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Page 53
... island , running from Newfound- land almost to the present base of the Rocky Mountains . This tendency may be attributed to various causes , —to the rotation of the earth , the consequent de- pression of its poles , and the breaking of ...
... island , running from Newfound- land almost to the present base of the Rocky Mountains . This tendency may be attributed to various causes , —to the rotation of the earth , the consequent de- pression of its poles , and the breaking of ...
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... islands are curious from their old Norman character , laws , and customs ; their Norman patois ; their system of small proprietors , whose little holdings , divided from each other by high hedges , cut the island into a mul- titude of ...
... islands are curious from their old Norman character , laws , and customs ; their Norman patois ; their system of small proprietors , whose little holdings , divided from each other by high hedges , cut the island into a mul- titude of ...
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... island there was always a hope he might return to her . The money he had tak- en would soon be exhausted ; and pov- erty might drive him to her ; and she was so far humbled by grief , that she could welcome him even on those terms ...
... island there was always a hope he might return to her . The money he had tak- en would soon be exhausted ; and pov- erty might drive him to her ; and she was so far humbled by grief , that she could welcome him even on those terms ...
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... Island there are a hundred such towns . According to Mr. Porter , the lan- guage of Scripture , which , the strongest powers of deglutition have sometimes re- jected as that of Eastern hyperbole , is lit- erally verified at every step ...
... Island there are a hundred such towns . According to Mr. Porter , the lan- guage of Scripture , which , the strongest powers of deglutition have sometimes re- jected as that of Eastern hyperbole , is lit- erally verified at every step ...
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... islands on the coast of South Carolina , and perhaps of other Southern States . Its habits , too , are so interesting , and so different in many respects from those recorded of other species , that the ob- server of living creatures has ...
... islands on the coast of South Carolina , and perhaps of other Southern States . Its habits , too , are so interesting , and so different in many respects from those recorded of other species , that the ob- server of living creatures has ...
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