False Stories CorrectedSamuel Wood & Sons, no. 261, Pearl-Street and Samuel S. Wood & Company, no. 212 Market-St., Baltimore, 1822 - African Americans - 41 pages |
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... hardest bodies cannot resist the violence of fire , the world have endeavoured to make us believe that a small lizard can not only with- stand the flames , but even extinguish them . As agreeable fables readily gain belief , every. 31.
... hardest bodies cannot resist the violence of fire , the world have endeavoured to make us believe that a small lizard can not only with- stand the flames , but even extinguish them . As agreeable fables readily gain belief , every. 31.
Page 32
... of probability , some have gone so far as to think that the most violent fire could be extinguished by the land Salaman- der . Quacks sold this small lizard , affirming , that when thrown into the greatest conflagration , 32.
... of probability , some have gone so far as to think that the most violent fire could be extinguished by the land Salaman- der . Quacks sold this small lizard , affirming , that when thrown into the greatest conflagration , 32.
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... lizards . It walks very slowly ; far from being able to climb trees with rapidity ; it often appears to drag itself with great difficulty along the surface of the earth . It seldom goes far from the place of shelter which it has fixed ...
... lizards . It walks very slowly ; far from being able to climb trees with rapidity ; it often appears to drag itself with great difficulty along the surface of the earth . It seldom goes far from the place of shelter which it has fixed ...
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