Merry's Museum, Volumes 3-4I.C. & J.N. Stearns, 1843 - New York (N.Y.) |
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... thousands of quadru- peds of the largest kinds . In certain parts of Europe , the hills and valleys appear to be almost composed of the bones of extinct animals ; and in all parts of the world , ridges , hills and mountains , are made ...
... thousands of quadru- peds of the largest kinds . In certain parts of Europe , the hills and valleys appear to be almost composed of the bones of extinct animals ; and in all parts of the world , ridges , hills and mountains , are made ...
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... thousands and tens of thousands of ele- phants , and other creatures , which now only dwell in the regions of perpetual summer . The inferences drawn from all these facts , which are now placed beyond dis- pute , are not only ...
... thousands and tens of thousands of ele- phants , and other creatures , which now only dwell in the regions of perpetual summer . The inferences drawn from all these facts , which are now placed beyond dis- pute , are not only ...
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... thousand people , a very large part of whom were Dutch , and who could not speak much English . None of the fine streets and splendid public buildings , which you see there now , were in existence then . The streets were narrow and ...
... thousand people , a very large part of whom were Dutch , and who could not speak much English . None of the fine streets and splendid public buildings , which you see there now , were in existence then . The streets were narrow and ...
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... thousands , and were still a formidable race . They were at peace with the White people , and seemed to see their hunting grounds turned into meadows and wheat fields , with a kind of sullen and despairing submission . One of the first ...
... thousands , and were still a formidable race . They were at peace with the White people , and seemed to see their hunting grounds turned into meadows and wheat fields , with a kind of sullen and despairing submission . One of the first ...
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... thousand troops . The two armies met on the third of December , 1553. The fight was des- perate and bloody . The Spaniards had cannon and musketry - but the brave Araucanians were on their own soil , and they resolved to conquer or die ...
... thousand troops . The two armies met on the third of December , 1553. The fight was des- perate and bloody . The Spaniards had cannon and musketry - but the brave Araucanians were on their own soil , and they resolved to conquer or die ...
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Page 46 - Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
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Page 45 - And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
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Page 46 - So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.