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... case your own in the following manner , and then you will judge of my feelings :
suppose you were to be kidnapped away to - morrow in the bloom of your life to a
land of tortoises , and were never to see again a human face for fifty years !!!
... case your own in the following manner , and then you will judge of my feelings :
suppose you were to be kidnapped away to - morrow in the bloom of your life to a
land of tortoises , and were never to see again a human face for fifty years !!!
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... compassing heaven about With a resplendent verge , “ Thou mad'st the cloud ,
“ Maker omnipotent , and thou the bow ; “ And by that covenant graciously hast
sworn “ Never to drown the world again : I henceforth , “ Till time shall be no more
...
... compassing heaven about With a resplendent verge , “ Thou mad'st the cloud ,
“ Maker omnipotent , and thou the bow ; “ And by that covenant graciously hast
sworn “ Never to drown the world again : I henceforth , “ Till time shall be no more
...
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Though I applied to several such in London , I never could meet with an entire
specimen ; nor could I ever find in books any engraving from a perfect one . In the
superb museum at Leicester House , permission was given me to examine for
this ...
Though I applied to several such in London , I never could meet with an entire
specimen ; nor could I ever find in books any engraving from a perfect one . In the
superb museum at Leicester House , permission was given me to examine for
this ...
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In the buttoins , where the waters stagnate , are many bogs , which formerly
abounded with subterraneous trees ; though Dr. Plot says positively , * " that there
never were any fallen trees hidden in The mosses of the southern counties . ” But
he ...
In the buttoins , where the waters stagnate , are many bogs , which formerly
abounded with subterraneous trees ; though Dr. Plot says positively , * " that there
never were any fallen trees hidden in The mosses of the southern counties . ” But
he ...
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... counties of Scotland end north of England within the last few years . It is a
pretty genoral opinion , though an erroneous one , that they drive away the red
grouse ; the two species require very different kinds of cover , and will never
interfere .
... counties of Scotland end north of England within the last few years . It is a
pretty genoral opinion , though an erroneous one , that they drive away the red
grouse ; the two species require very different kinds of cover , and will never
interfere .
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