Hints to Travellers in Portugal, Etc1852 - 88 pages |
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... distances , but as affording an approxima- tion to accuracy , he will probably at the conclusion of his many wanderings be glad that his steps were by it directed to the all but matchless scenery of that physical Paradise ; and the word ...
... distances , but as affording an approxima- tion to accuracy , he will probably at the conclusion of his many wanderings be glad that his steps were by it directed to the all but matchless scenery of that physical Paradise ; and the word ...
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... distance which is short of two leagues is sometimes called a league . Places and things more or less deserving notice in Oporto : - The New Exchange . The British Factory - house . The Public Library . The Bishop's Palace . The Museum ...
... distance which is short of two leagues is sometimes called a league . Places and things more or less deserving notice in Oporto : - The New Exchange . The British Factory - house . The Public Library . The Bishop's Palace . The Museum ...
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... distance of a stone's throw from the Castle . Leça de Balio , and its church , once belonging to the Templars . Over five of the eight leagues to Braga there is a good road , and it is hoped that the entire journey may soon be made in a ...
... distance of a stone's throw from the Castle . Leça de Balio , and its church , once belonging to the Templars . Over five of the eight leagues to Braga there is a good road , and it is hoped that the entire journey may soon be made in a ...
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... distance from Bom Jesus ( over the moun- tain ) to Guimaraens is about three leagues ; and the inn should be left at such a time in the morn- ing , as that , within half an hour of his departure , the traveller may expect the clouds ...
... distance from Bom Jesus ( over the moun- tain ) to Guimaraens is about three leagues ; and the inn should be left at such a time in the morn- ing , as that , within half an hour of his departure , the traveller may expect the clouds ...
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... distance being 7 leagues , over five of which the traveller can go with great comfort , the road having been but lately made , and being yet in a good state of preserva- tion : most of the scenery is of a beautiful and striking ...
... distance being 7 leagues , over five of which the traveller can go with great comfort , the road having been but lately made , and being yet in a good state of preserva- tion : most of the scenery is of a beautiful and striking ...
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