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... French Rebus Ingenious Theory of the Tides 2321723 25 26 ib . 29 34 35 Age of Trees - some 3,000 years old 36 Preserved Bodies - interesting Account of Lady Kilsyth and her Infant ib . 39 41 How long shall we have Coals to burn ...
... French Rebus Ingenious Theory of the Tides 2321723 25 26 ib . 29 34 35 Age of Trees - some 3,000 years old 36 Preserved Bodies - interesting Account of Lady Kilsyth and her Infant ib . 39 41 How long shall we have Coals to burn ...
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... French Academicians PAGE 164 167 169 171 The Shark and Pilot Fish - their connection proved Stone Barometer in Finland 175 176 Highest relative Strength of Materials - Metals- Woods - Miscellaneous Substances 177 Invention of Printing ...
... French Academicians PAGE 164 167 169 171 The Shark and Pilot Fish - their connection proved Stone Barometer in Finland 175 176 Highest relative Strength of Materials - Metals- Woods - Miscellaneous Substances 177 Invention of Printing ...
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... recreation in a garden or park , or on any plain ground ; but on a rough or steep road , it must be attended with more pain than pleasure . French Rebus . THE fastidiousness of mere book learning , FOR THE INGENIOUS . 333.
... recreation in a garden or park , or on any plain ground ; but on a rough or steep road , it must be attended with more pain than pleasure . French Rebus . THE fastidiousness of mere book learning , FOR THE INGENIOUS . 333.
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... French Rebus . THE fastidiousness of mere book learning , or the over- weening importance of politicians and men of business , may be employed to cast contempt , or even odium , on the labour which is spent in the solution of puzzles ...
... French Rebus . THE fastidiousness of mere book learning , or the over- weening importance of politicians and men of business , may be employed to cast contempt , or even odium , on the labour which is spent in the solution of puzzles ...
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... from north to south , twenty . three miles , and that its average breadth is eight miles ; this making a surface amounting to rather more than one French Rebus . THE fastidiousness of mere book learning , FOR THE INGENIOUS . 39 36.
... from north to south , twenty . three miles , and that its average breadth is eight miles ; this making a surface amounting to rather more than one French Rebus . THE fastidiousness of mere book learning , FOR THE INGENIOUS . 39 36.
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