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The Sights of Washington: And Its Vicinity, and How to See Them, Complete Alphabetically Arranged Guide to All Places of Interest in and About ... How to Get There; Together With Time-Table - Paperback
FB &c Ltd
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Release Date
2/26/2018
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ISBN-13
9781331720492 | 978-1-331-72049-2
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ISBN
1331720494 | 1-331-72049-4
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Format
Paperback
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Excerpt from The Sights of Washington: And Its Vicinity, and How to See Them, Complete Alphabetically Arranged Guide to All Places of Interest in and About Washington City, Giving Brief Descriptions, Locations, Size and Cost, How to Get There. Together With Time-Tables of RailroadsTom Moore, the poet, then 25 years old, visited this city in 1804, and spent nearly a week with Mr. And Mrs. Merry, the family of his nation's minister. His ridicule of the Federal City was severe: Their embryo Capital, where fancy sees, Squares in the morasses, obelisks in trees. Which second-sighted seers, even now adore, With shrines unbuilt, and heroes yet unborn.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully. any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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