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... Blue Ponds - Experi- ments - Great Geysir - Keeping Watch - Magnificent Explosion- Mr. Briggs misses seeing it - Theory of the Geysir CHAPTER XXII . Thorgils ' Nursling : a Saga about Greenland · CHAPTER XXIII . CONCLUSION . • 854 . 368 ...
... Blue Ponds - Experi- ments - Great Geysir - Keeping Watch - Magnificent Explosion- Mr. Briggs misses seeing it - Theory of the Geysir CHAPTER XXII . Thorgils ' Nursling : a Saga about Greenland · CHAPTER XXIII . CONCLUSION . • 854 . 368 ...
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... blue glacier ice . Sections such as may be seen in Kaldidalr and on the flanks of Eireks jökull give to these beds a thickness of about one hundred feet . As there is a constant thrust from the highest points of the mountain exerted ...
... blue glacier ice . Sections such as may be seen in Kaldidalr and on the flanks of Eireks jökull give to these beds a thickness of about one hundred feet . As there is a constant thrust from the highest points of the mountain exerted ...
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... blue colour , which gradually disappeared as he recovered . There can be little doubt that this " cloud " must have been some material flung from Hekla , which erupted that very year . A fireball of a terrific nature was cast up during ...
... blue colour , which gradually disappeared as he recovered . There can be little doubt that this " cloud " must have been some material flung from Hekla , which erupted that very year . A fireball of a terrific nature was cast up during ...
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... blue or grey : those of the women are bright and beautiful . The girls have graceful figures , which appear to advantage , as they hold themselves very upright , both when walking and sitting . Their features are not regular , but soft ...
... blue or grey : those of the women are bright and beautiful . The girls have graceful figures , which appear to advantage , as they hold themselves very upright , both when walking and sitting . Their features are not regular , but soft ...
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... blue flag with the three white stockfish waving over the court- house . Immediately upon his arrival , Count Tramp , who had now been detained for nine weeks a prisoner on board the Margaret and Anne , demanded an interview with him ...
... blue flag with the three white stockfish waving over the court- house . Immediately upon his arrival , Count Tramp , who had now been detained for nine weeks a prisoner on board the Margaret and Anne , demanded an interview with him ...
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