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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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I know , as Howell wrote to " Father Ben , " that " the fangs of a bear and the tusks of a wild - boar don't bite worse and make deeper gashes than a goose - quill sometimes ; no , not the badger himself , who is said to be so tenacious ...
I know , as Howell wrote to " Father Ben , " that " the fangs of a bear and the tusks of a wild - boar don't bite worse and make deeper gashes than a goose - quill sometimes ; no , not the badger himself , who is said to be so tenacious ...
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It has been 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 ...
It has been 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 ...
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... sharp edge of a blade of grass 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 ...
... sharp edge of a blade of grass 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 ...
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But , with confidence , or what is 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 ...
But , with confidence , or what is 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 ...
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