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Page 21
... leaves , unloosed for many an age , The dull red edging of the well - filled page , On the broad back the stubborn ridges rolled , Where yet the title stands , in burnished gold , " - what wisdom , what wit , what profundity , what ...
... leaves , unloosed for many an age , The dull red edging of the well - filled page , On the broad back the stubborn ridges rolled , Where yet the title stands , in burnished gold , " - what wisdom , what wit , what profundity , what ...
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... leaves of this dry and yellow Montaigne . Nobody shall ap- proach the waters of Castaly save upon stilts ; and whoever may giggle , as he takes his physic , shall be put upon a dreadfully plentiful allowance of Guic- ciardini for bread ...
... leaves of this dry and yellow Montaigne . Nobody shall ap- proach the waters of Castaly save upon stilts ; and whoever may giggle , as he takes his physic , shall be put upon a dreadfully plentiful allowance of Guic- ciardini for bread ...
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... leaves , year after year did they die and lay their remains upon the rocks , accumulating by slow steps a soil which would in time be capable of giving holding - ground to migh- tier plants . The trees came , -and gigan- tic they must ...
... leaves , year after year did they die and lay their remains upon the rocks , accumulating by slow steps a soil which would in time be capable of giving holding - ground to migh- tier plants . The trees came , -and gigan- tic they must ...
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... leaves are due to the combination of oxy- gen with their juices . It enters into all plans and operations with a helping hand ; animals and plants owe their lives to it ; but when the shadow of death begins to fall upon them , it is as ...
... leaves are due to the combination of oxy- gen with their juices . It enters into all plans and operations with a helping hand ; animals and plants owe their lives to it ; but when the shadow of death begins to fall upon them , it is as ...
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... leaves , which serves to attract and retain insects , the decay of whose bodies seems to contribute to its exist- ence . " And the Dionæa , or Venus's Fly - trap of the Southern States , has some leaves which fold together upon any in ...
... leaves , which serves to attract and retain insects , the decay of whose bodies seems to contribute to its exist- ence . " And the Dionæa , or Venus's Fly - trap of the Southern States , has some leaves which fold together upon any in ...
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