The Subterranean WorldLongmans, Green, and Company, 1871 - 522 páginas |
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... rich stores of mineral wealth - the metals , the coals , the salt , the sulphur , & c . — without whose aid man would never have been more than a savage . The aim of the present work has been to describe the wonders of this hidden world ...
... rich stores of mineral wealth - the metals , the coals , the salt , the sulphur , & c . — without whose aid man would never have been more than a savage . The aim of the present work has been to describe the wonders of this hidden world ...
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... rich in the fossil remains of the Mammoth , or primitive elephant , that its tusks form a not unimportant branch of commerce . From the presence of so large an animal in treeless wilds , where now only small rodents or their persecutors ...
... rich in the fossil remains of the Mammoth , or primitive elephant , that its tusks form a not unimportant branch of commerce . From the presence of so large an animal in treeless wilds , where now only small rodents or their persecutors ...
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... rich Indian merchants were residing in the town of Schemachi . But the anarchical times which fol- lowed the usurpation of Nadir Schah forced most of these Indians to leave their adopted country , and since then only solitary pilgrims ...
... rich Indian merchants were residing in the town of Schemachi . But the anarchical times which fol- lowed the usurpation of Nadir Schah forced most of these Indians to leave their adopted country , and since then only solitary pilgrims ...
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... rich Indian merchants were residing in the town of Schemachi . But the anarchical times which fol- lowed the usurpation of Nadir Schah forced most of these Indians to leave their adopted country , and since then only solitary pilgrims ...
... rich Indian merchants were residing in the town of Schemachi . But the anarchical times which fol- lowed the usurpation of Nadir Schah forced most of these Indians to leave their adopted country , and since then only solitary pilgrims ...
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... Rufi or Rossberg , which , on Sep- tember 2 , 1806 , devastated the lovely Vale of Goldau , and over- whelmed four villages , with their rich pasture - grounds and gardens , was far more disastrous . The preceding years.
... Rufi or Rossberg , which , on Sep- tember 2 , 1806 , devastated the lovely Vale of Goldau , and over- whelmed four villages , with their rich pasture - grounds and gardens , was far more disastrous . The preceding years.
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