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... observations - the country was rich in all the fruits of the earth beyond expression , the whole being a perfect garden , intersected in a thousand places with the most beautiful rivulets , but no where any navigable streams ; grain of ...
... observations - the country was rich in all the fruits of the earth beyond expression , the whole being a perfect garden , intersected in a thousand places with the most beautiful rivulets , but no where any navigable streams ; grain of ...
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... observed , is not cer- tainly known , neither can authors , who have spoken on this subject , agree about the inventor , but for the generality they say , that shadow gave the first birth to this art . Pliny upon this tells us a story ...
... observed , is not cer- tainly known , neither can authors , who have spoken on this subject , agree about the inventor , but for the generality they say , that shadow gave the first birth to this art . Pliny upon this tells us a story ...
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... observed , that whenever the dog rattled his chain the Baron turned pale , and ap- peared convulsed . On the English gen- tleman's offering to turn the dog out of the room , and asking the reason of his being so affected at the noise ...
... observed , that whenever the dog rattled his chain the Baron turned pale , and ap- peared convulsed . On the English gen- tleman's offering to turn the dog out of the room , and asking the reason of his being so affected at the noise ...
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... observed by several natu- ralists , that the earth or matter fetched out of this well , has no quality of catch- ing fire . No moss nor herb grows in or upon this well , but about three feet off grows grass and reeds in abundance ; the ...
... observed by several natu- ralists , that the earth or matter fetched out of this well , has no quality of catch- ing fire . No moss nor herb grows in or upon this well , but about three feet off grows grass and reeds in abundance ; the ...
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... observed that the whole of the country about Wigan , for the compass of several miles , is under- laid with coal . The phenomenon may therefore be referred to the same cause which occasioned the dreadful explosion of the Felling mines ...
... observed that the whole of the country about Wigan , for the compass of several miles , is under- laid with coal . The phenomenon may therefore be referred to the same cause which occasioned the dreadful explosion of the Felling mines ...
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Página 69 - You could not think of playing the orator, of studying your emphasis, cadence, and gesture : you would be yourself ; and the interesting nature of your subject impressing your heart, would furnish you with the most natural tone of voice, the most proper language, the most engaging features, and the most suitable and graceful gestures. What you would thus be in the parlour, be in the pulpit, and you will not fail to please, to affect, and to profit.