Chambers's Repository of Instructing and Amusing Tracts, Volumes 1-3W. and R. Chambers, 1852 - English literature |
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... light - house , was built about the same time - 300 years before the Christian era . Some of the Roman emperors are said to have built light - houses , the remains of which are still to ` be seen on different parts of the coasts of ...
... light - house , was built about the same time - 300 years before the Christian era . Some of the Roman emperors are said to have built light - houses , the remains of which are still to ` be seen on different parts of the coasts of ...
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... light - house on the perilous spot ; and they engaged Mr Winstanley , an ingenious gentleman of Essex , to undertake the work . The Eddystone Rocks were so named from the whirls or eddies of the tides which take place among them : they ...
... light - house on the perilous spot ; and they engaged Mr Winstanley , an ingenious gentleman of Essex , to undertake the work . The Eddystone Rocks were so named from the whirls or eddies of the tides which take place among them : they ...
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... house , that the names of 500 visitors were inserted in the album kept at the building during the season . The beams of the beacon , which had suffered from the boring of the teredo in the parts under water , were taken ... LIGHT - HOUSES .
... house , that the names of 500 visitors were inserted in the album kept at the building during the season . The beams of the beacon , which had suffered from the boring of the teredo in the parts under water , were taken ... LIGHT - HOUSES .
Contents
THE STRUGGLE IN THE CAUCASUS NO 9 | 9 |
CURIOSITIES OF CRIMINAL LAW 10 | 10 |
A LEGEND OF GHENT 11 | 11 |
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