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Page 22
... course incomprehen- sible , but the fingers of their right hands plainly pointed the way their prisoners were to take . Doubtless they knowingly chose that direction for them , as being the one in which a traveller would be longest in ...
... course incomprehen- sible , but the fingers of their right hands plainly pointed the way their prisoners were to take . Doubtless they knowingly chose that direction for them , as being the one in which a traveller would be longest in ...
Page 28
... course was somewhat checked . The slope took a gentler and yet gentler pitch , was covered with a thicker herb- age . Now sliding , now rolling , he de- scended at an ever slackening velocity until he dropped into a deep trench and was ...
... course was somewhat checked . The slope took a gentler and yet gentler pitch , was covered with a thicker herb- age . Now sliding , now rolling , he de- scended at an ever slackening velocity until he dropped into a deep trench and was ...
Page 35
... course , has nothing whatever to do with finding the latitude . The seven altitudes he published at six hours ' in- tervals ( which could be measured eas- ily enough by any ordinary watch ) show , what must be the case at the Pole in ...
... course , has nothing whatever to do with finding the latitude . The seven altitudes he published at six hours ' in- tervals ( which could be measured eas- ily enough by any ordinary watch ) show , what must be the case at the Pole in ...
Page 54
... course I've no patience with the fellow , " I protested . " Great cumber- some unimaginative lout ! but still I think you have a little bit neglected to give his point of view . " " I have tried to give the impression that he was just a ...
... course I've no patience with the fellow , " I protested . " Great cumber- some unimaginative lout ! but still I think you have a little bit neglected to give his point of view . " " I have tried to give the impression that he was just a ...
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... course in an earlier form , as seen in the place - name Golfdrum , it was " golf , " and equally , of course , both golf and kolf derive like the German kolbe from an ancient Teutonic cholbo , and the hypothetical Gothic kulban . The ...
... course in an earlier form , as seen in the place - name Golfdrum , it was " golf , " and equally , of course , both golf and kolf derive like the German kolbe from an ancient Teutonic cholbo , and the hypothetical Gothic kulban . The ...
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