The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Volume 76Archibald Constable and Company, 1814 - English literature |
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... whole dozen of them running counter to , and depriving each other of the requisite supply of water , much of which is not only consequent- ly wasted , but perhaps also no Engine has a sufficient supply to enable it to work with effect ...
... whole dozen of them running counter to , and depriving each other of the requisite supply of water , much of which is not only consequent- ly wasted , but perhaps also no Engine has a sufficient supply to enable it to work with effect ...
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... whole- some ? did it do the heart hurt to be anong it ? Something of a riotous spirit to be sure is there , some world- ly - mindedness in some of the faces , a Doddingtonian smoothness which does not promise any superfluous degree of ...
... whole- some ? did it do the heart hurt to be anong it ? Something of a riotous spirit to be sure is there , some world- ly - mindedness in some of the faces , a Doddingtonian smoothness which does not promise any superfluous degree of ...
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... whole life through . For performing the operation , the artist uses the wing bone of a tropic bird , phaeton athereus , which is jag- ged and pointed at the end after the manner of a comb , sometimes in the form of a crescent ...
... whole life through . For performing the operation , the artist uses the wing bone of a tropic bird , phaeton athereus , which is jag- ged and pointed at the end after the manner of a comb , sometimes in the form of a crescent ...
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... whole body : the head of a man is tattooed in every part ; the breast is commonly ornamented with a figure resembling a shield ; on the arms and thighs are stripes , sometimes broader , sometimes narrower , in such directions , that ...
... whole body : the head of a man is tattooed in every part ; the breast is commonly ornamented with a figure resembling a shield ; on the arms and thighs are stripes , sometimes broader , sometimes narrower , in such directions , that ...
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... whole day was very cloudy , with some heavy showers of rain , which only contributed to increase the gloom in our minds created by our disappointment . As it was doubtful whether our audience might not be protracted to a late hour in ...
... whole day was very cloudy , with some heavy showers of rain , which only contributed to increase the gloom in our minds created by our disappointment . As it was doubtful whether our audience might not be protracted to a late hour in ...
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