The Moon Hoax, Or, A Discovery that the Moon Has a Vast Population of Human BeingsW. Gowans, 1859 - 63 стор. |
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... close shut up in infinite expanse , " it seems like acquir- ing a fearful supernatural power when any remote mysterious works of the Creator yield tribute to our curiosity . It seems almost a presumptuous usurpation of powers denied us ...
... close shut up in infinite expanse , " it seems like acquir- ing a fearful supernatural power when any remote mysterious works of the Creator yield tribute to our curiosity . It seems almost a presumptuous usurpation of powers denied us ...
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... close inspection nearly two hours , during which we passed over a wide tract of country , chiefly of a rugged and apparently volcanic character ; and having seen few additional varieties of vegetation , except some spe- cies of lichen ...
... close inspection nearly two hours , during which we passed over a wide tract of country , chiefly of a rugged and apparently volcanic character ; and having seen few additional varieties of vegetation , except some spe- cies of lichen ...
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... Mounts Etna and Vesuvius in the most terrible epochs of their reign . Unfavorable as the state of the atmosphere was to close examination , we could easily mark its illumination of the water over a circuit 40 GREAT LUNAR.
... Mounts Etna and Vesuvius in the most terrible epochs of their reign . Unfavorable as the state of the atmosphere was to close examination , we could easily mark its illumination of the water over a circuit 40 GREAT LUNAR.
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... close beside the western abutments of this flaming mountain . The hills were either of snow - white marble or semi - transparent crystal , we could not distinguish which , and they bounded another of those lovely green valleys , which ...
... close beside the western abutments of this flaming mountain . The hills were either of snow - white marble or semi - transparent crystal , we could not distinguish which , and they bounded another of those lovely green valleys , which ...
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... ebony . We several times saw this elegant creature trot up to the seated parties of the semi - human beings I have described , and browse the herbage close beside them , without the least manifestation of fear ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERIES . 45.
... ebony . We several times saw this elegant creature trot up to the seated parties of the semi - human beings I have described , and browse the herbage close beside them , without the least manifestation of fear ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERIES . 45.
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