Dwight's American Magazine, Volume 3Theodore Dwight 1847 |
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... rock . Such reflections as these , and others , in an endless train , naturally crowd into the mind of an American , as he stands to contemplate the site of the British Parliament . Many writers have laid much stress on the antiquity of ...
... rock . Such reflections as these , and others , in an endless train , naturally crowd into the mind of an American , as he stands to contemplate the site of the British Parliament . Many writers have laid much stress on the antiquity of ...
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... rocks , which , leaving their ancient beds , plunged into the fiery gulf below . So terrific was the scene that no one dared to approach near it , and trav ellers on the main road , which lay along the verge of the crater , feeling the ...
... rocks , which , leaving their ancient beds , plunged into the fiery gulf below . So terrific was the scene that no one dared to approach near it , and trav ellers on the main road , which lay along the verge of the crater , feeling the ...
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... rocks , which had just been left by the receding tide , I was much astonished at seeing at my feet a most ... rock squid . ' Thus are these remarka- ble creatures , from the different adapta- tion of their tentacles and slight ...
... rocks , which had just been left by the receding tide , I was much astonished at seeing at my feet a most ... rock squid . ' Thus are these remarka- ble creatures , from the different adapta- tion of their tentacles and slight ...
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... rocks , the raging and dashing of the fiery waves , the bel- lowings , the murmurings , the unearthly mutterings coming up from a burning deep . They went carelessly on amid the rain of ashes , sand , and fiery scintilla- tions , gazing ...
... rocks , the raging and dashing of the fiery waves , the bel- lowings , the murmurings , the unearthly mutterings coming up from a burning deep . They went carelessly on amid the rain of ashes , sand , and fiery scintilla- tions , gazing ...
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... and if she had been built strong enough , she would not have gone to pieces on first striking the rocks , and more lives would have been saved . This solitary , sad and moping figure may be taken. 24 THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE .
... and if she had been built strong enough , she would not have gone to pieces on first striking the rocks , and more lives would have been saved . This solitary , sad and moping figure may be taken. 24 THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE .
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