The Quarterly Review, Volumen 120John Murray, 1866 |
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... river - bed some pieces of dark - grey stone , which weighed unusually heavy in his hand . He took the specimens home with him , and , as was his practice , subjected them to the test of his crucible . He found , to his surprise , that ...
... river - bed some pieces of dark - grey stone , which weighed unusually heavy in his hand . He took the specimens home with him , and , as was his practice , subjected them to the test of his crucible . He found , to his surprise , that ...
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... river may be , the annual inundation , and consequently the fertility of Lower Egypt , are chiefly caused by the Blue Nile and the Atbara , which drain the whole of Eastern Abyssinia , and pour their impetuous floods for three months ...
... river may be , the annual inundation , and consequently the fertility of Lower Egypt , are chiefly caused by the Blue Nile and the Atbara , which drain the whole of Eastern Abyssinia , and pour their impetuous floods for three months ...
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... river . Even the hippopotami and crocodiles are concealed by the gigantic rushes which rise on both sides of the stream ; and day after day were passed in threading a laby- rinth of marshes penetrated by a sluggish river , itself ...
... river . Even the hippopotami and crocodiles are concealed by the gigantic rushes which rise on both sides of the stream ; and day after day were passed in threading a laby- rinth of marshes penetrated by a sluggish river , itself ...
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... river towards my boats . At a distance of about a hundred yards I recognised my old friend Speke , and with a heart beating with joy I took off my cap and gave a welcome hurrah ! as I ran towards him . For the moment he did not ...
... river towards my boats . At a distance of about a hundred yards I recognised my old friend Speke , and with a heart beating with joy I took off my cap and gave a welcome hurrah ! as I ran towards him . For the moment he did not ...
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... River Assuva , which he would be obliged to cross on his route to Unyoro . The King pledged himself to watch over her safety , placed a spell upon the door of her hut that nothing evil might enter it during her husband's absence , and ...
... River Assuva , which he would be obliged to cross on his route to Unyoro . The King pledged himself to watch over her safety , placed a spell upon the door of her hut that nothing evil might enter it during her husband's absence , and ...
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