[Mansfield, Milburg Francisco], 1871- [from old catalog] · Boston, L. C. Page and company · leaf 116
longest. For in-stance, there was a time when all the clocksof the city were an hour behind those oftheir neighbours. In 1778, however, theSwiss government decreed that on the firstof the following January all the clocks ofthe city must be regulated by solar time.The innovation excited the… … B^LE. The most magnificent of the Swisswomen, says a gallant French writer, arethose of Basel, but they know too much (atall times and all places), he continued, some-what dulling the effect of his praises. 85 Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine They have an elegance of carriage anddress, which,…
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