St. Nicholas, Volume 29Mary Mapes Dodge Scribner, 1902 |
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Page 11
... close estimate of the other . angle and underestimates an obtuse one . It is this principle on which the illusions shown in Figs . 3 and 4 depend . A right angle should be much easier to judge , but unless the eye is trained it will go ...
... close estimate of the other . angle and underestimates an obtuse one . It is this principle on which the illusions shown in Figs . 3 and 4 depend . A right angle should be much easier to judge , but unless the eye is trained it will go ...
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... close that profits were cut in half , or sometimes even wiped out altogether . It was just at the time when matters were at their worst that the great West Virginia coal- fields were discovered and a railroad built through the mountains ...
... close that profits were cut in half , or sometimes even wiped out altogether . It was just at the time when matters were at their worst that the great West Virginia coal- fields were discovered and a railroad built through the mountains ...
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... close against his breast . Miss Andrews looked after him as he went , and wondered , for the hundredth time , if the books she had given him had been the wisest selection . His first youth was past , she rea- soned , and he must make ...
... close against his breast . Miss Andrews looked after him as he went , and wondered , for the hundredth time , if the books she had given him had been the wisest selection . His first youth was past , she rea- soned , and he must make ...
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... close of the service in the little church , Miss Andrews waited for the minister , to tell him her good news . " And who is this Good Samaritan ? ' " he asked , when she had finished . " It may be business , as he says , but it ' s ...
... close of the service in the little church , Miss Andrews waited for the minister , to tell him her good news . " And who is this Good Samaritan ? ' " he asked , when she had finished . " It may be business , as he says , but it ' s ...
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... close her school and return to her She took the money and the paper with little was. 66 Oh , father ! " he cried , and his arms were about his neck . " All right , Tommy , " he said , in a voice not very steady . " I'm not th ' man t ...
... close her school and return to her She took the money and the paper with little was. 66 Oh , father ! " he cried , and his arms were about his neck . " All right , Tommy , " he said , in a voice not very steady . " I'm not th ' man t ...
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