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Mr . Seymour then proceeded . “ This toy is termed the THAUMATROPE . ” 6 Of
Grecian origin ! ” observed the vicar . B 3 6.
Mr . Seymour then proceeded . “ This toy is termed the THAUMATROPE . ” 6 Of
Grecian origin ! ” observed the vicar . B 3 6.
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THE LEARNED CONTROVERSY WHICH WAS MAINTAINED WITH RESPECT
TO THE ORIGIN OF CHESS , AND SOME OTHER GAMES . The reader will
remember that Will Snaffle the village saddler , and Sam Tickle the watchmaker ,
had ...
THE LEARNED CONTROVERSY WHICH WAS MAINTAINED WITH RESPECT
TO THE ORIGIN OF CHESS , AND SOME OTHER GAMES . The reader will
remember that Will Snaffle the village saddler , and Sam Tickle the watchmaker ,
had ...
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The origin of money seems to have been coeval with the first regulations of civil
society , or , at least , it is too remote to be traced by any authentic history . Barter ,
that is the exchange of one commodity for another , was the ordinary mode of ...
The origin of money seems to have been coeval with the first regulations of civil
society , or , at least , it is too remote to be traced by any authentic history . Barter ,
that is the exchange of one commodity for another , was the ordinary mode of ...
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The county of Cornwall may be said to consist of four primary rocks , each of
which , by decomposition , gives origin to a peculiar soil , distinct in its nature and
characters , and requiring an appropriate system of cultivation and improvement .
The county of Cornwall may be said to consist of four primary rocks , each of
which , by decomposition , gives origin to a peculiar soil , distinct in its nature and
characters , and requiring an appropriate system of cultivation and improvement .
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clined to attribute them even to a much later period than the deluge ; and
certainly there is not a single fact connected with them , that should lead us to
date their origin from any more ancient era . VII . The total impossibility of
referring any one ...
clined to attribute them even to a much later period than the deluge ; and
certainly there is not a single fact connected with them , that should lead us to
date their origin from any more ancient era . VII . The total impossibility of
referring any one ...
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Página 132 - ... time that the axle describes a small one, therefore the power is increased in the same proportion as the circumference of the wheel is greater than that of the axle. If the velocity of the wheel is...
Página 81 - Gunpowder, hoping by a sudden movement to give his companion the slip; but the spectre started full jump with him. Away, then, they dashed through thick and thin, stones flying and sparks flashing at every bound. Ichabod's flimsy garments fluttered in the air as he stretched his long lank body away over his horse's head in the eagerness of his flight.
Página 190 - ... resolved to remove his body into the choir, which was to have been done with solemn procession on the 15th of July. It rained, however, so violently...