Western Wanderings: A Record of Travel in the Evening LandR. Bentley, 1874 - 364 pagina's |
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Pagina 22
... enormous mass of water pours with tremendous force . Till it reaches half - way down , the water seems to hang like a green curtain as it rolls over the cliff ; then , gradually break- ing , the mighty mƔss spreads out in foam and falls ...
... enormous mass of water pours with tremendous force . Till it reaches half - way down , the water seems to hang like a green curtain as it rolls over the cliff ; then , gradually break- ing , the mighty mƔss spreads out in foam and falls ...
Pagina 33
... enormous destruction of their property by fire . Nothing seems too bold or difficult for Chicago enterprise . A year or two ago it was thought that the business quarter of the city lay too low , and could not be properly drained ...
... enormous destruction of their property by fire . Nothing seems too bold or difficult for Chicago enterprise . A year or two ago it was thought that the business quarter of the city lay too low , and could not be properly drained ...
Pagina 34
... enormous new Pacific hotel seems as if it had been intended to accommodate all the people who visited the Vienna Exhibition , only had been built in the wrong place . I do not see how such a caravansary can be made to answer in a town ...
... enormous new Pacific hotel seems as if it had been intended to accommodate all the people who visited the Vienna Exhibition , only had been built in the wrong place . I do not see how such a caravansary can be made to answer in a town ...
Pagina 37
... respectable . ' ' Respectable ' life in America is very expensive . The rent for a respectable house is enormous ; for everything - business , living , hospitality -must be done on a large scale . There really CHICAGO TO OMAHA . 37.
... respectable . ' ' Respectable ' life in America is very expensive . The rent for a respectable house is enormous ; for everything - business , living , hospitality -must be done on a large scale . There really CHICAGO TO OMAHA . 37.
Pagina 58
... enormous in America . I believe pumpkin - pie is the least injurious of all pies , as it contains only half the poison of the double - crusted mince - pie . A light hand for pastry ' would be useless in making these pies ; a hand that ...
... enormous in America . I believe pumpkin - pie is the least injurious of all pies , as it contains only half the poison of the double - crusted mince - pie . A light hand for pastry ' would be useless in making these pies ; a hand that ...
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Western Wanderings: A Record of Travel in the Evening Land John Whetham Boddam-Whetham Volledige weergave - 1874 |
Western Wanderings: A Record of Travel in the Evening Land John Whetham Boddam-Whetham Volledige weergave - 1874 |
Western Wanderings: A Record of Travel in the Evening Land John Whetham Boddam-Whetham Volledige weergave - 1874 |
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