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Along the side on which we glided onwards , the cliffs of dark red stone are bold and majestic , formed into ... along the coast at the base of ro- mantic rocks and then the next moment plunging into utter darkness , was very singular .
Along the side on which we glided onwards , the cliffs of dark red stone are bold and majestic , formed into ... along the coast at the base of ro- mantic rocks and then the next moment plunging into utter darkness , was very singular .
Page 102
As I left the church the sun was just setting with a golden haze over the spires , domes , and palaces below . A single palm - tree rose out of the opposite wall , its dark leaves , black with shadow , spreading in the glorious radiance ...
As I left the church the sun was just setting with a golden haze over the spires , domes , and palaces below . A single palm - tree rose out of the opposite wall , its dark leaves , black with shadow , spreading in the glorious radiance ...
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By the time we reached Polperro we were intensely tired , and I retreated to bed , glad to lie down in the dark and have nothing more to gaze at , so exhausted did I feel .
By the time we reached Polperro we were intensely tired , and I retreated to bed , glad to lie down in the dark and have nothing more to gaze at , so exhausted did I feel .
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Contents
THE SITES OF THE DOOMED CITIES | 1 |
HER MAJESTYS OPPOSITION BY DOCTOR PINCH | 18 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY OR ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE MANNERS AND CUS | 33 |
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