New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, 102. köideThomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth Henry Colburn, 1854 |
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... entered into the observations or calculations , and thus have affected the correctness of the result ( Jour . of Roy . Geo . Soc . vol . xviii . p . 84 ) , whilst Mr. A. Petermann , remarking that the rate of depression appears to ...
... entered into the observations or calculations , and thus have affected the correctness of the result ( Jour . of Roy . Geo . Soc . vol . xviii . p . 84 ) , whilst Mr. A. Petermann , remarking that the rate of depression appears to ...
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... Entering the plain from the Wadi Zuwairah , one sees that the Salt Mountain does not stand altogether isolated , but is connected with the main chain by a peninsula of rocks , whilst on the north side it pro- jects into the plain . The ...
... Entering the plain from the Wadi Zuwairah , one sees that the Salt Mountain does not stand altogether isolated , but is connected with the main chain by a peninsula of rocks , whilst on the north side it pro- jects into the plain . The ...
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... entered it . As the French people are the earliest risers in the world — some sup- pose they never go to bed - the whole population of the village was what Mr. Crake called " on the kee - vee , " and showed quite as much curiosity as ...
... entered it . As the French people are the earliest risers in the world — some sup- pose they never go to bed - the whole population of the village was what Mr. Crake called " on the kee - vee , " and showed quite as much curiosity as ...
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... entered , was in the act of sketching the market - place , with the Corps - de - Garde in the distance , beautifully proportioned and wonderfully out of perspective ; her reception of him was the more gracious as he began by saying he ...
... entered , was in the act of sketching the market - place , with the Corps - de - Garde in the distance , beautifully proportioned and wonderfully out of perspective ; her reception of him was the more gracious as he began by saying he ...
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... entered a room in that style of affected delicacy which fashion had made almost natural - cha- peau bras between his hands , as if he wished to compress it , or under his arm , knees bent , and feet on tiptoe , as if afraid of a wet ...
... entered a room in that style of affected delicacy which fashion had made almost natural - cha- peau bras between his hands , as if he wished to compress it , or under his arm , knees bent , and feet on tiptoe , as if afraid of a wet ...
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