It gives to the wearer a singularly piquant and alluring aspect . One of these ...
... side , with facings of petite polonaise and narrow insertions of pâté de foie gras backstitched to the mise - en - scène in the form of a jeu d'esprit . It gives to the wearer a singularly piquant and alluring aspect . One of these ...
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... form of the Jungfrau rose cold and white into the clear sky , beyond a gateway in the nearer highlands . It reminded me , somehow , of one of those colossal billows which swell suddenly up be- About the Jungfrau . 5 side one's ship , at.
... form of the Jungfrau rose cold and white into the clear sky , beyond a gateway in the nearer highlands . It reminded me , somehow , of one of those colossal billows which swell suddenly up be- About the Jungfrau . 5 side one's ship , at.
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... side , which seems nearly down to the valley level - is really about seven thousand feet higher up in the air than the summit of the wooded rampart . It is the dis- tance that makes the deception . The wooded height is but four or five ...
... side , which seems nearly down to the valley level - is really about seven thousand feet higher up in the air than the summit of the wooded rampart . It is the dis- tance that makes the deception . The wooded height is but four or five ...
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... side of the lake of Brienz , and is illumi- nated every night with those gorgeous theatrical fires whose name I cannot call just at this moment . This was said to be a spectacle which the tourist ought by no means to miss . I was ...
... side of the lake of Brienz , and is illumi- nated every night with those gorgeous theatrical fires whose name I cannot call just at this moment . This was said to be a spectacle which the tourist ought by no means to miss . I was ...
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... side , there was no change in the programme . I carry in my memory yet the picture of that forward driver , on his knees on his high seat , resting his elbows on its back , and beaming down on his passengers , with happy eye , and ...
... side , there was no change in the programme . I carry in my memory yet the picture of that forward driver , on his knees on his high seat , resting his elbows on its back , and beaming down on his passengers , with happy eye , and ...
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