The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 8Charles Knight, 1837 |
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... banks , though fertile , are uninhabited , in conformity to the order of the Chinese em- peror ; the object of this policy being to have a well - settled boundary between Corea and the Manchoo . The Yalu- kiang rises nearly in the same ...
... banks , though fertile , are uninhabited , in conformity to the order of the Chinese em- peror ; the object of this policy being to have a well - settled boundary between Corea and the Manchoo . The Yalu- kiang rises nearly in the same ...
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... banks of the rivers enumerated , and in sure from within . If the growth of the parenchyma is the districts included between their embouchures . prolonged and rapid , a corky substance is the necessary consequence , as in certain kinds ...
... banks of the rivers enumerated , and in sure from within . If the growth of the parenchyma is the districts included between their embouchures . prolonged and rapid , a corky substance is the necessary consequence , as in certain kinds ...
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... banks of the Blackwater . The Boggra and Nagles ranges consist of sandstone , which rock prevails throughout the district watered by the Lee . South of the Lee , the slate - clay , on which the sandstone rests , crops out in ...
... banks of the Blackwater . The Boggra and Nagles ranges consist of sandstone , which rock prevails throughout the district watered by the Lee . South of the Lee , the slate - clay , on which the sandstone rests , crops out in ...
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... banks of the Lee , as well as the low ground which was formerly occupied by marshes between . The greater part of these marshes were drained about 1720-30 . The parish of St. Paul was formed of these marshes , and the church of St. Paul ...
... banks of the Lee , as well as the low ground which was formerly occupied by marshes between . The greater part of these marshes were drained about 1720-30 . The parish of St. Paul was formed of these marshes , and the church of St. Paul ...
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... banks . The Attery , a smaller river , which flows by Launceston , falls into the Tamer , about a mile below the Werington ; and about the same distance below that the Tamer is joined by the river Lyd , from De- vonshire , and a few ...
... banks . The Attery , a smaller river , which flows by Launceston , falls into the Tamer , about a mile below the Werington ; and about the same distance below that the Tamer is joined by the river Lyd , from De- vonshire , and a few ...
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Page 170 - I knew not), very ordinarily appareled ; for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean ; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar ; his hat was without a hat-band ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side; his countenance swollen and reddish, his voice sharp and untunable, and his eloquence full of fervour.
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