Popular Voyages and Travels Throughout the Continent & Islands of Europe: In which the Geography, Character, Customs, and Manners of Nations are Described, and the Phenomena of Nature, Most Worthy of Observation, are Illustrated on Scientific Principles |
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... amuse- ment , and he began as follows : - " The coal mines at this place are perhaps the most ex- traordinary of any in the known world . Sir John Lowther was the first that wrought them for foreign consumption ; and it has been ...
... amuse- ment , and he began as follows : - " The coal mines at this place are perhaps the most ex- traordinary of any in the known world . Sir John Lowther was the first that wrought them for foreign consumption ; and it has been ...
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... amused with the dexterity with which the men blew the glass into such various shapes and forms . Those des- tined for watch glasses are blown into a globular form ; one globe making many glasses , which are cut by an iron ring . All ...
... amused with the dexterity with which the men blew the glass into such various shapes and forms . Those des- tined for watch glasses are blown into a globular form ; one globe making many glasses , which are cut by an iron ring . All ...
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... amused with flights of pigeons and jackdaws , which , disturbed in their peaceful retreats , fly for safety to the purer regions of day . When he reaches the bottom , he sees one side of this pit supported by a natural arch of rock ...
... amused with flights of pigeons and jackdaws , which , disturbed in their peaceful retreats , fly for safety to the purer regions of day . When he reaches the bottom , he sees one side of this pit supported by a natural arch of rock ...
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... amused at the expression of his intelligent countenance . Why , " said the doctor , " what did you expect to find ? There , you see , is a bridge composed of many arches , and bearing marks of antiquity upon the very face of it . There ...
... amused at the expression of his intelligent countenance . Why , " said the doctor , " what did you expect to find ? There , you see , is a bridge composed of many arches , and bearing marks of antiquity upon the very face of it . There ...
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... amused themselves with the following short dissertation upon rocks . EDWARD . " In the book you gave me , Sir , upon the formation , or rather nature of mountains , it says that green stone is often found upon primary rocks . " DR ...
... amused themselves with the following short dissertation upon rocks . EDWARD . " In the book you gave me , Sir , upon the formation , or rather nature of mountains , it says that green stone is often found upon primary rocks . " DR ...
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