English Reading Lessons: To Serve as an Introduction to the Models of English Literature, for the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools |
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... cloth , which rests on the ground . They in this manner accustom him to receive the heaviest loads . " Both ancient and modern authors agree tolerably well 66 ' six in their accounts of the load which THE ARABIAN CAMEL . 19.
... cloth , which rests on the ground . They in this manner accustom him to receive the heaviest loads . " Both ancient and modern authors agree tolerably well 66 ' six in their accounts of the load which THE ARABIAN CAMEL . 19.
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... received no injury . Their care and love for each other are truly ad- mirable . As soon as they were in , the leader , observing there were more in one boat than in the other , looked at one of the old males , which appearing perfectly ...
... received no injury . Their care and love for each other are truly ad- mirable . As soon as they were in , the leader , observing there were more in one boat than in the other , looked at one of the old males , which appearing perfectly ...
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... receive its prey , and thus took in at once , a morsel that was three times its own thickness . A more extraor- dinary feat was witnessed in the island of Ceylon , in which a boa , with equal ease , in presence of one of the British ...
... receive its prey , and thus took in at once , a morsel that was three times its own thickness . A more extraor- dinary feat was witnessed in the island of Ceylon , in which a boa , with equal ease , in presence of one of the British ...
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... receive a second and even a third harpoon , before the fatal blow is given . These second attacks are the most dangerous to the whalers , and frequently boats are destroyed by the flukes of the fish , when it is rendered furious by pain ...
... receive a second and even a third harpoon , before the fatal blow is given . These second attacks are the most dangerous to the whalers , and frequently boats are destroyed by the flukes of the fish , when it is rendered furious by pain ...
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... certain , that all his works are good ; and receiving all that happens to me , whether pleasant or painful , as coming from him . You see , sir , I can never be unhappy , 4 * CHRISTIAN MAXIMS . 37 The devout and happy Beggar,
... certain , that all his works are good ; and receiving all that happens to me , whether pleasant or painful , as coming from him . You see , sir , I can never be unhappy , 4 * CHRISTIAN MAXIMS . 37 The devout and happy Beggar,
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