South American Sketches: Or, A Visit to Rio Janeiro, the Organ Mountains, La Plata, and the ParanàLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863 - 414 páginas |
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... reached St. Vincent , in the Cape Verde Islands , on the morning of the 21st . The island of St. Vincent would apparently be useless to the world , if it did not contain a harbour which is very convenient as a coaling station for ...
... reached St. Vincent , in the Cape Verde Islands , on the morning of the 21st . The island of St. Vincent would apparently be useless to the world , if it did not contain a harbour which is very convenient as a coaling station for ...
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... reached the Rua Direita , which is the finest street in the place , and turning to the left found our way up a hill with some barracks on the top , whence we had a general view of the harbour and a great part of the city . As we were in ...
... reached the Rua Direita , which is the finest street in the place , and turning to the left found our way up a hill with some barracks on the top , whence we had a general view of the harbour and a great part of the city . As we were in ...
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... lovely creepers and orchids , till we passed into the garden and reached the house , which , with open doors and windows , was cooling itself after the heat of the day . I had the pleasure of finding that Sir Stephen Lushington.
... lovely creepers and orchids , till we passed into the garden and reached the house , which , with open doors and windows , was cooling itself after the heat of the day . I had the pleasure of finding that Sir Stephen Lushington.
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... reached the Magdalena again , after having an excellent opportunity of seeing from the water the singular effect of the city illu- minated by countless gas - lights . The long line of beach is for several miles brilliant with them , for ...
... reached the Magdalena again , after having an excellent opportunity of seeing from the water the singular effect of the city illu- minated by countless gas - lights . The long line of beach is for several miles brilliant with them , for ...
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... to dinner on board the flag - ship . All honour , by the bye , to the midshipman of the day , who was one of the very , very select few who have reached the granite crown of 6 the Sugarloaf - an enterprise which ought at once to.
... to dinner on board the flag - ship . All honour , by the bye , to the midshipman of the day , who was one of the very , very select few who have reached the granite crown of 6 the Sugarloaf - an enterprise which ought at once to.
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