Knowledge is PowerBell and Daldy, 1866 - 426 pages |
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... DEVOTED HIS SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE TO THE PUBLIC GOOD ; AND IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HIS NEVER - FAILING KINDNESS DURING A LONG FRIENDSHIP , THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED . PREFACE . TH HERE is an extremely clever little book.
... DEVOTED HIS SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE TO THE PUBLIC GOOD ; AND IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HIS NEVER - FAILING KINDNESS DURING A LONG FRIENDSHIP , THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED . PREFACE . TH HERE is an extremely clever little book.
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... never find him . He was in the woods hunting for goats when Captain Watlin drew off his men , and the ship was under sail before he came back to shore . He had with him his gun , and a knife , with a small horn of powder , and a few ...
... never find him . He was in the woods hunting for goats when Captain Watlin drew off his men , and the ship was under sail before he came back to shore . He had with him his gun , and a knife , with a small horn of powder , and a few ...
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Charles Knight. wards he never killed any seals but to make lines , cutting their skins into thongs . He had a little house , or hut , half a mile from the sea , which was lined with goat's skin ; his couch , or barbecu of sticks , lying ...
Charles Knight. wards he never killed any seals but to make lines , cutting their skins into thongs . He had a little house , or hut , half a mile from the sea , which was lined with goat's skin ; his couch , or barbecu of sticks , lying ...
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... never thought , however , of providing any store beyond the supply of his own personal necessities . He had no motive for that thought ; because there was no human being within his reach with whom he might exchange that store for other ...
... never thought , however , of providing any store beyond the supply of his own personal necessities . He had no motive for that thought ; because there was no human being within his reach with whom he might exchange that store for other ...
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... never accumulated sufficient for his support in times of sickness , or for his comfortable support at any time . He became , therefore , despairing ; and had that perfect apathy , that indifference to the future , which is the most ...
... never accumulated sufficient for his support in times of sickness , or for his comfortable support at any time . He became , therefore , despairing ; and had that perfect apathy , that indifference to the future , which is the most ...
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