Descriptive Essays, Band 2J. Murray, 1857 |
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... seen half choked by the rope that is dragging them towards the Grotto del Cane , in order that one more good - humoured , ruddy - faced , inquisitive English family may see them forcibly suffocated in un- wholesome gas . From the ...
... seen half choked by the rope that is dragging them towards the Grotto del Cane , in order that one more good - humoured , ruddy - faced , inquisitive English family may see them forcibly suffocated in un- wholesome gas . From the ...
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... seen turned up for the faithless reception of new tenants , without feeling that the purification of our great cities , and a watchful search throughout the land we live in for every removable cause of disease , are services which ...
... seen turned up for the faithless reception of new tenants , without feeling that the purification of our great cities , and a watchful search throughout the land we live in for every removable cause of disease , are services which ...
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... seen a green coating of vegetable matter , about as thick as a blanket , and very appropriately called by the inhabitants " fever and ague , " writhing in folds before the prow . Even in the most salubrious of the new settlements ...
... seen a green coating of vegetable matter , about as thick as a blanket , and very appropriately called by the inhabitants " fever and ague , " writhing in folds before the prow . Even in the most salubrious of the new settlements ...
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... seen in any part of Great Britain . " Dr. Arnott , who perambulated the wynds of Glasgow , accompanied by Dr. Alison and Dr. Cowen , corroborates the above statement by details too offensive to be transcribed : suffice it to say , that ...
... seen in any part of Great Britain . " Dr. Arnott , who perambulated the wynds of Glasgow , accompanied by Dr. Alison and Dr. Cowen , corroborates the above statement by details too offensive to be transcribed : suffice it to say , that ...
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... seen to grow , and which for ages had been blown by the wind into a variety of fantastic forms , were one morning sud- denly attacked by a band of workmen , who with spades and shovels were seen busily scattering the sand about them in ...
... seen to grow , and which for ages had been blown by the wind into a variety of fantastic forms , were one morning sud- denly attacked by a band of workmen , who with spades and shovels were seen busily scattering the sand about them in ...
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Seite 55 - ... are, to say the least, as much within the proper jurisdiction of parliament as the most humane mode of sweeping chimneys, or the proper thickness of partywalls. The health of the nation being nearly synonymous with its wealth, it is evident that the labouring power of the British people is a machine which it is the duty as well as the interest of the State to protect.