The Saturday Magazine, Том 5J. W. Parker, 1835 |
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... once joined to the opposite Continent : the very narrow space which now separates them , the simi- larity of their soils , and the evident inclination of the extreme Apennines in Calabria towards Sicily , tend to strengthen this opinion ...
... once joined to the opposite Continent : the very narrow space which now separates them , the simi- larity of their soils , and the evident inclination of the extreme Apennines in Calabria towards Sicily , tend to strengthen this opinion ...
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... once the three great zones ; its enormous flanks , furrowed by deep valleys , and rendered harsh and rough by immense rivers of lava , and by more than eighty volcanic mounts or hillocks , the progeny of this great father of volcanoes ...
... once the three great zones ; its enormous flanks , furrowed by deep valleys , and rendered harsh and rough by immense rivers of lava , and by more than eighty volcanic mounts or hillocks , the progeny of this great father of volcanoes ...
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... once perceiving his advantage , he rose Wellington . The manœuvres of the French marshal in such haste as to overturn the table , exclaiming were met by corresponding movements on the part " Marmont's good genius has forsaken him ; " in ...
... once perceiving his advantage , he rose Wellington . The manœuvres of the French marshal in such haste as to overturn the table , exclaiming were met by corresponding movements on the part " Marmont's good genius has forsaken him ; " in ...
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... once into the bustle and novelties of another world . 66 But the British soon experienced a check , in consequence of the failure of Pack's attack upon the Arapiles , enabling the enemy to throw some troops upon the left of the force ...
... once into the bustle and novelties of another world . 66 But the British soon experienced a check , in consequence of the failure of Pack's attack upon the Arapiles , enabling the enemy to throw some troops upon the left of the force ...
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... once sailing , " said he , " in a fine stout ship , across the banks of Newfoundland , one of the heavy fogs that prevail in those parts rendered it impossible for me to see far ahead , even in the daytime ; but at night the weather was ...
... once sailing , " said he , " in a fine stout ship , across the banks of Newfoundland , one of the heavy fogs that prevail in those parts rendered it impossible for me to see far ahead , even in the daytime ; but at night the weather was ...
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