Philp's Washington Described: A Complete View of the American Capital, and the District of Columbia; with Many Notices, Historical, Topographical and Scientific, of the Seat of GovernmentWilliam D'Arcy Haley Philp & Solomons, 1860 - Počet stran: 239 |
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... known , of all sizes , from the huge bull - frog , to the cricket - frog not larger than a blue - bottle fly , and very abundant in the slashes north of the city , where its singular note , resem- bling the sound of two pebbles struck ...
... known , of all sizes , from the huge bull - frog , to the cricket - frog not larger than a blue - bottle fly , and very abundant in the slashes north of the city , where its singular note , resem- bling the sound of two pebbles struck ...
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... known as Capitol Hill , was for- merly called Rome by its proprietor , whose name was Pope , and who fancied the title of Pope of Rome . From this circumstance , the inlet from the Potomac was at that time called the Tiber , but the ...
... known as Capitol Hill , was for- merly called Rome by its proprietor , whose name was Pope , and who fancied the title of Pope of Rome . From this circumstance , the inlet from the Potomac was at that time called the Tiber , but the ...
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... known cemetery in the District is called the Congressional Cemetery , because when a mem- ber of Congress or a Senator of the United States dies , his memory is perpetuated in this graveyard , by a monument erected at the public expense ...
... known cemetery in the District is called the Congressional Cemetery , because when a mem- ber of Congress or a Senator of the United States dies , his memory is perpetuated in this graveyard , by a monument erected at the public expense ...
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