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... is coarse and brown , and very porous . Two boards , about eighteen inches long and eleven broad , we got the carpenter to make for us very smoothly , and between them we put about a dozen sheets of the blotting - paper .
... is coarse and brown , and very porous . Two boards , about eighteen inches long and eleven broad , we got the carpenter to make for us very smoothly , and between them we put about a dozen sheets of the blotting - paper .
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... boards . One board we placed under the paper to begin with , and now we put the other at the top . There are two ways of pressing the plants in the paper , -one is by putting heavy weights on the top of the board , and the other is by ...
... boards . One board we placed under the paper to begin with , and now we put the other at the top . There are two ways of pressing the plants in the paper , -one is by putting heavy weights on the top of the board , and the other is by ...
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... boards , and is used for floors and other things . Then it will grow on rocky places where no other tree could find food , and it does not die and wither up with the cold blasts of the north , but will also grow in the warmer south ...
... boards , and is used for floors and other things . Then it will grow on rocky places where no other tree could find food , and it does not die and wither up with the cold blasts of the north , but will also grow in the warmer south ...
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... boards , gilt edges , 7s . 6d . New Edition , with Illustrations . JOHN DEANE OF NOTTINGHAM : His Adventures and Exploits . A Tale of the Times of William of Orange and Queen Anne . By W. H. G. KINGSTON . Crown 8vo . Cloth , price 5s ...
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... boards , gilt edges , 7/6 . " Will be especially welcome to readers who remember ' The Three Lieutenants ' and ' The ... Board " A lively , graphic , and entertaining picture of the social aspect of Uni- versity life . " - Oxford ...
... boards , gilt edges , 7/6 . " Will be especially welcome to readers who remember ' The Three Lieutenants ' and ' The ... Board " A lively , graphic , and entertaining picture of the social aspect of Uni- versity life . " - Oxford ...
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