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  • '"If they live near here, very likely the Esplanade is their daily walk, and they will be passing back again in a few minutes," said my mother, entering into my fancy.

    "Carrots": Just a Little Boy 1882

  • Ben Carter, of Atlanta-based Ben Carter Properties LLC, says he has pushed back the start of construction on a large, open-air retail center near St. Augustine called Esplanade at St. Johns until next year, hoping the completed center will open when the housing market is again "in full swing."

    Residential Woes Kick Off Regional Slowdown 2008

  • We talked about a fire that is down at street called Esplanade and Broad, not terribly far from the French Quarter.

    CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2008 2008

  • Old Black Town, as already explained, extended from the northern wall of the Fort to what is now called the Esplanade

    The Story of Madras Glyn Barlow

  • Marina, and between it and the Esplanade are the Yacht Harbor and the lawns of the North Gardens.

    The Jewel City Ben Macomber

  • From the promenade called the Esplanade, planted with plane trees, is an excellent view of the picturesque valley of the

    The South of France—East Half C. B. Black

  • From the Bay, the dominating center of the Esplanade is the splendid

    The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful Achitectural Compositions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition Louis Christian Mullgardt

  • For the information of our visitors and strangers generally, we may explain that, a few years since, the western fortification wall between St. John's gate and the military exercising ground in past years, known as the Esplanade, was cut through to form a roadway communicating between the higher levels of the Upper Town and the St. Louis suburbs, now styled Montcalm Ward.

    Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present 1868

  • The island is connected to the mainland by a bridge, at the end of which is the fine open place called the Esplanade, extending from the west side of the bay, to the palace of the Lord High Commissioner on the east.

    Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

  • The DAP leader also said Penang has tried to broaden the space for freedom of speech by having the Speakers 'Square at the Esplanade, which is a tourist spot.

    mental jog 2010

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