The Startling Exploits of Dr. J.B. QuièsHarper & Brothers, 1886 - 328 páginas |
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... balloon floated upon the waves 295 297 301 302 Magloire gave the boat a vigorous push 311 Magloire summoned up strength to light a fire 313 Arrival of Dr. Quiès and Magloire at Saint - Pignon 318 Gertrude fell into a swoon 319 Dr. Quiès ...
... balloon floated upon the waves 295 297 301 302 Magloire gave the boat a vigorous push 311 Magloire summoned up strength to light a fire 313 Arrival of Dr. Quiès and Magloire at Saint - Pignon 318 Gertrude fell into a swoon 319 Dr. Quiès ...
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... balloon to the height of 7000 yards , so as to confirm their statements upon refraction and the lowering of the temperature beyond risk of refutation . The results of this costly operation seemed , however , to offer less of absolute ...
... balloon to the height of 7000 yards , so as to confirm their statements upon refraction and the lowering of the temperature beyond risk of refutation . The results of this costly operation seemed , however , to offer less of absolute ...
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... balloon like a dome of gold . The two delegates from Spain and Austria were super- intending the final preparations for the ascent , when Quiès , Anthime , and Magloire entered the enclosure reserved for the members of the Congress . It ...
... balloon like a dome of gold . The two delegates from Spain and Austria were super- intending the final preparations for the ascent , when Quiès , Anthime , and Magloire entered the enclosure reserved for the members of the Congress . It ...
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... balloon one by one to make sure of their strength , refastened a buckle here , and tucked in a scrap of the wickerwork there in short , played the part of the fly on the wheel in the twenty square feet of the balloon - car . Then the ...
... balloon one by one to make sure of their strength , refastened a buckle here , and tucked in a scrap of the wickerwork there in short , played the part of the fly on the wheel in the twenty square feet of the balloon - car . Then the ...
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... balloons , and had come down again in safety . As for Quiès , he was utterly prostrate . This blow seemed to be the very ... balloon is as tractable as a boat on the Look ! it ascends , it descends ! " sea . So saying he threw out some ...
... balloons , and had come down again in safety . As for Quiès , he was utterly prostrate . This blow seemed to be the very ... balloon is as tractable as a boat on the Look ! it ascends , it descends ! " sea . So saying he threw out some ...
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Términos y frases comunes
adventure Algiers answer Anthime Bonamy Arab Archæological arrived asked Attila Awhata balloon Biboul Bey Boghar Cairo camel Capricorn caravan CHAPTER Cloth Commandant La Carriole companions cousin cried dead dear dear doctor death desert Dijon Doctor J. B. Quiès Doctor Quiès door doubt exclaimed eyes fatigue francs French French Consul Gertrude Haarlem hands Haydée head Henri honour horse hundred Jean Baptistin journey Khartoum kurbash leagues Létourneau look Magloire Maître Grimblot Malleville Marseilles matter Mdlle Mdme Médéah minutes Monsieur morning mule mussels never night Numismatical ostrich Parga passed Pesth Pignon les Girouettes Poggenbeck poor Quiès Préchafoin Ragot rope Saint-Pignon les Girouettes savants seemed sigh Sir Thomas Nicholl sleep Society of Saint-Pignon Spahis thing thought thousand francs tion took town Trajan's bridge Turn-Severin uttered Wallachia words
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