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myself , and offered up my morning devotions , I ascended the high hills of Bagdad , in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer . As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains , I fell into a profound ...
myself , and offered up my morning devotions , I ascended the high hills of Bagdad , in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer . As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains , I fell into a profound ...
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As I was counting the arches , the genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of a thousand arches ; but that a great flood swept away the rest , and left the bridge in the ruinous condition I now ...
As I was counting the arches , the genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of a thousand arches ; but that a great flood swept away the rest , and left the bridge in the ruinous condition I now ...
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At length one Frog bolder than the rest ventured to pop his head above the water , and take a survey of their new King at a respectful distance . Presently , when they perceived the Log lie stock - still , others began to swim up to it ...
At length one Frog bolder than the rest ventured to pop his head above the water , and take a survey of their new King at a respectful distance . Presently , when they perceived the Log lie stock - still , others began to swim up to it ...
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... from the unbroken arch , where it has simply lifted the surface into a dome , to the granite crest , where the melted rock has forced its way out and crystallized between the broken beds that rest against its slopes .
... from the unbroken arch , where it has simply lifted the surface into a dome , to the granite crest , where the melted rock has forced its way out and crystallized between the broken beds that rest against its slopes .
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It was a pupil of Werner's who at last set at rest this much vexed question . At the age of sixteen , in the year 1790 , Leopold von Buch was placed under Werner's care at the mining school of Freiberg . Werner found him a pupil after ...
It was a pupil of Werner's who at last set at rest this much vexed question . At the age of sixteen , in the year 1790 , Leopold von Buch was placed under Werner's care at the mining school of Freiberg . Werner found him a pupil after ...
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| Title | The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Greatest Writers Volume 1 of The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, John Lawson Stoddard |
| Author | John Lawson Stoddard |
| Compiled by | John Lawson Stoddard |
| Publisher | G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 7 May 2015 |
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