Narrative of an expedition to the east coast of Greenland ... in search of the lost colonies, tr. by G.G. Macdougall1837 - 80 pages |
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... price ; so much so that it would be at once a profitable speculation , and an important service rendered these poor people , to send , about the month of June every year , a boat laden with such articles from Nennortalik to this place ...
... price ; so much so that it would be at once a profitable speculation , and an important service rendered these poor people , to send , about the month of June every year , a boat laden with such articles from Nennortalik to this place ...
Page 112
... price . But my proclamation failed to produce the desired result ; at least but very little of what I wanted was brought in , the people whom I had to deal with well knowing what it was to suffer want on this inhospitable shore , and ...
... price . But my proclamation failed to produce the desired result ; at least but very little of what I wanted was brought in , the people whom I had to deal with well knowing what it was to suffer want on this inhospitable shore , and ...
Page 121
... price . For expensive articles , such as tents , boats , & c . , credit is given . If the purchaser , however , happen to die before he has paid his debt , the creditor never makes any claim for payment of his family , though , in some ...
... price . For expensive articles , such as tents , boats , & c . , credit is given . If the purchaser , however , happen to die before he has paid his debt , the creditor never makes any claim for payment of his family , though , in some ...
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... Price 12s . 6d . , AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE on the DIFFERENTIAL and INTEGRAL CALCULUS . By the Rev. T. G. HALL , M.A. , Professor of Math . in King's College , London , and late Fellow and Tutor of Magdalen College , Cambridge . Price 7s ...
... Price 12s . 6d . , AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE on the DIFFERENTIAL and INTEGRAL CALCULUS . By the Rev. T. G. HALL , M.A. , Professor of Math . in King's College , London , and late Fellow and Tutor of Magdalen College , Cambridge . Price 7s ...
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... Price 8s . 6d . , THE CAMBRIDGE GREEK and ENGLISH TESTAMENT . The Greek , ( from the THIRD EDITION of STEPHENS , 1550 , ) and the English , from the Authorized Version , being given in Parallel Columns on the same Page . Quarto , 5s ...
... Price 8s . 6d . , THE CAMBRIDGE GREEK and ENGLISH TESTAMENT . The Greek , ( from the THIRD EDITION of STEPHENS , 1550 , ) and the English , from the Authorized Version , being given in Parallel Columns on the same Page . Quarto , 5s ...
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