Arthur Young's Travels in France During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789G. Bell and sons, 1906 - 366 pages |
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... miles of the marvellously placed little cathedral city of St. Claude , the all - puissant count - bishop , inheritor of the rich abbey and its seigneurial dependencies , had only just been compelled to enfranchise his forty thousand ...
... miles of the marvellously placed little cathedral city of St. Claude , the all - puissant count - bishop , inheritor of the rich abbey and its seigneurial dependencies , had only just been compelled to enfranchise his forty thousand ...
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... miles . The 17th . Nine hours rolling at anchor had so fatigued my mare , that I thought it necessary for her to rest one day ; but this morning I left Calais . For a few miles the country resembles parts of Norfolk and Suffolk ; gentle ...
... miles . The 17th . Nine hours rolling at anchor had so fatigued my mare , that I thought it necessary for her to rest one day ; but this morning I left Calais . For a few miles the country resembles parts of Norfolk and Suffolk ; gentle ...
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... miles . The 18th . The view of Boulogne from the other side , at the distance of a mile is a pleasing landscape ; the river meanders in the vale , and spreads in a fine reach under the town , just before it falls into the sea , which ...
... miles . The 18th . The view of Boulogne from the other side , at the distance of a mile is a pleasing landscape ; the river meanders in the vale , and spreads in a fine reach under the town , just before it falls into the sea , which ...
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... miles . The 21st . It is the same flat and unpleasing country to Flixcourt . - 15 miles . The 22d . Poverty and poor crops to Amiens ; women are now ploughing with a pair of horses to sow barley . The difference of the customs of the ...
... miles . The 21st . It is the same flat and unpleasing country to Flixcourt . - 15 miles . The 22d . Poverty and poor crops to Amiens ; women are now ploughing with a pair of horses to sow barley . The difference of the customs of the ...
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... miles . 2 The 23rd . To Breteuil the country is diversified , woods everywhere in sight the whole journey . - 21 miles . 3 The 24th . A flat and uninteresting chalky country continues about to Clermont , where it improves ; is hilly and ...
... miles . 2 The 23rd . To Breteuil the country is diversified , woods everywhere in sight the whole journey . - 21 miles . 3 The 24th . A flat and uninteresting chalky country continues about to Clermont , where it improves ; is hilly and ...
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