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... AND HIS SATELLITES XVIII . WHAT URANUS SAW - A TRUE CHILD STORY XIX . NEPTUNE AND HIS SATELLITE XX . WHAT NEPTUNE SAW - A SNAKE STORY XXI . GOOD - BYE PAGE ΙΟΙ 106 112 116 122 127 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . PAGE " I used to look X CONTENTS .
... AND HIS SATELLITES XVIII . WHAT URANUS SAW - A TRUE CHILD STORY XIX . NEPTUNE AND HIS SATELLITE XX . WHAT NEPTUNE SAW - A SNAKE STORY XXI . GOOD - BYE PAGE ΙΟΙ 106 112 116 122 127 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . PAGE " I used to look X CONTENTS .
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... true God , all the ancient gods and goddesses had to fly to other worlds , where they no longer found themselves immortal , except in name . There they died , leaving their names and attributes to the places of their refuge . As Mercury ...
... true God , all the ancient gods and goddesses had to fly to other worlds , where they no longer found themselves immortal , except in name . There they died , leaving their names and attributes to the places of their refuge . As Mercury ...
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... True emblem am I of the Divine Lamb who suffered neglect , and was denied all the loveli- ness and flowers of life , ' mourned he , and he wept very bitterly . " I was truly sorry for him , ' said Venus , ' for his wish to be decorated ...
... True emblem am I of the Divine Lamb who suffered neglect , and was denied all the loveli- ness and flowers of life , ' mourned he , and he wept very bitterly . " I was truly sorry for him , ' said Venus , ' for his wish to be decorated ...
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... true to his charge , so that , come what might , his dear ones at home should possess the pension that was so deservedly theirs , though won by the sacrifice of such a noble life ! " I call this pluck ! " said Mars , “ but , " he con ...
... true to his charge , so that , come what might , his dear ones at home should possess the pension that was so deservedly theirs , though won by the sacrifice of such a noble life ! " I call this pluck ! " said Mars , “ but , " he con ...
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... True it is , that your new inventions often greatly puzzle me , but I can't help admiring them in spite of all . I mean in the future , as my next subject of contemplation , to make an abstruse study of the fate of all pins , needles ...
... True it is , that your new inventions often greatly puzzle me , but I can't help admiring them in spite of all . I mean in the future , as my next subject of contemplation , to make an abstruse study of the fate of all pins , needles ...
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