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... cloths , these little fibres and membranes are separated in the shape of shining points . When we bathed at Cumana ... clothes , parts of our bodies continued luminous from the shining organic particles which had adhered to the skin ...
... cloths , these little fibres and membranes are separated in the shape of shining points . When we bathed at Cumana ... clothes , parts of our bodies continued luminous from the shining organic particles which had adhered to the skin ...
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... clothing and well formed , but at the same time did not exhibit the more noble and graceful proportions admired in the statues of Praxiteles and Alcamenes . Their robust limbs , shewing the traces of laborious efforts , and the purely ...
... clothing and well formed , but at the same time did not exhibit the more noble and graceful proportions admired in the statues of Praxiteles and Alcamenes . Their robust limbs , shewing the traces of laborious efforts , and the purely ...
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... clothing , call the subterranean heat in the Purgatorio stifling . The narrow path from Micuipampa to the ancient city of the Incas , Caxamarca , is difficult even for mules . The name of the town was originally Cassamarca or Kazamarca ...
... clothing , call the subterranean heat in the Purgatorio stifling . The narrow path from Micuipampa to the ancient city of the Incas , Caxamarca , is difficult even for mules . The name of the town was originally Cassamarca or Kazamarca ...
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... cloth . AMY HERBERT . By a Lady . Edited by the Rev. William Sewell , B.D. of Exeter College , Oxford . New Edition . 2 vols . foolscap Svo . 98. cloth . ANDERSEN . - THE TRUE STORY OF MY LIFE ; A Sketch . By Hans Christian Andersen ...
... cloth . AMY HERBERT . By a Lady . Edited by the Rev. William Sewell , B.D. of Exeter College , Oxford . New Edition . 2 vols . foolscap Svo . 98. cloth . ANDERSEN . - THE TRUE STORY OF MY LIFE ; A Sketch . By Hans Christian Andersen ...
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... cloth . BANFIELD AND WELD . THE STATISTICAL COMPANION ; Exhibiting the most interesting Facts in Moral and Intellectual , Vital , Economical , and Political Statistics , at home and abroad . Compiled from Official and other authentic ...
... cloth . BANFIELD AND WELD . THE STATISTICAL COMPANION ; Exhibiting the most interesting Facts in Moral and Intellectual , Vital , Economical , and Political Statistics , at home and abroad . Compiled from Official and other authentic ...
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