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From a similar cause , it is said ( though we will not vouch for the fact ) that their
celebrated prime minister , Bolci , derived his name from an attempt to imitate the
sound of the English word Boas ( or Dose ) the sailors ' abbreviation of ...
From a similar cause , it is said ( though we will not vouch for the fact ) that their
celebrated prime minister , Bolci , derived his name from an attempt to imitate the
sound of the English word Boas ( or Dose ) the sailors ' abbreviation of ...
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... and have lately , after long - continued sufferings and misfortunes , been
permitted once more to rejoin their anxious and despairing friends . Of this little
island ând its inhabitants , we shall presently give a very brief account , as the
facts ...
... and have lately , after long - continued sufferings and misfortunes , been
permitted once more to rejoin their anxious and despairing friends . Of this little
island ând its inhabitants , we shall presently give a very brief account , as the
facts ...
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The animal kingdom is hardly less various than the vegetable ; and it has been
remarked as a fact particularly worthy of notice , that in the tropical parts of the
Oceanic region the larger quadrupeds are found only in the larger islands ; and
that ...
The animal kingdom is hardly less various than the vegetable ; and it has been
remarked as a fact particularly worthy of notice , that in the tropical parts of the
Oceanic region the larger quadrupeds are found only in the larger islands ; and
that ...
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No noxious or poisonous reptiles are found there , except centipedes , which ,
however , are neither large nor numerous . We shall detain the reader but a
moment longer on this branch of our subject , to mention a singular fact in relation
to the ...
No noxious or poisonous reptiles are found there , except centipedes , which ,
however , are neither large nor numerous . We shall detain the reader but a
moment longer on this branch of our subject , to mention a singular fact in relation
to the ...
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The fact has also been noticed by a few British navigators . ... for this and many
other important facts ; they are contained in an " Appendix ” of 150 quarto pages ,
the whole of which , beside twenty - one plates and three charts , is suppressed ...
The fact has also been noticed by a few British navigators . ... for this and many
other important facts ; they are contained in an " Appendix ” of 150 quarto pages ,
the whole of which , beside twenty - one plates and three charts , is suppressed ...
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| Title | American Quarterly Review, Volume 20 Volumes 298-301 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 Library of American civilization |
| Editor | Robert Walsh |
| Publisher | Carey, Lea & Carey, 1836 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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