African light thrown on a selection of Scripture texts [ed. by W. Innes].1842 |
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... reach them . With great ingenuity the birds form a cord , about a yard in length , which they firmly fasten to the extreme end of a hanging branch , and to the end of this cord they suspend their nests , and for greater security they ...
... reach them . With great ingenuity the birds form a cord , about a yard in length , which they firmly fasten to the extreme end of a hanging branch , and to the end of this cord they suspend their nests , and for greater security they ...
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... reach our desired haven . Besides storms , there are many other wonders to be seen by those who go down to the sea in ships . There is the preservation of human beings moving over its surface for thousands of miles , often amidst ...
... reach our desired haven . Besides storms , there are many other wonders to be seen by those who go down to the sea in ships . There is the preservation of human beings moving over its surface for thousands of miles , often amidst ...
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... of the soil , through which the water from the heavens has to pass before reach- ing the spring , being mixed with salt or saltpetre . It is this mixture of salt which renders the ground SALT SPRINGS AND BARREN GROUND . 61 barren and the.
... of the soil , through which the water from the heavens has to pass before reach- ing the spring , being mixed with salt or saltpetre . It is this mixture of salt which renders the ground SALT SPRINGS AND BARREN GROUND . 61 barren and the.
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... reach the water , by which they throw it up so dexterously , that their hand seldom approaches nearer to their mouth than a foot ; yet I never observed any of the water to fall down upon their breasts . They perform it almost as quickly ...
... reach the water , by which they throw it up so dexterously , that their hand seldom approaches nearer to their mouth than a foot ; yet I never observed any of the water to fall down upon their breasts . They perform it almost as quickly ...
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... reach the height of five or six feet , and be decked with green leaves and flowers in the season , in a salt land will not be higher than twelve or eighteen inches , without a single green leaf , —all a dull brown , approaching to the ...
... reach the height of five or six feet , and be decked with green leaves and flowers in the season , in a salt land will not be higher than twelve or eighteen inches , without a single green leaf , —all a dull brown , approaching to the ...
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African light thrown on a selection of Scripture texts [ed. by W. Innes]. John Campbell Visualização integral - 1842 |
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