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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... Wood- stock has a very fine manufacture of gloves , and formerly it had one of steel watch chains , which are now totally out of date . Upon arriving at Bicestre , our travellers were not a little dis- appointed at hearing there were no ...
... Wood- stock has a very fine manufacture of gloves , and formerly it had one of steel watch chains , which are now totally out of date . Upon arriving at Bicestre , our travellers were not a little dis- appointed at hearing there were no ...
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... wood impregna- ted with bituminous matter of turf or peat . " It is a common opinion among geologists , that pit coal is of a vegetable origin , and that it has been brought to its present state by means of some chemical process , with ...
... wood impregna- ted with bituminous matter of turf or peat . " It is a common opinion among geologists , that pit coal is of a vegetable origin , and that it has been brought to its present state by means of some chemical process , with ...
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... wood and perfect pit coal ; betraying obviously its vegetable nature , and yet so nearly approximating to pit . coal in several respects , that it has been generally distin- guished by the name of coal . One of the most remarkable of ...
... wood and perfect pit coal ; betraying obviously its vegetable nature , and yet so nearly approximating to pit . coal in several respects , that it has been generally distin- guished by the name of coal . One of the most remarkable of ...
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... wood , we must natu ... rally imagine to have stood formerly in a wood ; SCILLY ISLANDS . 19.
... wood , we must natu ... rally imagine to have stood formerly in a wood ; SCILLY ISLANDS . 19.
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... wood ; but now at full tide , it is half a mile in the sea , and not a tree near it . " EDWARD . " I wish my memory was as good as your's Sir . " Dr. Walker.— " Nature has not been sparing of her gifts to you , and it remains with ...
... wood ; but now at full tide , it is half a mile in the sea , and not a tree near it . " EDWARD . " I wish my memory was as good as your's Sir . " Dr. Walker.— " Nature has not been sparing of her gifts to you , and it remains with ...
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