Overland Monthly: Devoted to the Development of the Country, Volume 2A. Roman and Company, 1965 |
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... head , which , as an abbreviation , represented the whole ox ; the head , in like manner and for like reasons , was simplified until only the ears , horns and outline of the face were represented . At this stage of the transmutation the ...
... head , which , as an abbreviation , represented the whole ox ; the head , in like manner and for like reasons , was simplified until only the ears , horns and outline of the face were represented . At this stage of the transmutation the ...
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... head of Lake Managua , and subside into a plain nearly flat , having its crest or water - shed at an elevation not more than fifty - six feet above , and at a dis- tance generally about twenty - seven hun- dred yards from that lake ...
... head of Lake Managua , and subside into a plain nearly flat , having its crest or water - shed at an elevation not more than fifty - six feet above , and at a dis- tance generally about twenty - seven hun- dred yards from that lake ...
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... heads of the multitude " a line of white sacks rushing around the corner of Rua de Alfandega " ( Custom House Street ) . Elbowing our way through the crowd , we discover that each of these sacks is borne on the head of " a living ebony ...
... heads of the multitude " a line of white sacks rushing around the corner of Rua de Alfandega " ( Custom House Street ) . Elbowing our way through the crowd , we discover that each of these sacks is borne on the head of " a living ebony ...
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After RomanceReality | 32 |
Buried Alive in the | 87 |
Prospectors Story A Prentice Mulford 336 | 93 |
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