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... length of four or almost five feet , and is thick in proportion to its length , often as thick as a man's arm . Its head is very broad ; its tail suddenly tapered ; its colour brown , chequered with dark Puff - adder ( Clotho arietans ) ...
... length of four or almost five feet , and is thick in proportion to its length , often as thick as a man's arm . Its head is very broad ; its tail suddenly tapered ; its colour brown , chequered with dark Puff - adder ( Clotho arietans ) ...
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... length exasperated seizes another bludgeon , soon vanquishes his already . weakened foe , and lays her prostrate at his PUN is the name given to a play upon words . feet ; then seizing the murdered infant and the The wit lies in the ...
... length exasperated seizes another bludgeon , soon vanquishes his already . weakened foe , and lays her prostrate at his PUN is the name given to a play upon words . feet ; then seizing the murdered infant and the The wit lies in the ...
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... length is about 800 miles , and width about 650 miles . The total area is over 200,000 square miles , more than half of which is the territory of feud- atories . The British possessions are 102,001 square miles , of which less than a ...
... length is about 800 miles , and width about 650 miles . The total area is over 200,000 square miles , more than half of which is the territory of feud- atories . The British possessions are 102,001 square miles , of which less than a ...
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... length , and from 30 to 70 miles in breadth , from the Gulf of Rosas , in the Mediterranean , to the south - east corner of the Bay of Biscay . This mountain - system , covering an area estimated at 12,600 sq . m . , consists of two ...
... length , and from 30 to 70 miles in breadth , from the Gulf of Rosas , in the Mediterranean , to the south - east corner of the Bay of Biscay . This mountain - system , covering an area estimated at 12,600 sq . m . , consists of two ...
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... length ; inside is an Archimedean screw , worked by machinery , which passes the sawdust or other material slowly from the commencement to the end , where , by a particular contrivance , it falls out in the state of thoroughly ...
... length ; inside is an Archimedean screw , worked by machinery , which passes the sawdust or other material slowly from the commencement to the end , where , by a particular contrivance , it falls out in the state of thoroughly ...
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 8 Affichage du livre entier - 1868 |
Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 8 Affichage du livre entier - 1896 |
Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 8 Affichage du livre entier - 1873 |
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