Overland MonthlyA. Roman and Company, 1897 |
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Page 20
... took furs to the value of two hundred thousand rubles to Europe , and left behind in the storehouses furs worth nine hundred thousand rubles more . The buildings and vessels of the company were in excellent condition , and the accounts ...
... took furs to the value of two hundred thousand rubles to Europe , and left behind in the storehouses furs worth nine hundred thousand rubles more . The buildings and vessels of the company were in excellent condition , and the accounts ...
Page 23
... took it all in , never letting on at all , till finally one of them saw he was silent like and appealed to him . " Gintlemen , ' says he , standing up straight as a man oughter who's bin a Senator . ' Gin- tlemen all , to my mind ...
... took it all in , never letting on at all , till finally one of them saw he was silent like and appealed to him . " Gintlemen , ' says he , standing up straight as a man oughter who's bin a Senator . ' Gin- tlemen all , to my mind ...
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We took in our chairs with us , and from the opening speech of the Honorable Jerry , we had our cue . " Ah ! and it's a trate to ate a bit of dry bread , it is , " said he , his brogue developing as we became better acquainted ...
We took in our chairs with us , and from the opening speech of the Honorable Jerry , we had our cue . " Ah ! and it's a trate to ate a bit of dry bread , it is , " said he , his brogue developing as we became better acquainted ...
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... took his pow- erful two - foot reflector to Malta in the hope ( and with the result ) of obtaining better views of the planets . In 1856 Professor Piazzi Smyth , Royal Astronomer for Scot- land , made his famous expedition to the peak ...
... took his pow- erful two - foot reflector to Malta in the hope ( and with the result ) of obtaining better views of the planets . In 1856 Professor Piazzi Smyth , Royal Astronomer for Scot- land , made his famous expedition to the peak ...
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he required four and a half hours on the mountain to perform experiments which took less than three hours in the valley . Here we have something like a numerical measure of the falling off in ability due to great altitude . Hitherto I ...
he required four and a half hours on the mountain to perform experiments which took less than three hours in the valley . Here we have something like a numerical measure of the falling off in ability due to great altitude . Hitherto I ...
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