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... feet into the mountain , when it became so low and narrow that we could proceed no far- ther in that direction . We returned , and went by a passage leading to the right , deeper into the mountain ; at the bottom of the descent we ...
... feet into the mountain , when it became so low and narrow that we could proceed no far- ther in that direction . We returned , and went by a passage leading to the right , deeper into the mountain ; at the bottom of the descent we ...
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... feet every leap in height , and several yards in length . However near a person may be to them , no motion of their legs can be perceived ; the instant they touch the ground after one spring , they rise again into the air , which makes ...
... feet every leap in height , and several yards in length . However near a person may be to them , no motion of their legs can be perceived ; the instant they touch the ground after one spring , they rise again into the air , which makes ...
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... PRUSSIA . A map of the seat of war in the years 1815 , 1814 , on two sheets , is in a forward state of preparation by the best engraver □ of Berlin . Each sheet is three feet two inches D 2 1851 [ 86 Foreign Literary Gazette .
... PRUSSIA . A map of the seat of war in the years 1815 , 1814 , on two sheets , is in a forward state of preparation by the best engraver □ of Berlin . Each sheet is three feet two inches D 2 1851 [ 86 Foreign Literary Gazette .
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of Berlin . Each sheet is three feet two inches high , by two feet eight inches wide . It will contain representations of all the battles , actions , sieges , & c . from the be- ginning of the war to the affair at Paris . The plates ...
of Berlin . Each sheet is three feet two inches high , by two feet eight inches wide . It will contain representations of all the battles , actions , sieges , & c . from the be- ginning of the war to the affair at Paris . The plates ...
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... feet long , and two ploughs at a time : ~ the oxen , however , were not attached to them . thousands of lights . The son of Subàbadie disguised as a dancing woman , danced on the edges of two hundred swords , the extreme sharpness of ...
... feet long , and two ploughs at a time : ~ the oxen , however , were not attached to them . thousands of lights . The son of Subàbadie disguised as a dancing woman , danced on the edges of two hundred swords , the extreme sharpness of ...
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Page 283 - The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
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Page 753 - Nivelle road, we occupied the house and garden of Hougoumont, which covered the return of that flank : and in front of the left centre, we occupied the farm of La Haye Sainte. By our left we communicated with Marshal...
Page 391 - The re-establishment of the imperial throne was necessary for the happiness of the French My sweetest thought is to render it at the same time useful to the security of the repose of Europe.
Page 255 - A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.
Page 753 - Sombref in the morning, found all quiet, and the enemy's videttcs feU back as the patrole advanced. Neither did he attempt to molest our march to the rear, although made in the middle of the day, excepting by following, with a large body of cavalry brought from his right, the cavalry under the earl of Uxbridge.
Page 753 - Kellerman, with which he attacked our post at Les Quatre Bras. The Prussian army maintained their position with their usual gallantry and perseverance, against a great disparity of...
Page 123 - AWAKE, awake ; put on thy strength, O Zion ; Put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: For henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem : Loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.