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Sketching rambles in Holland (1885)

Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905 · London, Macmillan · leaf 38

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as still smoking, if not burning, we got time to do a good bit. However, at last the prudent counsel of the porter seemed to prevail, and the machine finally meandered quietly off in the direction of the late fire, pushed and dragged by a very scratch company, and followed by the chattering crowd.… … THE DORDRECHT FIRE DEPARTMENT. The distant scream of the coming train warned us to the station, and we were soon on board again, well pleased with our three hours' experience. I think that one of us told the other the story of the Western man on a Mississippi steamer who got off at a " wood-up "…

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