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... fact which gave such a charm to the Sketch - Book of Washington Irving , and caused the Letters of Prince Pückler Muscau to be read with such avidity . As I wish to introduce my readers to Germany exactly in the manner in which I was ...
... fact which gave such a charm to the Sketch - Book of Washington Irving , and caused the Letters of Prince Pückler Muscau to be read with such avidity . As I wish to introduce my readers to Germany exactly in the manner in which I was ...
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... fact , what we call country life in England is here unknown . For ourselves , we became at once struck with this as we drove over the plain from Mannheim to Heidelberg . There is no part of Germany where the open plains are more richly ...
... fact , what we call country life in England is here unknown . For ourselves , we became at once struck with this as we drove over the plain from Mannheim to Heidelberg . There is no part of Germany where the open plains are more richly ...
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... fact , in this country , whether of wagons , eilwagons , coaches , omnibuses , stage - wagons , or of the indescribable variety of odd vehicles that you see , keep up an eternal smoking and cracking of whips . The postillion with his ...
... fact , in this country , whether of wagons , eilwagons , coaches , omnibuses , stage - wagons , or of the indescribable variety of odd vehicles that you see , keep up an eternal smoking and cracking of whips . The postillion with his ...
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... fact , they are the great gossiping places of the village . Accordingly Goethe , the great painter of German life , brings Gretchen , in his " Faust , " there in her trouble and impending disgrace , and makes her hear news which strikes ...
... fact , they are the great gossiping places of the village . Accordingly Goethe , the great painter of German life , brings Gretchen , in his " Faust , " there in her trouble and impending disgrace , and makes her hear news which strikes ...
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... fact : Sybilla told it me to - day . She's played the fool herself at last- And so end all her fine and lady airs ! These streams are also made to turn mills , whose large wheels were revolving in the street . Both women and men were ...
... fact : Sybilla told it me to - day . She's played the fool herself at last- And so end all her fine and lady airs ! These streams are also made to turn mills , whose large wheels were revolving in the street . Both women and men were ...
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