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... woods on the river's banks and heights clothed in the gor- geous tints of that season is a spectacle of wonder- ful beauty . The vine - clad hills between Coblentz and Bingen , when seen at their best , cannot match the Hudson in its ...
... woods on the river's banks and heights clothed in the gor- geous tints of that season is a spectacle of wonder- ful beauty . The vine - clad hills between Coblentz and Bingen , when seen at their best , cannot match the Hudson in its ...
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... wood and partly of iron . The structure has a very unsubstantial appearance , and , as it creaks and sways while the train passes over it , the contingency of an unwelcome descent into the deep and rapid stream beneath is one which ...
... wood and partly of iron . The structure has a very unsubstantial appearance , and , as it creaks and sways while the train passes over it , the contingency of an unwelcome descent into the deep and rapid stream beneath is one which ...
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... wood , yet this does not render the enterprise the less extraordinary . Passing from statistics about the Union Pacific to an account of personal experience of the rail- way , let it be supposed that the forenoon train is about to start ...
... wood , yet this does not render the enterprise the less extraordinary . Passing from statistics about the Union Pacific to an account of personal experience of the rail- way , let it be supposed that the forenoon train is about to start ...
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... wooden bridges which appear so un- substantial , yet are said to be so strong . It is 650 feet long and 126 feet high . The trestle work of which it consists resembles the scaffolding erected for the purpose of painting the outside of a ...
... wooden bridges which appear so un- substantial , yet are said to be so strong . It is 650 feet long and 126 feet high . The trestle work of which it consists resembles the scaffolding erected for the purpose of painting the outside of a ...
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... wood is very scarce , and the carriage of coal would have been costly . However , the dis- covery of a coal - field at Carbon settled the fuel question at once and for ever . The quality of the coal is first - class , and the quantity ...
... wood is very scarce , and the carriage of coal would have been costly . However , the dis- covery of a coal - field at Carbon settled the fuel question at once and for ever . The quality of the coal is first - class , and the quantity ...
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