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Page 264
... seen to fly over it , nor fishes found in its waters ; that the heaviest bodies float on its surface ; and that it is con- stantly throwing up from its bottom large masses of black bitumen , which is secured , as it drifts on the shore ...
... seen to fly over it , nor fishes found in its waters ; that the heaviest bodies float on its surface ; and that it is con- stantly throwing up from its bottom large masses of black bitumen , which is secured , as it drifts on the shore ...
Page 270
... seen in the East , the whole furniture of which consists of a low range of cushions and pillows surrounding the skirting , and , as it were , fringing the junc- tion between the wall and the floor . Nothing in the house ap- peared ...
... seen in the East , the whole furniture of which consists of a low range of cushions and pillows surrounding the skirting , and , as it were , fringing the junc- tion between the wall and the floor . Nothing in the house ap- peared ...
Page 306
... seen some rich descriptions of West Indian flowers and plants , just , I dare say , but unpleasing merely because their names were uncouth , and forms not known generally enough to be put into verse . It is not , I own , much to the ...
... seen some rich descriptions of West Indian flowers and plants , just , I dare say , but unpleasing merely because their names were uncouth , and forms not known generally enough to be put into verse . It is not , I own , much to the ...
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