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Page xix
... rising gradually in rolling sweeps , till it meets the snows of Skapta . Towards the apex of the triangle , the glacier mountains form a compact mass called Vatna , or Klofa jökull , covering an area of 3,500 square miles of unexplored ...
... rising gradually in rolling sweeps , till it meets the snows of Skapta . Towards the apex of the triangle , the glacier mountains form a compact mass called Vatna , or Klofa jökull , covering an area of 3,500 square miles of unexplored ...
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... rising in inaccessible walls of basalt many thousand feet above the water's edge . Ten lesser friths open out of it , piercing the barrier crags , and stretching to the roots of the great barrel- headed jökulls of Dránga and Glámu ...
... rising in inaccessible walls of basalt many thousand feet above the water's edge . Ten lesser friths open out of it , piercing the barrier crags , and stretching to the roots of the great barrel- headed jökulls of Dránga and Glámu ...
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... rising to spout again . There must have been a shoal of twenty ; Martin sent a shot from his Whitworth rifle amongst them , but without disturbing the ungainly creatures in their frolic . The Yankee eyed them with gravity , and then ...
... rising to spout again . There must have been a shoal of twenty ; Martin sent a shot from his Whitworth rifle amongst them , but without disturbing the ungainly creatures in their frolic . The Yankee eyed them with gravity , and then ...
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... rising and walking towards the house , followed by his men . When he saw Grettir , he sprang to him , and thanked him in the fairest words for the heroism he had displayed . " This I say to you , " spoke Thorfin 66 THE RED ROVERS . " 21.
... rising and walking towards the house , followed by his men . When he saw Grettir , he sprang to him , and thanked him in the fairest words for the heroism he had displayed . " This I say to you , " spoke Thorfin 66 THE RED ROVERS . " 21.
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... rising from the waves at the farthest seaward point of Reykjanes is called the Kerl , pro- nounced Kedtle , and means " Old man . " Whilst I had been telling my saga , the wind had risen to a gale , so that now the waves rolled against ...
... rising from the waves at the farthest seaward point of Reykjanes is called the Kerl , pro- nounced Kedtle , and means " Old man . " Whilst I had been telling my saga , the wind had risen to a gale , so that now the waves rolled against ...
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