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Page 20
... Sometimes I go into a library , the slow accretion of a couple of centuries , or per- haps the mushroom growth from a rich man's grave , a great collection magical- ly convoked by the talisman of gold . At the threshold , as I ardently ...
... Sometimes I go into a library , the slow accretion of a couple of centuries , or per- haps the mushroom growth from a rich man's grave , a great collection magical- ly convoked by the talisman of gold . At the threshold , as I ardently ...
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... sometimes ; no , not the badger himself , who is said to be so tenacious of his bite that he will not give over his hold until he feels his teeth meet and bone crack . " I know all about it , my minstrel boy ! for have I not , in my day ...
... sometimes ; no , not the badger himself , who is said to be so tenacious of his bite that he will not give over his hold until he feels his teeth meet and bone crack . " I know all about it , my minstrel boy ! for have I not , in my day ...
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... sometimes believed that none but animal food contains all the el- ements required for the support of life . Thanks to Liebig , we have discovered that vegetable substances also , fruits , grains , and roots , contain them all , and , in ...
... sometimes believed that none but animal food contains all the el- ements required for the support of life . Thanks to Liebig , we have discovered that vegetable substances also , fruits , grains , and roots , contain them all , and , in ...
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... sometimes makes an ugly cut on one's finger by means of the flint it contains . Silex is the chief ingredient in quartz rock , which is so widely diffused over the earth , and enters into the composition of most of the precious stones ...
... sometimes makes an ugly cut on one's finger by means of the flint it contains . Silex is the chief ingredient in quartz rock , which is so widely diffused over the earth , and enters into the composition of most of the precious stones ...
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... sometimes called brass , enough to put any sort of question , it was impossible for Chip Dartmouth to state the case to old Mr. Hopkins as it was . Having ob- tained a private interview , he grasped the old gentleman by the hand with an ...
... sometimes called brass , enough to put any sort of question , it was impossible for Chip Dartmouth to state the case to old Mr. Hopkins as it was . Having ob- tained a private interview , he grasped the old gentleman by the hand with an ...
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