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Page 61
... less and less coherent , and I was just sliding over the verge of slumber , when a faint sound in the distance caught my ear . I listened intently : certainly there was a far - off , indistinct sound , different from the dull ...
... less and less coherent , and I was just sliding over the verge of slumber , when a faint sound in the distance caught my ear . I listened intently : certainly there was a far - off , indistinct sound , different from the dull ...
Page 327
... less certain that all forms of vegetation give to the air much more free oxygen than they take from it , and much less carbonic acid , as their carbonaceous composition shows . If fresh leaves are placed in a bell - glass containing air ...
... less certain that all forms of vegetation give to the air much more free oxygen than they take from it , and much less carbonic acid , as their carbonaceous composition shows . If fresh leaves are placed in a bell - glass containing air ...
Page 410
... less than the value of a sin- gle dollar . True , it is a favorite maxim of prosecutors , that " circumstances will not lie " ; but it requires little acquaint- ance with the history of criminal trials to prove that circumstantial ...
... less than the value of a sin- gle dollar . True , it is a favorite maxim of prosecutors , that " circumstances will not lie " ; but it requires little acquaint- ance with the history of criminal trials to prove that circumstantial ...
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