The Quarterly Review, Volume 30William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1824 - English literature |
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... islands through which he worked his way to the westward , about the lat . 7410 , together with the set of the tide , or a current , it was evident that the ice was so jammed against the land of Melville Island , as to afford no opening ...
... islands through which he worked his way to the westward , about the lat . 7410 , together with the set of the tide , or a current , it was evident that the ice was so jammed against the land of Melville Island , as to afford no opening ...
Page 243
... Melville Island , on a former voyage , and on a larger and more commodious scale , while the theatre was improved in its decorations , and , what was of more importance , in its warmth . Sylvester's stove , in a few hours after lighting ...
... Melville Island , on a former voyage , and on a larger and more commodious scale , while the theatre was improved in its decorations , and , what was of more importance , in its warmth . Sylvester's stove , in a few hours after lighting ...
Page 251
... Melville Island had , on the same day , two years before , advanced full as far in throwing off its winter's ... Melville Island had assumed a green appearance , while at Winter Island North - West Passage - Parry's Second Voyage . 951.
... Melville Island had , on the same day , two years before , advanced full as far in throwing off its winter's ... Melville Island had assumed a green appearance , while at Winter Island North - West Passage - Parry's Second Voyage . 951.
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... Melville Island . Again , in the middle of June , a few gallons of water were collected from some little pools , while , at the same date , at Melville Island , the ravines were beginning to be dange rous to pass , and were actually ...
... Melville Island . Again , in the middle of June , a few gallons of water were collected from some little pools , while , at the same date , at Melville Island , the ravines were beginning to be dange rous to pass , and were actually ...
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... Island , At Igloolik , " At Melville Island ,. Captain Party having caused as many stores and provisions to be 30 removed , 918 removed , in the course of the winter , 260 North - West Passage - Parry's Second Voyage .
... Island , At Igloolik , " At Melville Island ,. Captain Party having caused as many stores and provisions to be 30 removed , 918 removed , in the course of the winter , 260 North - West Passage - Parry's Second Voyage .
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