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... savages on first seeing a European ) that I was a god . I therefore followed the throng from a distance , taking advantage for concealment of turns . in the way , and of trees and underwood beside 14 THE END OF PHÆACIA .
... savages on first seeing a European ) that I was a god . I therefore followed the throng from a distance , taking advantage for concealment of turns . in the way , and of trees and underwood beside 14 THE END OF PHÆACIA .
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... public buildings . Moved by some impulse which I could hardly explain , I stealthily followed them , and at last found myself on a rocky platform , a kind of public square , open on one side NARRATIVE OF MR . GOWLES . 15.
... public buildings . Moved by some impulse which I could hardly explain , I stealthily followed them , and at last found myself on a rocky platform , a kind of public square , open on one side NARRATIVE OF MR . GOWLES . 15.
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... followed by attendants carrying torches burning , was now close to us , and on beholding me , he exhibited unusual emotions . My appearance , no doubt , was at that moment peculiar , and little creditable , as I have since thought , to ...
... followed by attendants carrying torches burning , was now close to us , and on beholding me , he exhibited unusual emotions . My appearance , no doubt , was at that moment peculiar , and little creditable , as I have since thought , to ...
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... followed through the open entrance of the courtyard . yard was very spacious , and under the dark shade of the trees I could see a light here and there in the windows of small huts along the walls , where , as I found later , the slaves ...
... followed through the open entrance of the courtyard . yard was very spacious , and under the dark shade of the trees I could see a light here and there in the windows of small huts along the walls , where , as I found later , the slaves ...
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... followed where they went before me , each of them holding a burning torch . The light flared and the smoke drifted among the corridors , till we came within sound of running water . In a lofty green chamber was a large bath of polished ...
... followed where they went before me , each of them holding a burning torch . The light flared and the smoke drifted among the corridors , till we came within sound of running water . In a lofty green chamber was a large bath of polished ...
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Pagina 12 - HAECKEL (Prof. Ernst}— THE HISTORY OF CREATION. Translation revised by Professor E. RAY LANKESTER, MA, FRS With Coloured Plates and Genealogical Trees of the various groups of both plants and animals. 2 vols. Second Edition. Post 8vo. cloth, price 32*.
Pagina 279 - But, howsoever thou pursu'st this act, Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother aught; leave her to heaven, And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge To prick and sting her. Fare thee well at once. The glow-worm shows the matin to be near, And 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire; Adieu, adieu, adieu, remember me.
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Pagina 33 - XVIII. The Nature of Light: With a General Account of Physical Optics.
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