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... live through the perils of such a journey , particularly Europeans , who have not had their sense of the dangers to which they are exposed lessened by the force of habit . Yet we find every day the restless energy of the human mind ...
... live through the perils of such a journey , particularly Europeans , who have not had their sense of the dangers to which they are exposed lessened by the force of habit . Yet we find every day the restless energy of the human mind ...
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... live for ever , and that they are gifted with a kind of intelli- gence , which enables them to predict events ; and they watch the vast boughs with anxiety , as they say , according as they incline towards heaven or earth , they can ...
... live for ever , and that they are gifted with a kind of intelli- gence , which enables them to predict events ; and they watch the vast boughs with anxiety , as they say , according as they incline towards heaven or earth , they can ...
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... live in their vicinity ; as it is generally supposed that persons who drink no other water than that which flows from the melted ice and snow of the glaciers , are subject to a peculiar swelling of the glands of the throat , which is ...
... live in their vicinity ; as it is generally supposed that persons who drink no other water than that which flows from the melted ice and snow of the glaciers , are subject to a peculiar swelling of the glands of the throat , which is ...
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... lives , it proved fatal to five citizens of Berne , who were in the neighbourhood on business ; and who , though warned to fly when the subterranean noise was first heard , disregarded the admonition , and were buried alive ; the house ...
... lives , it proved fatal to five citizens of Berne , who were in the neighbourhood on business ; and who , though warned to fly when the subterranean noise was first heard , disregarded the admonition , and were buried alive ; the house ...
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... lives , and a great number of sheep and cattle were killed . The loss of property , at the lowest estimate , exceeded £ 90,000 ; but the desolation which was produced ex- ceeds all calculation . A small chapel has been built on the spot ...
... lives , and a great number of sheep and cattle were killed . The loss of property , at the lowest estimate , exceeded £ 90,000 ; but the desolation which was produced ex- ceeds all calculation . A small chapel has been built on the spot ...
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Page 278 - Some years ago I kept a sloth, in my room for several months. I often took him out of the house, and placed him upon the ground, in order to have an opportunity of observing his motions. If the ground were rough, he would pull himself forwards, by...
Page 312 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.