Facts from the World of Nature, Animate and Inanimate |
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... young people , as it has a tendency to enlarge and elevate the mind , as well as to develope the thinking and reasoning fa- culties . No one can ever have visited a mountainous country , or even have gazed on the ocean , without feeling ...
... young people , as it has a tendency to enlarge and elevate the mind , as well as to develope the thinking and reasoning fa- culties . No one can ever have visited a mountainous country , or even have gazed on the ocean , without feeling ...
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... young palms , hundreds of which were cut down by the blacks who were clearing a road for the party . After leaving this forest the party came to another very thick forest composed almost entirely of bamboos , which it was very difficult ...
... young palms , hundreds of which were cut down by the blacks who were clearing a road for the party . After leaving this forest the party came to another very thick forest composed almost entirely of bamboos , which it was very difficult ...
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... which it is said a young girl threw herself who had been deserted by her lover . Some of the rocks in Devonshire bear considerable resemblance to those of Dove Dale , particularly the Tors 68 FACTS FROM THE WORLD OF NATURE .
... which it is said a young girl threw herself who had been deserted by her lover . Some of the rocks in Devonshire bear considerable resemblance to those of Dove Dale , particularly the Tors 68 FACTS FROM THE WORLD OF NATURE .
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... young man , a lieutenant in the Preventive Service , with the assist- ance of his men , very foolishly threw this stone off its balance , but when it was made known that he had done so , the Board of Admiralty compelled him to replace ...
... young man , a lieutenant in the Preventive Service , with the assist- ance of his men , very foolishly threw this stone off its balance , but when it was made known that he had done so , the Board of Admiralty compelled him to replace ...
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... young that they have no recol- lection of ever having trodden on the surface of the earth . The most remarkable part of the salt mines of Poland is the chapel , which is hewn out of the salt rock , and has a large figure of our Saviour ...
... young that they have no recol- lection of ever having trodden on the surface of the earth . The most remarkable part of the salt mines of Poland is the chapel , which is hewn out of the salt rock , and has a large figure of our Saviour ...
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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.